Hardly anyone can prep properly, mask or dropcloth properly, cut in around trim and windows, get even coverage, etc. 

You can also leave out some bulk hotel toothbrush/toothpastes, make up removers, earplugs, sleeping masks, etc. if you really want to step up a "In Case You Forgot" basket.You can keep a closet with extra of things that has a lock on it and if someone is irrate because they don't have enough pods, you can at least have a back up solution for them if you choose too. 

But then masking the fear with, a moral justification of I don’t want to dedicate what is requires to _______ (fill in the blank) because it is too much of a sacrifice of time away from my family.

Simply covering the mask as sales pushers. 

Wear a mask.

Ear plugs, eye masks, toothbrush/toothpaste, makeup removers, etc.

So I will speak to you know, mask off in a raw and unfiltered way and tell you what has happened to me in the last few months, this I believe is one for the books on real estate horror stories as I have lost all of my money and nearly lost my life. 

with that said, should you increase your down payment to mask flaws in an otherwise terrible deal - an alligator that will eat you alive with deferred maintenance that is in a worse neighborhood than you think, but an agent sold you on it because it has new countertops? 

Have gloves and masks for the men , you dont know whats inside Send them a letter telling the residents that on DEC 12 they will be evicted and all their belongings will be put on the curb .

Negotiating a better deal at this time doesn't solve the problem, it just masks it.