There are so many ways to save money when building your home, your dream come true. Did you know that you can build your own home, acting as your own general contractor, even do some of the work yourself, and have lots of instant equity built into your project. For example, you may be building a home that only costs you $200,000, but the appraised value is actually $275,000. That is $75,000 dollars in instant equity, that’s money in your pocket!