I know it can be a nightmare with some and super smooth with others.

what else should I do to make this as smooth of a transition as possible?

It was a smooth process and I am in the remodel phase.

Any tips on how to make my first deal smooth, and quick as possible?

After we get done smoothing out all their messes, it gets kind of uninteresting and we have to start looking for something new as a challenge.

They are conceptually the same thing of course, but in practice I would like to know what will work better to smooth the application.

Hopefully your first one goes more smoothly than mine has so far. 

If you have a 100 unit complex, then the large number of units will tend to smooth the expenses out.

Our first 3 years should be pretty simple, our daughter and a long-time friend will be living there until they graduate (we WILL have a lease with the friend and her parents to help things go smoothly).What does the BP community say?

These could potentially be smooth sailing.