So I have a couple clarifying questions out to them.

A couple great co-living options is STR by the room, Student housing, sober living, Senior care... 

Admittedly, I am not one that typically finds paid mentorship very valuable, but I also respect that my degree is in business with a focus on real estate, and my first job out of college was in real estate (so it is a little hard for me to take my 20 yrs of knowledge and rewind it to try to view mentors from a completely fresh lens).A couple points: I view mentors, especially these expensive ones as a catch-22. 

I own a couple and never regretted it... 

I have sold a couple to investors and some to occupants and can't say I have anything to complain about. 

I reached out to my investment advisor who pointed me to a couple books that opened my mind to the other possibilities.

We bought a single family up here last year and converted a garage to an ADU, which rented out really quickly to a great young couple.

There is extensive damage to the house and I am working with my insurance company and have talked to couple of fire restoration companies.

I poked around and entered a couple of properties.  

This exclusion allows you to avoid recognizing up to 250,000 of gain (500,000 for married couples) on the sale of your primary residence.Regarding your investment property in LA, it does qualify for a 1031 exchange.