Plus it is a lot easier to do cash buys at those prices and smoothes some of the closings.

I had very smooth and easy transactions selling myself, so I say give it a shot.

It had a smooth finish.

In my neck of the woods the Marshal will not lift a finger to assist in the physical aspect of the eviction but is there to oversee that things go smoothly without violence from either side.These tenants appear to believe that they still have control of the situation. 

2) Do you have any suggestions for how to make this housemate selection process go more smoothly around lease signing?  

Here I used 3 month data which smooths out single unit sales on the price margins.

After some growing pains in the beginning, it smoothed out.

@Michelle Brast  I had a client that bought a DR Horton using their financing and it's been smooth. 

Key is you need a great team in place to make sure everything runs smoothly, everything looks great on paper, but in reality you will always hit road blocks along the way, navigating these is key.If you leverage correctly and have a good plan and pipeline in place you will grow extremely fast, especially if you continue to do value add on larger portfolios.   

Escrow is a third party company to make sure that the transaction goes smooth.