I'm going to Kick a Dead horse; you really need a business plan and checklist before moving forward. 

Paying big bucks for masterminds and courses is putting the cart before the horse.

Not to beat a dead horse, but sounds like your CPA isn't correct.

There is a carriage house exception but that has to actually be an old carriage house for horses, and from what I understand this rarely applies.

My first two properties are still in my personal name and I actually need to switch that up finally, so thank for the reminder.Nonetheless, you can definitely still open up an LLC, I just try to avoid putting the cart before the horse.   

There are tons of syndication opportunities in the market place.Check out @Ian Ippolito's site or 506investorgroup for lots of information on syndications.I spend more time analyzing new opportunities than analyzing prior investments (the horse has already left the barn on those).

It is embarrassing how these people teach complete horse crap and people like you EAT-It-UP!

I don't think the complexity of what  I need to analyze really requires that level of horse-power. 

@Trace Adams so IMO you have the cart before the horse.

Doing some research in 2-3 states and wondering what are the best areas in your state to look at properties for purchase that would encompass most of these:-Ability to get a few acres (don't need 100, but say 3-5)-Home that can come with land suitable for small hobby farm/homesteading type stuff (couple of horses, maybe small garden, etc.)