In the event of a sale, are you able to subtract realtor fees and other sale fees from the net gain of the sale?

That would not be a taxable event. 

The education, networking, coaches, events, podcasts, masterminds, etc is exactly what I needed.

A month ago there was a very tramatic event in their family where they asked if they could get out of the lease. 

If you live in KC, look in the Event section here for meetups near you and use sites like Meetup dot com to look for real estate investor meetups.

A great way to start is by attending RE events and joining a local investors association.

Go to meet ups in the area, find out all active investors in that market, talk to brokers in the market who have clients looking for capital, attend events that you can network, and look into joining the various communities in real estateGino

Attend networking events, and join online forums and local real estate clubs to nurture these relationships and expand your network.

Or in my day a Zig Zeigler event ( I loved that guy) or Robert Schuler would have some top speakers at his events as well.

If done this way, the investor could use this as a powerful tax strategy to spread the taxable event over years, lowering the effective tax rate faced from the taxable events.I have heard professionals compare it to an installment agreement, but with more control.