I enjoyed your photos/style.

A friend approached me to help him with a property he inherited from his mom passing where a developer wanted to buy from him for commercial development.The developer after me catching everything in the contract to tie up the property with the seller asked me to work with him on the other parcels as he would rather be working with me than against me assembling the properties.Off I went after that for about 3 years in land development and then went into existing investment properties.I did things kamikaze style and figured them out on my own through the school of hard knocks.In your situation if you are focusing on apartments I would do the following.

The Fed QE 1-2-3 is a concern and I figure the best we have to look forward to is 70's style inflation.

You are however getting 8-12% on your money fairly safely though - really depends how much value you put on that.Also - whether you agree with my strategy or not, the MOST important thing is find metrics that suit your style, and do NOT deviate no matter how good the deal seems.

I am hoping to get some suggestions on lenders/financing styles I should seek out and also overall deal strategy with a potential mixed use commercial building.

I am hoping to get some suggestions on lenders/financing styles I should seek out and also overall deal strategy with a potential mixed use commercial building.

Is there anything that would affect the value of the lot (power lines, environmental issues, drainage, etc.?)

I like his style.

Beyond that there are many different style and types of investing.

Or, keep the principle secret, you buy in a double closing style transaction.