I used a blended approach on my last property.

With the banks, you'll be at the mercy of the appraisers that they hire to evaluate your property, as well as their internal underwriting principalsMulti-family appraisers are going to use both the income approach (strictly NOI/cap rate), blended with a comparable buildings cost per unit methodology.

They don't take cryptos for rent or investment they just use the crypto technology to generate their own private currency to keep track of what seems to be some kind of timeshare/REIT blend.

Creative Fnancing is thrown around a lot and the whole concept of other people's money but blending that with a bank seems like an artform to maintain a professional practice and image.If a bank would deny me based on a private money loan for a down payment, can I structure the private funds in such a way that gets ne what I want?

In a portfolio, there has to be a blend of all of the above, but the answer to the above question hides in it a lot of what's not said often on BP :)Good Luck!

New walls need to blend in with the ceiling and old walls.

If the investors debt matches the length of the primary term with a set interest rate and it cash flows and the cap can be blended upward over time it can be still a manageable investment.   

They can still do ports but with restrictions, and then they'll give you a blended rate, and the 2 mortgage components don't ever come due at the same time, and it's messy.

We are a blended family with 2 school-aged kids in a fantastic school district (but expensive area we will not be leaving anytime soon).

I tend to think a blend of leveraged out and paid off is the way to go.