Kathy

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.

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.

Our studio has been on the market for two and a half months now. 

"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 apartment is worth in this market," I said.

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

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 November.  I had three months to go from six miles (the most I had ever run on a single day) to 26.2 miles.  I was terrified of the challenge because of everything I had heard about the grueling training and sacrifices that would have to be made for the race.