And to promote it, they promised the 1st five properties they auction off they promise not to set a reserve price, or bid on it themselves.

I'm keen on utilizing social media, and I'm sure that it can be done without paid for promotions. 

With that being said, since it is local to you, and you apply their 20% discount which will start being promoted in January, you might want to just "be there" and start to learn what you need to know to advance in this space.Bob

The safe harbor applies to amounts paid during the tax year to acquire or produce what the regs call a “unit of property” (UOP), you must meet these requirements: (1) at the beginning of the tax year, the taxpayer has written accounting procedures treating as an expense for non-tax purposes amounts paid for property costing less than a specified dollar amount (which will be 2500 for you), or with an economic useful life of 12 months or less;.(2) the taxpayer treats the amount paid for the property as an expense on its books and records in accordance with its accounting procedures. ( do this on your bookkeeping software or whatever you utilize)(3) the amount paid for the UOP doesn't exceed $2,500. as substantiated by invoice.Note: The cost for the Unit of Property includes additional costs (for example, delivery fees, installation services, or similar costs) if these additional costs are included on the same invoice with the tangible property.Eg:A purchases 100 printers at $500 each for a total cost of $500,000 as indicated by the invoice.

(I am strongly considering a number of cities that are located in the states we're already in)I don't want to do it for the sake of doing it, but rather because there are tangible benefits.

Congress pushed to promote home ownership through programs and relaxed lending standards.

I didn't waste 6 months, in my opinion, since my focus was to create a system that promotes crediability for my business.You dont need a course to learn how to preform direct mail, drive for dollars or door knocking.

Because I'm not up to my eyeballs in business, I can focus all of my available time on your needs.As the owner of a small brokerage, I'll promote the personal service.  

An agent again offers a great value In proactively looking for buyers for her listing in the ways of marketing, calling other agents and emailing them as well promoting that property.

Thank you for taking the time to answer some of my questions directly.Not to derail this discussion too much but I have to say I agree in large part to your approach but I would have to say it is more situational that what I think you promote.