if business partner, don't do it, if life partner, don't do it. see no reason to, do not mix business money with personal funds. there is no reason to, i'm sure they have all your personal information to back the loan, there is no need to move money around, its just a convenience for them should they have to go after you for the money you owe.

Zoned mixed use and sandwiched between a BBQ restaurant and an old historic home built in 1900 converted to commercial property which I also own. 

Any one have experience with mixed-use developments or redevelopments of office or retail space?

This is and average for our PM and maintenance techs.

When people add their funds into the mix, what do they receive?

There are a multitude of mixed-use properties in Philadelphia.

It was form of reassurrance mixed with good job type of "Keep going".  

I have mixed feelings on it.

It’s a mix of 4-16 unit multi family buildings and about 6 single family homes.

David that is such a broad question.Shopping centers vary by age.Generally everything recycles after so many years.For instance if a shopping center is 40 or 50 years old it is past it's life cycle.Generally at that point you tear it down and build new.If a shopping center is say 20 years old many will just reface the outside to make it look new and repaint and re-stripe the parking lots.This is all predicated on if the shopping center still has a viable location or has growth shifted and now the center is int he old part of town.If it's in the old part of town refacing might not make sense and instead you buy at a lower basis to rent to Big Lots,outlet stores,etc. for less money.Still a tenant that will rent from you but at a lower cost because the area has shifted.With shopping centers it's all about the corner and access from 2 points,red lights,traffic volume and flow,etc.Anchored shopping center versus unanchored,tenant mix with credit rated tenant and frachise concepts versus mom and pop operations.Just like with houses you can run into big repairs with older shopping centers.Don't pay attention to current leases as much going in as what is market rent now and any leases fixing to reset.Also need to know level of shopping center saturation in a 2 mile radius depending and could be tighter or bigger in size depending on rural,subrurban,or urban core,and population count and demographic.Hope it helps.