Three of his friends were waiting for me in the living room.  

We received a rental inspection registration form from city and we filled it up.

I was under the impression that you had to find a contractor that had some form of registration/ certification in order to work on a home that has a 203(k) loan on it.

Would it be recommended for me to create an entity?

A quick question on entity structure and insurance: As I'm planning on investing in multiple properties over the long-term, I'm considering forming a series LLC in Texas, which has several benefits in terms of administrative cost reduction (relative to having an LLC per property).  

The data is publicly available information, so not sure what they did to manipulate it into it's current form. 

I'm trying my best to cover all my bases, but getting over charged $27K from what I expected has gave me some caution but not enough for me to give up if this property comes back onto the market again.

It was a great way for me to break into the landlord business while leaving cheap!

It sounds like you have a good plan forming already.

I'm not sure if your projects are a good fit for me.