I'd suggest a hybrid mixed-use building. 

I have a mixed use property under contract that was a pain to get financing for because the residential lenders didn't want to touch it due to the commercial building.  

I have even thought about getting creative and offering it to Mixing engineers, I have friends that have had a lot of success with that here in Music City.  

I like mix of both .

Absolutely no mixing of personal funds for this partnership.

I’d live in it for the requisite year & probably put the renovations on a no interest business credit card to keep it off my personal credit report and not mix my real estate & real life.

@Jeremy MattsonGet as close as you can in comps (maybe minus the acreage) and then make a conservative educated guess on the added value that your acreage adds to the mix.

Looking at the possibility of purchasing a mixed use property with 1 residential unit and 2 commercial units about 50/50 on residential vs commercial.

I also would love to have someone who would be an extra set of eyes on the deals to make sure my numbers make sense vs what they're seeing, etc.I tried searching google/yelp/etc. and couldn't find anything but mixed reviews. 

@Joseph Borges Do you have unit mix/rent roll for the storage and the retail?