Break it apart and see what, if anything, can be conceded.

When I pressed him on this, he conceded that he had read a white paper I had written.From my perspective, the white paper he referred to was one of extremely limited and restricted circulation, and certainly copyrighted by me.

You might also concede though that there are plenty of customers out there that don't think a real estate agent brings any value to the table whatsoever with the mountains of free data available on the internet.  

If we agree the government has that power, then you must concede that they also have the power to take away the benefit to reverse the activity. 

You need that extra leverage to stay steady if the market concedes.

@Nicholas Morgan Ask the seller to concede price to the appraisal or walk.

You may have to concede on some things you don’t want to do like installing a pathway, but it’s less costly than them throwing the book at you when you try to show them the codes or them forcing you to revert it to its original state.

@Max Tanenbaum, I would concede to your opinion on the matter as I am not familiar with older hardwood properties on the E coast.  

I would never concede $200 a month and my market is not nearly as rent-able as Houston, Texas.  

Due to this I will concede to needing to pay a property management firm from the beginning.