Owner-Operated Mixed Used/Commercial Financing Options

[Zachary Waldren]

Hello,

I have spent my career in hospitality (consulting for bars/restaurants/etc...) and am trying to see how I can combine that with Real Estate. 

An area I am exploring is the purchasing of either hotels, mixed-use with retail/restaurant on ground floor (residential or office above but preferably residential), or commercial buildings, but instead of leasing the commercial space, I actually build-staff-operate the businesses inside of it.  

I might acquire the building with a tenant already in the space and then use the positive cash-flow to help pay for improvements when the time comes - but wanted to see if that opens up any interesting financing opportunities, or if there is an interesting model that I can build that might be intriguing for potential investors...

Any and all thoughts appreciated - I also have a couple buildings currently for sale I can use as examples to work through as case studies if need be.

Thanks,
Z