You are pulling out all that 5 and 7 year property, which is considered PERSONAL property for tax purposes, not real property. 

Before you do it yourself, pay for a second opinion, sometimes we can amend or file form 3115 to pull savings forward. 

There is only one circumstance under which attorneys fees can be added to the redemption price.

So his fee more than paid for itself.Chris and his team are genuine and will help you IF you put forth the effort. 

As Michael said get on Vrbo and Airbnb, then synch your calendars with built in tools.Get a great cleaner and locate a handyman and your off and running without the 30% fees.

Use a realtor to pull comps for you unless you have access to the MLS system.

Probably still not cheap enough for most investors to pull the trigger and probably too "run down" or difficult to finance for retail buyers.

Many of them charge an additional fee over 10 feet, and some are scammers just looking to get in your house and try to tell you that you need a whole bunch of other services (that they can provide for an additional fee).  

My question is, if I make a purchase using myself as a broker, is it possible to receive a credit from the seller when acting as my own agent instead of receiving a brokerage fee?

Rent it and pull some cash out with a line of credit and reinvest.