Question #2: I ran the neutral through the meter socket and terminated it in the disconnect. From there I ran the neutral into the inside panel.
No bond connection of the neutral in the meter pan? Most pans are lay-in lug types mounted directly to the can, so you don't have to cut the neutral, just strip it and terminate the neutral and have it go straight through, but that is not nessesary, unless there is a local code for that requires it to be continuous. But the neutral does need to be landed there as a main bonding jumper, as well as in the main disconnect.
