Well, I went back to the emails to see if I could parse what I "did." I would say that I validated his concern about listing the house w/in a certain timeframe and spending money on the reno, and then showed how doing the reno would increase house value and eliminate an inspection issue. I closed by saying that I was trying to work within his request to have the house ready to list w/o delay if I can't finance it. So- combination of pure logic, lack of "me" statements (just the facts) and appealing to his timing and financial interests. No accusations and I deleted the part of my old draft that started with "i really don't appreciate how you ..." ____________
Well I think we can all learn from that! That's fantastic advice.
