Why risk losing thousands or even millions of dollars in equity?

I'm sure there are thousands of lessons learned from doing this deal that's worth more than the $1.7M you created in equity. 

We had $60k in equity in our personal home.

BUT if you want to get out in 3-4 years, you'll likely lose a portion of your principal unless you build in equity on the initial purchase.I recommend my clients buy with equity and cash flow in areas with a potential for exceptional appreciation.

If you can force the rents up between $3k-$5k/mo/building, you're looking at $500k-$900k in equity capture.

Hello everyone,I purchase my first property back in 2015, as of today I have 100k in equity.

Contemplating selling our home and taking approx 220k we have in equity (after closing costs) to move to another part of country and take a different job VS keeping home and renting out (hopefully to military) and could safely clear (after property management fees) around 1000-1200 a month.  

The 3rd call was from an apartment owner and said, “If you can help, I have a million dollars in equity”.

I'm talking about the practical aspects of keeping cash tied up in equity versus having it work for you.

In other words, for every dollar in equity, it had $33 of debt.The 2004 decision for the first time gave the S.E.C. a window on the banks’ increasingly risky investments in mortgage-related securities.But the agency never took true advantage of that part of the bargain.