From what I've picked up, it seems capital is the hardest part of all of this, and once you understand that game, the rest should move fairly smoothly. 

I've heard over and over that it is important to develop good systems to keep your business running smoothly.

Having multiple units helps smooth it out over the long term in my opinion.  

smooth so far.

Once i changed how I viewed the process it went much more smooth

A couple of months after we bought the first one and things went very smooth, I was addicted.

It was relatively smooth with several stressful moments.

It was relatively smooth with several stressful moments.

The last one i beat down the door at 8am, made all of them clean the place up and then made them pay another cleaning fee. since those changes its been pretty smooth. 

Working with someone buying one is a certain amount of work, but once you train a buyer on the process, it runs pretty smoothly and there are a lot fewer items to cover on the second and third, etc.