When you sell the property, and access the equity in the form of liquid cash, you make your profit. 

very easy to answer this.. 

I was hoping that this is an easy process, given how frequent name changes are following marriages.

Just keep it real, keep it accessible, and make sure the value feels genuine rather than forced.

It's not easy, if you want to make an agent a career do it.

It isn't the metric you can talk about on a national scale, but if you keep buying the same product in the same area it is a very easy quick and dirty method to know how you are doing compared to other buys. 

Throwing money into a property is easy; throwing money into the right property, then managing it well is the hard part.1.

Financing that next deal is our concern as we don't have cash reserves but we do have access to $100,000 equity in our current rental.

This is NOT Business Credit.By establishing a separate corporate credit profile on the EIN Number (separate from the business owner's SSN/FICO), investors can access substantial business credit lines, capital for property acquisitions, and renovation funds without personally guaranteeing the debt.This approach creates a powerful financial firewall between personal and business assets while potentially generating a significantly larger (ROI) through reduced interest rates, increased borrowing capacity, and the ability to scale investments more rapidly.The education gap surrounding EIN corporate credit means savvy investors who understand and implement this strategy can gain a significant competitive advantage.

For clarity, when I first started out, most of my bookings were from Airbnb and Pre-Approval is easy to do as a response to inquiries and only lasts 24 hours.