It's hard for me, a non-tool-user, to understand if the time in which they say it will get done is the truth.

That said, there are definitely some tools that can help with managing things moving forward.

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You have to work with the tools you've been given. 

It’s expensive to maintain and buy the tools needed to build houses and at some point it would make no sense to do that job.let’s just hope a solid treatment solution is found quickly and we can all go back to business as usual before things get too bad.

Otherwise, everything is speculation and you're looking at increase in value over time because they don't cash flow at all.

But if it is a shared cost say you purchase a bulk item like a case of caulking or a tool that will be used on both or all properties, how are you all adding that into your cost?

My question is what tools or help do landlords have to mitigate the situation?

Another person considers it to be one of the tools in her toolkit, and uses it when it makes sense. 

Yeah totally worth not having a realtor here IF you are confident in value, maybe get yourself a BPO for $75 to be sure you aren't selling the property too far under market.