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.

I found the blog of this person who advocates a 3 tier system, where individuals would own a property holding company, which would own an operating company that carries out the property management, as well as separate companies that own each individual property.http://www.businessgrowthstrategies.ca/448/kelowna...Now I think this is overkill for just one property, and the writer does acknowledge it's best for people who plan to own multiple rental properties.

As long as these businesses remain under the radar, most people will ignore them.In my case, I worked out of my home for years as a technical writer (standard desktop computer and laser printer, along with a telephone and high-speed home Internet connection).

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.