I'm looking across several markets (Jacksonville is one) and looking for multifamily properties.Cheers to closing smoothly, Andrew

The process at least from our end was very similar to a normal deal and everything went smoothly.

I know the first time is going to be painful but I am keeping my hopes up that after the 2nd property this should go more smoothly but it looks good to me, but I would like some opinions, would this be considered a deal for you?

But everything went smoothly.

Once, we realized that an investor friendly Realtor would help us in choosing a better property, things moved along more smoothly.  

Whenever you are buying a property out of state you should do a few things to ensure it's as smooth as possible.Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

And a contractor who has a good reputation will be able to navigate more smoothly.

It was fairly smooth.

At first I did it out of necessity as property managers in my area were charging in the range of 25-35% of gross rents and at those fees, it cut drastically into profits.Now that I've been self-managing for a little over 2 years, I've created systems to make things very smooth and I'm so glad I made that decision. 

I learned so much from that first purchase that my second one went smooth all due to having a better team in place.