Real estate can also provide the additional benefit of cash flow.

There are greater risks relative to an option like Flourish which is strictly capital preservation, and temporary illiquidity is one of the drawbacks, but if you are selective and do your due diligence I think you can achieve the desired result.    

I don't know that your original post provides enough information.

They do provide monthly updates and of course I hope it goes well at the end of the day but there is really no way to know for sure exactly how safe my investments are.  

Section 2(a) of article XIII A of theCalifornia Constitution provides that "a two-dwelling unit shall be considered as two separatesingle-family dwellings."

Also, I'd appreciate any advice anyone could provide. 

I am not going into those, since I haven't fully reviewed them yet, but those might provide more options to your situation.That's some info and #'s for you to chew on.

So I ended up calling the la county assessor from the link you provided.

My current insurance provider is quoting me for an HO-3 policy.

.#4 - If you could provide figures or ball park figure to the repairs known to the property.