It's not rocket science but does take some sacrificing, patience, work ethic, and ambition.

I had fancy UC Berkeley online library access, so I did what anyone in that position would do and read all the peer reviewed academic literature on bed bugs written by people with Ph.D after their name (including pre-modern remedies that worked & still work), and over the course of a few months eliminated the infestation myself - chemical free.

@Christina Kim The question to stage is more art than science to me. 

It's more of an art than an exact science.

@Jay Hinrichs this is the modern day "the real winner was the guy selling the pick axes during the gold rush" well done!

Lead paint has a distinctive flaking pattern compared to modern paints. 

If they could get out of their own way of their own regulation or reduce them for developers and charities to be able to build housing from say shipping containers,  or in older commercial buildings without having to do a full upgrade to modern standards.   

From the money side of thing, it makes a lot of sense since its cheap, highly customizable, modern looking and low maintenance cost due to steel frame structures.Once we are done with the first big project this year, the following one will be simple and we plan to do more with right amount of funding. 

The house was built in the 50's and the plumbing was upgraded at some point to copper and most of the major items were replaced at some point and time to meet more modern standards.

Research from the the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory showed that biting midge populations were reduced in test areas of Vero Beach and Boynton Beach, FL, and Castaway Cay, Bahamas.