and bought one using a realtor he met at an open house.

Lots of background:

18 months ago one of my closest friends dad called me and said he was moving from Colo. to Oregon. At the time I had only met him once. He asked me if I could show him around the various neighborhood of my city and look at units in his price range in the various areas of the city. He flew out for a week and I proceeded to show him properties over a 4 or 5 day period. I did a lot of work t the time to find just what he wanted and did my best to show him the city. He is 83 and took a lot of time and energy to do this for him given hios age etc At the conclusion he flew home to Colorado and said he would think about it. About 6 months later he ended up moving here and renting. At the time we had a conversation that was basically him saying he wanted to rent and get a feel for the neighborhood he was thinking of purchasing in, which made total sense to me and that he would be in touch if he ever wanted to buy something down the road. Now I see this man regularly and have dinner with him and his son at least twice a month and often times more. We get along great and I consider him a friend. One problem is he has a temper and is cheap as all hell.

Anyways fast forward to two weeks ago. I find out from his son that he went and bought a condo. He was looking on his own for a couple weeks and then his son advised him to get a realtor and suggested he do so before he purchased. So his dad met some guy at a listing, they looked at two condos, he made an all cash offer and closed in three weeks. I found out he worked with the guy for 1 day. The guy made an 9K commission.

Now, I know I had no contract, thats not the issue.

The issue is I want to convey to him that I feel it was very unprofessional of him and rude to use my services for a week and then just randomly hire a guy he never met, really the frist person he came across that day.

This is a resentment that is building by the day and affecting the friendship to the point where I don't want to go to any activitys that he in going to be present at. Which is difficult as his son is very close with his dad. I also don't want it to affect the friendship with his son.

Any suggestions on how to write an email to his dad w/out coming off sounding like a D***. I just want to convey in an honest fashion that what I did for him was my WORK and livelihood and that I very hurt by what happened.

Thanks!