Meanwhile our local properties were having increased cash flow without the effort involved with 2 hurricanes. 

@Zach RumfieldEstimating an ARV involves using public sales data, subscription services, local tax assessor's website, real estate agents, CMA tools, and local appraisers.

You could put something together and have each party sign it with a notary.

Depending on the lease and receiving the death certificate send the check to either "the estate of XXX" or if Dad was also on as a financially responsible party I'd make it out to "Dad, or the Estate of XXX" so he could deposit it himself. 

She tells me "SHHH  they are having a party.  

If an applicant doesn’t have a SSN I would not rent to the applying party.

If anyone is open to sharing advice, offering guidance, or involving me in hands-on work that could enhance my learning, I would be very grateful for the opportunity.

I always thought that the assumption of mortgage meant that they essentially replace me as the initial party paying off the mortgage and now they pay the monthly payments and have the title.

Appreciation for the most part is non-existent unless you force it w/ improvements.  

When I acquired my own portfolio I did so largely by my own version of BRRR which involved paying cash for a property, fixing it up, renting it out and then a year later getting a Wells Fargo HELOC on them and using that money to buy another house.