Hi @Sean Leahy - good direction, I've never considered this but now that I think about, whenever I've had some random rental/sale listings I've been approached by brokers who said they represent folks that are part of the insurance company's claim management process (e.g. their house burnt down due to an accident). 

Inevitably there will be some "friction points" that you'll have to discuss/mediate, but ultimately if they are not willing to adopt a majority/all of your processes, then I think you mutually set up a date that works for them to move. e.g. 60 days, 90 days, etc...

Scheduling is knowing the building process and knowing who to schedule when to ensure there's no delays in work.

The process will obviously cost quite a bit more and Safeguard seems to have washed their hands of it completely. 

Wagner was recommended by my cousin who purchased a few properties with them and he's happy with the process.

We plan to come back live in it the other 6 months, fix it up more, repeat that process until we can find another deal that makes sense for us. 

All new tenants should go through the application process and be charged the application fee.

Any questions you have throughout the process.

Any good HML will be happy to share the contact info of borrowers so you can see how easy the process was and how well they treated the investor.Can you share a recent closing document or HUD?

Addicted to the process not the end result!