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On Brownstoner, a seller teeters on the edge of renovation: "It is a beautiful space near the beach in Brooklyn but shabby looking with old floors and broken tiles in the bathroom and a very old kitchen that needed replacement. Everyone said not to renovate because the new owners would want to do it themselves a different way. The brokers and my friends all agreed so I did not renovate.

A frustrated FSBO seller seeking advice on the sale of his/her $998k prewar Midtown co-op probably wasn't prepared for this: "Your apartment is an odd, weird, beautiful, time-capsuled, artisanal thing..." replies a broker on StreetEasy, amid comments that $1 million one-bedrooms typically do not fly off the shelves, even in Manhattan.

Actually, the truffle-scented lobby at 10 West End Avenue is an accident, not a marketing gimmick, writes the NYT's Christine Haughney: “Rosalind Rodburg is having no luck selling her apartment on West End Avenue despite more than 75 visits from potential buyers.

We're familiar with high-efficiency washing machines that smell like cat pee, but HVACs that smell like dirty socks?

If the inside of your apartment isn't living as large as that check you write each month, perhaps it's time for some sprucing. Apartment Therapy's weekly list of sales is out, and though we do not profess to be shopping pros, there appear to be some great opportunities to score bargains for your abode on this long fair weather weekend. Some sales that caught our attention: