Banks were renting spaces to get business back in the 20s, hence commercial, and they rented to clothing, shaving, and shine boutiques and whoever else wanted to pay for a space.Some banks will treat anything over a single-family home as a type of commercial property as you are technically renting space as commercially defined. 

The gas pump's have been removed and the store is being used for a clothing/thrift store and a towing center.  

If this were true, I as an investor could go buy up a few blocks of post-industrial wasteland in any one of a hundred failing cities around the country, throw in a coffee shop and a yoga studio and some concrete counters, and just start raking in the dough while simultaneously destroying the lives of the locals.

I’ve never heard my mom talking about she gotta pay the rent or car note growing up.I just don’t pay for any extras like amazon, she buys most of the little stuff like houses supply’s and even buys most of the kids clothes. 

They don’t keep commemorative plates and collectible spoons, but they keep clothes, kayaks, bikes, Christmas decorations, old computers, instruments, tools, etc. 

And every closet should have a laundry basket so you can stay organized with your dirty clothes, especially with kids' clothes thrown everywhere.King sized mattresses: this house had one king size bed, and three queen size beds, and two twins.

When you go for the inspection, take a flashlight, clothes to get dirty, and hopefully someone with a lot of experience with old homes.  

It's old cloth-bound wiring, I'd guess from when the house was built in the 1920's.

Just like your friends with massive credit card debt may have nicer clothes than you do, your friends who aren't house hacking will have more space, privacy, and comfort in their own home.

Japanese people hang clothes outside and if the neighbor fires up the grill right bellow, clothing will be smelly and neighbors will be upset.