Everyone thought I was nuts and, while I did my best to ignore it, I'm sure it impacted how aggressive I was in the end. 

I've attended a couple of forums on the insurance issues, and my take away is that no one knows when it's going to ease up.

How long did it take you to earn your money back from the program? 

With the current mortgage rate constraints affecting how many buyers are willing to enter the market we are seeing a lot of borrowers have success with the BRRRR strategy with plans to sell in the next 3-5 years when interest rates go down.Researching potential LTR and STR rental amounts and seeing if holding for a few years is a viable option is a good analysis to do well. 

@Paul Zofsak how will you prove in court that the tree was NOT in good health?

Try networking locally with HML's who know the market. 

Let your tenants know that repeated violations may be grounds for termination of the lease.2.

Watch the house to see if they abandon it, which they probably will.Buy some books and educate yourself on how to be a better landlord.

I know there is surety bond process and there a a few companies that appear to offer a service (Like Rhino)Furnished Finder has a new feature called Worry Free Waivers but when I tried  to better understand their process, it was clear they have not done a good job of vetting this out. 

Didn’t have that words, knowing the situation, lost my game face in that moment and I knew it.