> or want to extract your equity as debt Pretty tempting to do just that when your house value doubles in 5 years and you're left with six figure equity with n

> or want to extract your equity as debt Pretty tempting to do just that when your house value doubles in 5 years and you're left with six figure equity with near zero interest rates, in an investment market that is manipulated to avoid any serious correction or recession. Personally, I prefer to avoid debt, but the past ~20 years has been a perfect environment to maximize leverage in home equity and invest it into more real estate, or the stock market.