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The FSBO Diaries No More

by Kathy | 9/08/10 - 6:39 AM

It may still be too early to say the brokers have won. But after four months of FSBO, my husband and I have stopped trying to sell our apartment on our own.

Instead, we recently signed an exclusive agreement with a...
The FSBO Diaries (Wks 21-22): Exclusive broker OR price reduction...?

by Kathy | 8/18/10 - 6:16 AM

It's been almost a month since our last open house.

After four months on the market as a FSBO, we've taken it off in August because it's a traditionally quiet time and to give us a chance to re-evaluate.

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The FSBO Diaries (Week 19-20): The beginning of the end?

by Kathy | 8/02/10 - 7:20 AM

I learned some interesting news last weekend about the other studio apartment that came on the market in my building just over two weeks before. Their owners have accepted an offer and will be in contract very soon.
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The FSBO Diaries (Week 17-18): Competition

by Kathy | 7/21/10 - 11:03 AM

I often search Streeteasy for comparable apartments on the Upper West Side to keep tabs on the market. A couple of weeks ago, I found a "one bedroom" in my building that had been on the market for a day.
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The FSBO Diaries (Wk. 15-16): Bring it on, brokers

by Kathy | 7/07/10 - 7:50 AM

As I wrote a couple of months ago, my husband and I agreed to consider using brokers if we hadn’t sold our apartment by...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 14): The holiday question

by Kathy | 6/23/10 - 12:38 PM

The first comment I received on this site was: "So, the first two open houses are on Palm Sunday and Easter? Not sure of this strategy."

Oops. I hadn’t made the connection or realized how many spring...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 13): Email misfire triggers FSBO nightmare

by Kathy | 6/16/10 - 12:38 PM

Not long ago, after my apartment had been on the market for a couple of months, I started looking around online for a place to buy in Brooklyn.

I thought, "Hmm, why not search...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 12): Limbo

by Kathy | 6/09/10 - 1:26 PM

Some day someone will map out the Stages of FSBO to trace the emotional phases of the process.

The first few would be Anxiety, Invincibility, and Limbo, which I guess is where my husband and I are at right now....
The FSBO Diaries (Week 11): Selling to out-of-towners

by Kathy | 6/02/10 - 6:40 AM

"What if we offered you $375,000," the Ohioans asked.

I tried to stay neutral and keep emotion out of it. "I understand that you're looking for value, but that price isn't representative of what...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 10): We test-drive a broker

by Kathy | 5/26/10 - 11:56 AM

About half an hour before our open house last Sunday, I received an email from a broker wanting to show our place.

But instead of ignoring it like all the others, I found...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 9): FSBO is like the NYC Marathon, minus the cheering crowds

by Kathy | 5/19/10 - 12:20 PM

People who haven't run marathons tend to think that completing one is almost impossible for the average person to do.

One July a few years ago, I learned that I won a number to run in the New York City Marathon in...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 8): Back on the market, with another offer

by Kathy | 5/12/10 - 11:03 AM

Well, that was fast. We attracted two offers on our Upper West Side apartment, accepted one of them, and had it turned down by the board all within a month of our first open...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 7): An accepted offer, and some negotiating tips

by Kathy | 5/05/10 - 12:42 PM

Big news: We accepted an offer on our Upper West Side apartment, and it was related to the first offer we got.

By related, I mean that the neighbor on one side of us who...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 5): Get off my couch

by Kathy | 4/21/10 - 12:28 PM

I didn't need to see the couple's bike helmets to know that they had been exercising. I could feel it in their moist palms as I shook their hands and welcomed them into my home.

It was our third open house and up...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 4): Brokers want in

by Kathy | 4/14/10 - 1:35 PM

The Intimidator, the Cold Caller, Debbie Downer and the Partner. These are the four types of brokers my husband and I have encountered the most since we put our Upper West Side studio...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 3): Second open house, first offer

by Kathy | 4/07/10 - 10:23 AM

Well, we got an offer on Easter Sunday, the day of our second open house at our Upper West Side studio apartment , so that concludes this column. Selling on your own without the...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 2): Our first open house

by Kathy | 3/31/10 - 3:06 PM

It was the night before our first open house, and I sat in front of the computer re-reading the words of the one person who commented on my first post here.

"So the...
Saturday Extra! ‘The FSBO Diaries’ debuts on BrickUnderground

by Teri Karush Rogers | 3/27/10 - 11:01 AM

Today BrickUnderground kicks off The FSBO Diaries, a new series exploring the world of FSBO (For Sale By Owner, pronounced “fizbo”), New York City style.

Newlyweds Kathy and Rob,...
The FSBO Diaries (Week 1): Our decision to sell bareback

by Kathy | 3/27/10 - 11:00 AM

Soon after my husband Rob and I got married ten months ago, we realized that living together in a studio longterm wasn't realistic.

With or without the help of a broker, the task of selling...

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