Now listen, before you take this too far, I'm not saying go out and be combative or angry or rude or flat out mean or any other negative adjective you can come up with. 

Depending on the building, layout and system, sometimes those issues are hard to combat no mater what.Running toilets....annoying but cant force a fix...... often easy DIY fixSinks not draining...... pull the trap and clean them out...pretty easy to do yourself....if you are lucky, then that will fix you issue....if not its further downstream and you will need a plumber.Water intrusion......best you can do is frame the conversation around the fact that the issue is destroying his property and investment and it's going to cost him more $$ in the long run if he doesn't deal with it now....appeal to his desire to make $$ on this place.....Sucks but sometimes you have to just band aid the issue as best you can and/or fix them yourself until your lease is up and you move.

Now that Facebook has created more strict terms when ads involve housing ;how do you combat that?

If anyone could offer any guidance or strategies that could help me combat this situation that would be great.

Just curious if anyone has found a way to combat fleas in off market properties from infesting you as well?

He was incredibly combative and aggressive towards the current owner during the showing. 

Would like to speak to a dept or team that has experience and direction in strategy to educate and combat the city on this proposal.

There are ways to combat this by partnering, networking, etc.

You can combat that in a few ways:-Find a conventional lender who can close in three weeks.

Is there anything I can do to combat this?