Instead a subsidiary of the parent corp., large franchisee, or small franchisee etc. is guaranteeing the lease.

So, the Dodd-Frank Act does hit you after all.The SAFE  Act is incorporated into the Dodd Frank Act, so it's provisions are a part of the compliance requirement under Dodd-Frank.Next, the SAFE Act states (paraphrased) is that the Act is to cover ANY method, system, plan or other ploy implemented with the purpose of evading the intent of the Act.There is another issue in law that sees any closely held corporate structure, parent, subsidiaries, affiliates or other independent entities as being held by the same or similar beneficiaries of interests as being an affiliate relationship, they look behind the door to see who benefits.

., the appraisal subsidiary of Countrywide, a position which gave him an inside look at the practices which caused the downfall of the largest mortgage lender in America.

Hardees- Subsidiary of the parent company that is thousands of stores but you find that Georgia Hardees LLC that has 150 locations is only backing the lease.

If they can report your credit history through a subsidiary in the US, that would be perfect!

The property will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of xBuilt.Can anyone tell me why this is a bad structure?

Is it possible to form a series LLC among the partners with each subsidiary LLC housing an individual property with equity distributed differently per deal OR would it make more sense to simply establish individual LLCs for each property without attempting a series LLC? 

My current business structure: 1 holding company, 2 wholly-owned subsidiaries.

But I'm not a note person, ask on BP re buying subsidiary liens - I think it would change your priority but I don't remember how.

My question is, does it make sense to setup another LLC as a holdings company (parent company) which will then own the other LLCs (subsidiaries)?