Make it semi threatening, but not offensive. 

Don't take any offense to anything I say, just trying to help. 

@David Cole, no offense, but as a rental your condo stinks. 

No offense, but rent to own is not a good strategy.

Hey Rafael - thanks for the input, no offense taken...a little back story: I found an investor to buy the seller's remaining inventory 15 months ago for 4.2MIL, which the seller declined...since then, prices have dropped further, and now the seller is willing to take 3.3MIL...but now my investors are only willing to go as high as 2.4MIL, which he delined again...so the frustration comes from putting real offers into the seller's hands, and him balking waiting for the "pie in the sky" deal...he could have been done with this 15 months ago had he taken the 4.2, where now he would gladly accept that...problem is, market changed again, and he's not being realistic...so believe me, I did concern myself with the seller throughout this whole process, trying to get him the best deal I could, while still being fair to the investors...seller just seems to have unrealistic expectations, so my thought was to now see if I could go straight to the bank, and see if they maybe could help "convince" the seller to take what is being offered...you know, maybe hearing it from another source might strike a chord...in any event, since I started this post, the seller seems to be a bit more willing to discuss and compromise his position, and we are scheduled for a call in a couple hours with both potential buyer and seller.Keeping my fingers crossed...Thanks for your honest opinion...

No offense to property managers.Thanks -Rich

No offense to those that do, but I'm somewhat averse to placing my real estate investments in the hands of someone else making the command decisions, and paying fees on top of that.

No offense to the contractors out there! 

No offense intended to anyone here but this is an industry full of posers and wanna be's and you as an investor must vette each source to insure it is credible and that cannot be done here.  

Having written screening criteria is the key to not only keeping complaint, but to making quicker/easier decisions in the future.For most landlords, the nature of the crime, time since offense, and offenses since then are big factors.