If you’ve got equity in your home, you may be able to use it as a deposit to buy an investment property, but what value property can you buy? That’s where the Rule of 4 comes in. What is equity? Equity is the difference between your property’s market value and what you owe against it. For example: If your home is worth $800,000 And your loan is $500,000 Then you’ve got $300,000 in equity But you can’t use it all. The bank will hold some back as a buffer to protect its interest in the property. You might have $300,000…