Post everything up on social media , call the news station consumer advocate,send copies to the broker .

Cap and hang pvc is not time consuming what so ever.

I absolutely loved the process but also realized how exhausting and time consuming it would be to do everything by myself while holding onto a full time job.

I search and consumed everything I could on that subject, found some GREAT 'providers' who took time to answer newbie questions even though they can not directly promote themselves, and eventually picked one to use and it has been great. 

Consumers attempting to "pre-underwrite" themselves is a tree that bears no fruit.

Licensed contractors carry liability insurance, workers comp insurance and are bonded (requirement in state of CA) which helps protect you as the consumer.

I have consumed tons of knowledge with regards to RE investing in the past couple of months.

The house will be a time consuming and costly turnover which we are trying to avoid as long as possible.

If there's any further issues with the building Dept reach out to the department of consumer affairs.

You would be able to accumulate more properties out of state as well as cash flow on SFH, as Texas is pretty pricy and the cash flow is consumed by ever growing property taxes and insurance premiums (#14 in the country on the increase).