Be calm, polite, respectful, fair, firm and professional.Start with the correct notice for this type of situation.

This is likely to continue with the proposed BOC rate cut in the coming weeks as the new CMHC rules coming into affect on Feb. 1st will not calm the market in my opinion and won't even have an effect on properties priced under $500k.

What you may find can surprise you or can be discouraging, however, it is imperative that a logical, calm, and deliberate path is laid out that is agile in nature in order to minimize or maximize losses or gains respectively. 

It could work if you have the right personality: honest, hard working, calm, detail oriented, no-nonsense set the rules and systems and 100% stick to them.

Calming the seller's fears about this process or that.

I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

There are a few approaches that I use with difficult tenants:1) We try to appeal to their sense of reason by having a calm discussion with them about the quality product/service we are providing them and the only way that we can continue to do that is for the tenants to hold up their end of the bargain.

If you already purchase the property, you should remain calm and focus on the POSITIVES which the property has to offer rather than the NEGATIVES.

Things will calm down once you get over the first wave.

Given the chance of a new financial crisis is getting higher and higher, to me it makes a lot more sense to play defense until the market has calmed down.