So figure out what % of the square footage you are living in vs. renting and deduct accordingly on Sch A for personal home expenses and schedule E for rental expenses.Also, I would advise consulting a tax advisor in your area.  

All these done together are powerful platforms. 

They do take a decent chunk; 30% capped at $18k in one calendar year, 6% capped at $3k in one calendar year and $60.00 E & O each transaction.

You have to be affiliated with at least 1 board of realtors $700/yr, have a sentricard and pay dues in order to access electronic lock-boxes $215/yr, MLS access $660/yr, if you go with a 100% commission brokerage expect to pay approx $3600/yr, continuing education courses/licensing and renewal fees approx $150/yr, showing service membership $1,000/yr, add in the cost of E & O insurance and a few more memberships, broker dues and other misc. things and you're well over $7,000 per year.  

State regulations make things complicated so I'm skeptical that it will ever replace the agent; however, technology is taking the place of so much human production that it wouldn't surprise me to see some platforms simplify the process for the even the casual browser.I looked for the app for my Android, but only T-Rex apps displayed.  

@Sharad M.Hi Sharad. the address is 842 E 14th Ave Gary IN 46407.

Direct mail is a powerful platform once you learn how to master it. 

@maddison nobbs Account Closed Ok, so this is like Instagram for tagging people; so many social media platforms so little time - could we all just use snap chat to communicate or is that unprofessional?

I'm building a list of free and open source tools to help a group of friends sell their houses and am looking for input from others who also do this.SugarCRM (big fan of this -- not the easiest to use for newcomers, but provides great value when on a budget value)Wordpress (big fan here -- once we build a template to showcase a house, then we can then we can script out these installs)LAMP / LEMP -- Linux + Apache / Nginx + MySQL/MariaDB + PHP/Pearl (the platform all of this rides on).  

Your attempt at trying to convey 'humility' ala e e cummings is failing miserably.This advise is free of charge and I wish you the best of luck, but 'don't' quite your day job!