In the case where the house has catastrophic damages such as fire, tornado, and other acts of God I will receive compensation to rebuild the house if I choose.

Even if your insurance company rebuilds your property, there may be no one to rent it.

Installing an egress window isn’t out of the question, but it would require demolishing the elaborate brick/mason front porch, reconfiguring the layout from the front door to the driveway, and rebuilding the concrete, landscaping, and deck/porch to support it.

Rebuild the financials.  

If you hire a company to do a remodel/partial rebuild or just a cosmetic face lift, they need more then 5% of the entire project UP FRONT, do not hire them.

Also any advice for rebuilding credit in a short time?

My preference is to rebuild my property thus, my mindset is that I could purchase the unit where the fire originated and rebuild both properties through economies of scale.  

Most desirable areas are saturated with rehabbed homes, and people are now transitioning to demolition and rebuild projects.

The cost to rebuild your home is up dramatically due to the rising cost of materials and labor.

The score rebuilds slowly through ontime payments and even faster if you get your utilization ratio between your loan balance as compared to your credit card limit down to 30% or lower.