The reason it's so powerful is that you will be buying a property to live in (primary residence) that will also be an investment.

For 5 years I’d buy one primary and one rental, then move and buy another primary and rental.

My main goal it’s to get an idea of what’s a good income/cost ratio, and find agents for Bay Area (primary residence) and out of state rental properties..

If your primary motivation for creating an LLC is asset protection, then maybe an umbrella insurance policy is all you need (especially if, at least for the time being, you only own one or two rental properties).  

You can take it a step further and create a series llc too, and put your primary home into a trust.  

If your primary concern is cash flow, then resetting the term to offset higher monthly payment can be a sound strategy as well.

If the outlets not having a ground is  your primary issue there is another solution.

We lost a rentable room as a consequence, but were able to finance as a primary residence (auto approval) to an LTV of 80%.

You could move into the property, the new airbnb law doesn't restrict short term rentals for your primary residence. 

We have a property acquired in a 1031 exchange, which we rented out for 2 years and then converted to our primary residence.