While the initial cap rate may not look great, by leveraging your money with the bank at 4-5 times the standard 2.5%-3.5% appreciation we see in markets like these actually produce a 10%-17.5% ROI in equity build.

Cash flow properties are safer but I don't think investing in equity growth is "gambling" as many people state in REI forums. 

We sold the single family home a couple of years ago for about $150K net profit, which allowed us to buy a couple of acres of land in San Diego County that we're now under development with for two new homes, and still own the condo which currently yields about $200/month cash flow and $200K in equity. 

You have $2.8M in equity in duplexes (guess)?

Plaintiff was harmed because Plaintiff lost approximately $130,000.00 to $350,000.00 in equity discounted in the Settlement Agreement that was owed under the original contract.

You already live in a city where you can easily achieve your goal of $1 mil in equity in 10 years.

With the opportunity value of cash in the range of 10% every $100K in equity is sucking $833/month off of a investment income property.

Hi all,I'm currently living in a duplex that I'm rehabbing, and hoping to use the increase in equity to fund more REI (see my intro post here). 

There is about $20,000 in equity I will get when the tenant buyer refinances or sells.

Well, if you roll it into a self-directed IRA you can invest in real estate related activities such as buying notes or investing in crowdfunding ventures (there again, pay attention to UBIT if you invest in equity).