Sub to allows title to be “parked” in the name of a trusted friend or family member without that person having to obtain a loan or have legal liability for that loan.  7.

I'm guessing I'm accepting liability because I allowed this to happen? 

Your home is a liability and an investment is an asset.Lot's to learn on this subject. 

(I'm not even sure what type of insurance that would be... commercial liability, perhaps?  

If you did in fact sign and send in funds directly to the direct ownership entity and they then placed you in a feeder fund structure, it would likely trigger GP liability. 

Stacking these 4 will make it VERY easy for you to have zero cash liability.

There’s no privacy advantage any more with the new federal registration law, there’s no tax advantage, and there’s probably no liability advantage.

Does this counteract the liability benefits of using an LLC in the first place?

It eliminates stress, unqualified applicants and liability for you. 

The last note was that i learned what a series liability is and was curious if i may be better off doing one of those because i have 2 properties and plan to slowly add more (Maryland does not offer series llc but wyoming does).