Need good "sales pitch" for out-of-town owner

[Nora Spangler]

Looking for suggestions and specific language to use to talk to an out-of-town property owner that will convince him it's time to SELL! Any successful sales pitches you know of? There is a vacant home owned by an out-of-town person. I've sent 3 letter with photos of the poor condition of the home. It's deteriorating with no one living in it. I'm working with a lender to see if I can buy it, complete it and sell it, but until I know for sure...any ideas for how to engage this property owner? He's owned it for 10 years and it's just sitting there. Now with broken windows, missing siding, weeds galore....you get the picture. All other homes on the street are occupied and fairly well kept.