If they are not your anticipated lender (should you need one) then they should not be copying your ID for any other reason at all. 

Hello,If I purchase a rental property in Miami this year and close under my name initially, and then transfer the title to a LLC the same year, do I need to anticipate TWO times the property tax hike for next year?

I agree with @Ujwal Velagapudi in asking that it be delivered vacant.If that is not possible, I would anticipate the downtime and cost of evictions, even without a lease. 

Then you figure if no one gets inside, all bidders have to anticipate the same amount of risk and no one wants to lose money, so the bid rarely goes higher than what would be a break even deal in a worst case scenario.  

@Mary Ciccarelli on my last deal I spent way more on furnishing and decor than I anticipated.

Not to mention that anticipating appreciation in the model is basically educated gambling.

Is this something I should have anticipated given the circumstances?

So it's doing better than I anticipated.

The interface is well thought out and it's as sexy as was anticipated.

The 2008 holiday was a disaster for retail ers, as a financial crisis swept across the globe in September and consumers cut spending on nearly everything but bare necessities.Now on to our real estate educational section...Mortgage Modification Bill May Impact ForeclosuresThe newly proposed “Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2009†introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island), Dick Durbin (D-Il), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) limits foreclosures and requires lenders and services to offer mortgage modifications if the net present value of the modification is anticipated to be greater than the foreclosure value.Additional provisions of the newly proposed bill include:• Limits on foreclosure fees• Creation of a nationwide database to track foreclosures• Strict penalties for non-compliant firms• State sponsored mediation programs• Grant money for borrowers struggling to make payments regardless of current mortgage product.• Capitalize the National Housing Trust Fund with $1 billion in proceeds toward preservation and restoration of affordable housing.While advocates of the bill cite the growing increase in foreclosure rates across the nation as evidence of the need for further intervention, critics of the bill believe it will increase the burden on banks and lenders while simultaneously reducing fees associated with delinquent accounts.According to Moodys.com, mortgage defaults are expected to rise to as many as four million with more than a third of new defaults associated with prime fixed rate loans rather than the original sub-prime concerns.