He wasn't there and didn't know the urgency.

I offered what I thought would be fair, given the homes condition, location, and the urgency of the sellers need to move it.

If market is just heating up it may be a lack of urgency.

You won’t close deals with tire kickers or sellers that don’t have any sense of urgency.

Converted the apartment to a full time rental property, up till now, where I just got this feeling that it's likely better to sell and re-invest elsewhere than to keep it as maintenance costs are starting to rise, and the complex's neighbors are starting to degrade.As a result, I think I'm about to get thrown into the deep end of having to do a 1031 transfer as a first play into doing RE investment, so there's some sense of urgency as well, which is not comfortable.I'm by no means a pro, and by day I'm a full time manager at a startup, running technical sales.

@Ian Walsh thank you Ian, that’s the plan but feeling urgency with high market.

I would consider working with a broker...Most good agents will come to give you consultation for free...and a good one can really help.I own a small coop unit I rent on the UES...used to do it all myself...then met an agent through a common friend who made a great impression very friendly and professional...let him handle the turnover of my apartment and he managed to get me about 15% increase of the monthly rent...When I was doing my open houses I would always got a trickle of people come by...he managed to get 30 people in the door on his 1st open house and 3 application within the week...What I came to realize is that good agents manage to drive much more foot traffic and create a sense of urgency for buyers/renters...In my case he got in a professional photographer who made the place shine...If you DM I can send you his contact...but any good agent from one of the reputable companies in Manhattan can give you a good advice.If your coop allow you to sublet for a year I would seriously consider doing so (If it cover holding cost)...Fall-Winter is the worst season to be on the market...if you can have the place rented and then put it on the market around March-April you might be in a better position...again best to consult few good Manhattan agents.

Most of my properties are well maintained and on the upper echelon of rentals in the area so that usually creates more competition and a sense of urgency so they can ‘ get it before the other guy does’.

Be better organized and have higher sense of urgency to c complete project.

Looking back, I'm sure this was a part of the reason they had no sense of urgency or desire to leave within the 3 week timeline we gave them.