With a traditional mortgage, you pay money in return for equity. (shoprate.com)
One of the toughest decisions in a financial plan is the assumption of returns for the equity part of the portfolio. (paulmerriman.com)
Even then, total return for the equity market as a whole averages about 10 %, which would take over 7 years to attain 100 % return. (money.stackexchange.com)