Mobile lenders also do not seem to want to lend on it due to the mixed nature of it.

There is no set mix %.  

Some investors are leaning on smaller units and even including some mix use options in their search as well to see if those numbers make more sense. 

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Commercial real estate is in real trouble, banks & commercial lending outfits will not touch mixed use.

But what I can say is that you have to have a mix of both especially if you're starting out.

We build high end for $600/SF all in - soft and hard costs.My question, just to throw out there and brainstorm, out of the 4 MF lots, what type of mix would you throw out there?

They may be receiving rent payments casually in cash or depositing them into their personal account where everything is mixed together and hard to find the dates and amounts of payments to provide you.

Several of the masonry contractors said they can’t believe the city gets away with this because it's a known issue that these materials don't mix and it will eventually cause problems like water intrusion that can be very costly for the owner to fix.

Now mix those 2 with other strategies, say arbitrage for STR, and a person can get majorly amplified returns.