Sweat Equity Definition

Work, especially manual labor, performed in return for a share in ownership, as of a home, or in the expectation of increasing the value of a property one has purchased.

Hard work put into a house, business, etc. to increase its value.

The increased value so produced.

Designating or of a kind of plan for renovating houses, neighborhoods, etc. in which houses are offered free or at low prices to persons promising to make the necessary repairs.