[adamt326]

This is almost spot on to my process. The only thing I would add is to be completely objective. Don't let the value of a card allow you to ignore flaws or give it a little extra benefit of the doubt just because you want it to gem. Also, I see a lot of people say "I hit XX huge card in a group break, I am going to send it to BGS as soon as it gets here!" before they've ever seen the card in person, and that is always so weird to me.