Mixed use comes with some unique benefits and challenges.

Invest in Performing Notes.You can get a general idea of an area's profitability or buildings by looking at the CAP rate, but each asset is unique.

Rent is rent and Rhode Islanders are unique.  

Given that ever deal can be unique a good Mortgage Broker knows exactly which lenders would be interest in each deal.  

QB Balance Sheet does NOT report via CLASS (at least my QP Pro 2006 doesn't) but so what.The PnL does and that's the most important.Be sure to also have a unique Bank Account in QB for each Owner.

From late January to early December (we are temporarily off Airbnb for family reasons), we had 61 unique guests (7 repeat guests) booked for 185 nights and cleared an average of $545 per month, which exceeded our monthly goal of $500 even with the short January and December months.If you are thinking about dedicating a full property, I would recommend finding a few hosts on Airbnb in your target area that operate this way and contacting them directly. 

My question is a super long one....but I feel like my situation is a bit unique....Thank you all so much!!!

I've got a friend who told me about a unique strategy he uses.

They both had unique features, so it wasn't a shock that it took a long time to sell.Now that I am an agent, I take an 8-hour class every time they update the Contract to Buy and Sell in my state, to figure out how to properly fill it out.

Those can be the best kind because someone else paid for the exiting build out, training employees and weeding through the duds, stabilizing and creating a history of sales over time you can track,etc.Those businesses have already created multi-generational customers from the grandfather,father,and son to eat there.Great business opportunity is generally where the owner is wanting to retire, has to relocate, health problems, partnership split, divorce causes division of assets, bankruptcy sale, etc.You want the business to throw off great cash flow on it's own and be established but get the discount because of external operator issues.