Selling the property just to comply with a city that, ironically, provides no sewer, no asphalt, no public lighting, overgrown weeds, and deteriorated access roads in that same area would effectively mean shutting down their business and losing their livelihood.That’s a power inequity where the government can obliterate a small business over paperwork.

She had only $30K in equity and wanted to sell to my flipping company just to get out.

We have bought 10 SFH's in 2 months, they are at different stages of rehab but the ones that we have completed and refi'ed have all given us $60k+ in equity. 

I’ve got around $180K in equity based on recent sales in the same development, and I’m now looking to put that to work and expand into more properties.I spent over a decade as an automotive technician before recently transitioning into the tech industry.

I have a long term rental that cash flows $900/month with about $200k in equity.

At 7% interest on a 30 year fixed loan, your P&I payments would be around $550/mo (add taxes and insurance for the full PITI payment)$1M in value with $890k in existing debt: In this scenario, although you indeed have $110k in equity, you're already at 89% LTV and don't have enough equity to do a cash out refinance. 

I know some people who get to $1 million in equity then quit, some target 5 million some target even more.

This equates to roughly $10,000 in equity creation per month (after factoring in refinance and transaction costs).

Vs if you only earn 5k a year in cash flow that would take 4 years to get that money back, it might be better for me to think about where else i can put that money to better use.Or maybe you can invest that 20k into the property like getting a new kitchen and bathroom and now maybe the appraisal gives you a $20-40k bump in equity doubling your cash invested.  

Ultimate goal in all this is to expand my real estateportfolio while using some leverage in equity that I currently have in myinvestment property while also giving my 401k some exposure to a differentasset class than the stock market.