It doesn't matter at all if the bank agrees to the financing and the installment can be paid very well monthly. Whether the equity capital is then 5000.- or 200000.-. You just have to accept that the conditions are worse. BTW on the topic of reserve, depending on the lifestyle, 10000.- can be a lot and 200000.- a drop in the bucket. I know someone who earned about 5 million net as a self-employed person in about 25 years (or received, however you want to put it). However, he also liked to spend the money believing it would always go on like that and you only live once... Now he has to sell his house and is happy for every 100.-€ he gets. Therefore, the higher you sit, the deeper you can fall, even without fault!