How to Offer

[Sherlock Holmes]

So I have been reading the site for a while now and educating myself. I am ready to start making offers to get my first deal out of the way and was wondering what is the best way to make offers when there is no realtor, do I just call and offer or send them a letter of intent. And also if there is a realtor do I use a different method? I am planning on making offers on about 5 or 6 homes 30% lower than asking price on all of them. Any general advice would be greatly appreciated as well.