Analyst,you are right, OP asked for something helpful and we shouldn’t take advantage of the situation to spread our own versions of the Gospel :
“Anything you can say to calm me down would be profoundly appreciated. ”
However, how does this help in calming him down :
“This is not idle commentary on my part. All my San Diego property is owned without debt, meaning it is no struggle to hold on to it. I just listed it for sale. My judgment is that in the coming years, mid-market and higher properties will decline in value by an amount significantly greater than the cost of selling it (7 or 8 percent).”
I just dont’ see how slipping in a story about how easy you have it owning property and how you are about to sell while he is about to buy and he is clearly worried about the aftermath goes towards what the OP asked for.
