Bed bugs in multiunit

[Matt Harris]

hi have an issue that maybe another landlord has some experience with. I have a 4 unit I owned for over two years with no bed bug issues now I had a resident complain of them I inspected and found it to be true so I immediately called an exterminator but for just two units they want 1500$ and that's for only 3 treatments and I don't want them to move into the other two units. So I bought bed bug sheets and spray and I did it myself and told my resident where it came from was they were bringing used things mattress couch from the trash and such which brought them in since I never had any issues previously. Well being a small time landlord I can't afford that big bill because I would have to do all 4 units to be safe so that's 3000$ that isn't caused by me and never had any bug issues previously. I also can't charge the tenant that started the problem because their on welfare with no money and I have depleted her security deposit of 750$ from other damages. But now I have another resident saying their getting bite and say they saw bed bugs in their apartment. Any suggestions. I told all residents to bag and clean their units but this issue is caused by them bringing them into the building. Thanks