They are your business partners and can either be a massive resource or blow it for you. 

What scared in the article is the mentions of personal financial risks, LLCs not really protecting your personal assets, the amount of investors filing bankruptcy , social threats, scams, etc.Is this article over blowing these facts, trying to sell REIT ?

All the remediation company does is stop the leak/repair the plumbing, remove any wet materials, dry everything out with big fans and then replace whatever needed to be removed.

Lol, And my phone blows up whenever it happens!

I would get a LL/tenant attorney since no one really knows how the courts will react and an atty will have the best chance of knowing how the winds are blowing. 

We got lucky last 3-4 years renting it out .But it’s been dry for a few months now .. the attractive thing about STR for this property is we can go back there and stay in it .  

I relocated the tenants to an Airbnb for $1k while it dried out and the plumbing was replaced.

China is natural resource poor and dependent on the rest of the world to fill that void, and with cheap labor drying up they will lose some ground on the manufacturing side. 

They may need to cut open the wall to dry it out and prevent mold growth.

I think you're right, the lack of control is probably going to be your biggest emotional hurdle.There may be some middle ground that softens that blow up.