all offers written? are verbal offers taken seriously?

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I think what has kept me slow on making offers is the pain in the butt long drawn out ordeal of writing it up. most the houses I offer on are on the MLS so im basically making my offer to the agent, verbal or written.

do sellers agents take verbal offers seriously? through a good discussion I feel they understand that I am an investor and am serious and that my offer has no contingencies but havent had any call backs (and im talking about 7 properties ive done this to). I make them verbally allot of the time but I wonder if it would hold more weight if I send a written offer? could I just email the agent a genaric offer letter similar to what BP forms are available, obvously it would have property specific and $ specific information on it, but I wouldnt include all the signed disclosures bla bla paperwork that goes with buying a house. would this work? it would make it much easier and I could offer on multiple properties in a much smaller amount of time. this way i wouldnt have to sit down with the sellers agent and go through the motions since my offers I anticipate will be more of a numbers game (allot of offers before one lands)