Real estate agent involvement for off market deals

[Brandon Pelfrey]

I'm a newbie investor and am starting to look more and more at off market deals. I've had a couple agents who have been very helpful to me but I've had a hard time finding a way to make any of the deals work that I get from them off the MLS. If I were to get an off market deal how could they be involved and add value? Or is there no room for them in that kind of deal?