I find it useful to have a couple people that will remove old flooring (carpet, vinyl, etc), clean out crawl spaces, repair insulation, lay down vapor barrier, haul off junk, remove fencing, paint decks, low skill landscaping, etc.The best method I've found is posting free stuff (used appliances, old fencing, and other stuff) on CL, then identifying the good character workers to do other work for $15 hour. 

@Joseph Cornwell I'm working on revamping my cold calling to find deals in that space.

Also would echo the first commenter that you might be being a tad too optimistic about what your expenses might be, even despite the fact that it’s new construction (e.g see the BP article on “the 50% rule”).Was talking with an investor in the area about a similar deal who made the point that, even if you could get someone to fill the space for $2k, filling vacancies in the future might be a problem.

I apologize as my information about that business is limited but you could start off with rent out space to models, or photoshoots.

Given that I plan to be doing this work for another 25 years or so, I wonder if it might make sense to look at purchasing an office space?  

HI BP, I'm looking for a contractor to help us solve water infiltration issues in our unfinished crawl space.

There are a few things that are different about financing a mixed-use unit but one of the more important is how much space is dedicated to commercial and how much to residential.

Denver has only so much space..and running out of space.....new construction cannot be built on mountains, national parks etc to sustain the growth of Denver.

Maybe he can chime in on what it cost, but depending on when the house was built, you may also have to bring the crawlspace up to code to do any work under the house, which can get expensive.

They are currently rented with window units/space heaters.