., meant that my money was trapped there unless I paid to wire the money back out to my original bank.

My attorney charged a significantly lower settlement fee but if I didn't use Lennar Title, then I'd forfeit my incentives... a practice I despise among builder's lenders, but this is how they trap you into using their AfBAs. 

The problem is getting ahold of the trapped equity you have in the home.

I have no desire to trap all our funds.

I know you said your goal was to unlock the trapped equity, but you don’t necessarily have to sell the property to do that.

I did fall into the trap of looking outside of Utah, and I still have one of those deals in my portfolio, but the equity position on my units here are substantially better.

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. ****, even some of the localized experts like Mark Spain/Opendoor get caught in the trap of it too.

Sounds like you're looking to "un-trap" your equity.

Automate the home, give outstanding service and communication...offer a better mouse trap and you'll do fine.Best of luck!