New shoes, ..to match the new outfit...?

But, in the end, those skeptics aren't in my shoes or the ones faced with losing MY company if I get hit with a lawsuit.  

Put yourself in the buyers shoes.

I've been in your shoes before.  

I'm kinda in your shoes -- I just sold my contracting business and 2 homes and decided to become a RE investor.   

If I were in your shoes, below is how I would communicate:1.

I am in your shoes.

Put yourself in his shoes, and now he's got these "kids" coming along worrying about 0.5% and opting into higher minimum monthly payments to get it.

@Jason Ridout best advice I ever got: "dress one step sharper than the client" Also, a quality blazer and nice shoes can let you go into any meeting looking decent and can dress up and down matches jeans, slacks etc. 

If he wants to sit on a pee-stained toilet, not dust off his shoes for 15 years, or prepare food on a counter that's filthier than an public restroom in Tijuana, he's free to make that decision.