A rental property pays you four ways at once: monthly cash flow, equity as the loan gets paid down, appreciation over time, and forced appreciation when you fix what's broken. Most beginners only count the first one — and then wonder why the deal "doesn't work."

This lesson walks all four with the math on screen, so you can spot what a property is really paying you before you decide.

This is part of Foundations, my free course inside ProSphere on Skool — full course, worksheets, and community: skool.com/prosphere-1303

Next: Lesson 6 — Appreciation vs. Cash Flow, and which one to chase first.