Do you think if the grant deed showing the transfer from the personal name to the LLC would work? 

The LLC protects your personal assets from liability of your business.

If u want, tell him "Ryan Spinola" referred you.

Popcorn should always be tested before scraping.After pulling down the wallpaper in my daughter's room, I want to murder the person who invented it. 

I have a mailing list of over 3000 recipients and are aiming for a personal touch with letters that appear handwritten and are signed in ink.

It's important to do your homework and think about your personal risk tolerance and long-term goals.Good luck!

Thinking about setting up a property management company to use for my rentals to show the income as part of the management company rather than personal finances.

House hacking will also give you some personal "property management" experience.

Lastly is there a post I can reference when getting insurance quotes?

Accounting firms typically have nothing to do with this process unless somehow the title company subcontracted the preparation of the 8288 to them (which really isn’t necessary as it doesn’t require tax expertise, only familiarity with the FIRPTA procedures in general, which any title co who’s worked with a sale by a foreign person would likely know).This is indeed a weird situation and it definitely is unsupported by any authority in the code and regulations to send the withholding tax amount to an accounting firm acting as a middle man for the IRS unless they somehow expressly made an agreement to do so.Good luck with that