A blended approach would be to keep living there if you love it.   

Some folks like leverage and the benefits it has while others like the Dave Ramsey approach, or you can blend it and maintain low leverage.

Some investors will diversify between NNN and other more active type investments with more headache and risk to try and blend total yield upwards.

The average blended rate per square foot for climate controlled storage in the market is $23.32.  

Watch out, if the seller gets an equity payment and the buyer pays an existing note, you have a blended mortgage, that gets into advanced issues, use a second and simply state the total payment due.Your offer price - underlying mortgage amount that may be taken Subject-to = equity due the seller.

If you get a good opportunity on a property that is bland, or blends in with everything else and is low on the "unique" scale, consider making it a fully-furnished medium term rental.

Portfolio 8 has a nice, safe blend of investments that includes REITs for real estate exposure.  

On average they all have pretty stable appreciation,strong rental markets, and are blended in with the strength of the Los Angeles economy and housing shortage.

In fact with the trolley downtown, 4th Avenue, and the university are blending together.

Also it blends well with construction, one example being if the borrower owns a piece of land or lot free and clear, the lender can tie up the lot and fund the construction of the house in draws, 6-12 months later once construction is finished the borrower can refinance into "soft money" through a conventional lender.