Inspection Response & Repair Request

Help me draft a prioritized repair request to send to the listing agent after an inspection.

Context:
- Property: {Property address}
- Buyer name: {Buyer name}
- Contract price: {Contract price}
- Buyer's risk tolerance (low / medium / high): {Buyer risk tolerance}
- Inspection findings (paste the summary): {Inspection findings (paste summary)}
- What the buyer cares most about fixing: {Buyer's top priority}
- What I think is reasonable to walk away from: {What you'd drop}
- My name: {Your name}
- Listing agent name: {Listing agent first name}

Deliverables:
1. A prioritized list of 3 repair / credit asks — labeled MUST / SHOULD / NICE
2. For each ask, a 1-sentence reason grounded in the report (no vague 'safety concerns')
3. A short email to the listing agent (max 180 words) presenting the asks as a credit at closing first, then repairs as a fallback
4. One line I should NOT include in the email (something the buyer wants me to say but that would weaken our position)

Tone: factual, no exclamation marks, no 'demand' language. We are negotiating, not threatening to walk.

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Pro tips

• ALWAYS lead with credit at closing, not repairs — sellers prefer to write a check than coordinate vendors.
• Drop your weakest ask before sending — asking for everything signals inexperience.
• If the seller pushes back on the credit, then offer to swap to a home warranty as a face-saver.