It does not matter what happens tax-wise on your end - whether you deduct it, capitalize it, depreciate it or whatnot.

or how to raise funds for real estate investing, with topics on the types of why or how I can benefit my investors percentage wise.

like others said .. no agent is going to show the house unless the buyer specifically ask to see it.your being dollar wise and pound FOOLISH.. you will lose in negative cash flow everything you hoped to gain by trying to cut commish.. it just is what it is. brokers work on compensation just like anyone else .. when the rest of the selling community is offering 2. 5 to 3%  why are they going to spend time on yours..  

You see like many average Americans My finances are in a small mess, but I’ve just gotten my income tax return and paid down some credit card debt, so I want to use this breathing room wisely.

He's the deal the house is falling apart due to a bad roof needs to be torn down, it is twice as big as our place land wise.

Hi everyone, as a newbie I've spent a lot of time reading the blogs and forums trying to get a grasp on how to wisely jump into RE.

This Attorney lost that law suit which was for incompetence representing a Buyer.One of the things we want to accomplish is to allow information to be disseminated in to the public records so that anyone who chooses to use that Attorney has the ability to conduct a public search before they retain him.Without these cases, he record looks incredibly good as a practicing Attorney for over 2 decades and no disciplinary action against him.We want to proceed not just to get Kevin's money back, but also to hopefully allow others to have that ability to find information to make a wise choice on selecting an Attorney. 

You see like many average Americans My finances are in a small mess, but I’ve just gotten my income tax return and paid down some credit card debt, so I want to use this breathing room wisely.

Thank you @James Wise.

Thanks @James Wise