How many print their own flyers?

[William Huston]

I am a fairly new agent who is leaning toward being a listing agent only, but i'm trying to understand the marketing side of things as i've already had 6 appts for listings in my first 5 weeks that i'm continuing to follow up with tell i can convert them.

My question is how many people actually print their own flyers? I am not sure how much of it returns back on your taxes as expense as this is my first year so if you can inform me on that i would greatly appreciate that. What i'm seeing from the big teams in my office is that they typically order like 1,000 flyers on 100lb gloss paper after they get a listing under contract. I'm not sure how much they are spending on those 1000 flyers, but since ive been up at the office a lot lately for training, i've noticed that every week they are throwing away boxes of flyers that never went out due to the house selling right away or things tied up the team before they could fully handout the flyers.. but soooo much goes to waste it seems. I got some quotes from local companies for 1,000 flyers and the cheapest has been around $180... 

I recently invested in a high end business laser printer and have been thinking of maybe just printing off as i need them in full duplex front and back on 100lb paper. I was up at staples today and they sell cases of 2400 sheets of 100lb glossy paper for $91 bucks. Ive already burned through 2 x 500 page reams with all toners reporting over 75% still. Ive also ordered a set of 4 toners off amazon for $42 just in case.