making a cash offer without a realtor

[Karen S.]

Hello everyone.

We have a great realtor that we work with, but we are also interested in making an offer for a house that is not currently on the MLS or up for sale even. I know that people do this everyday, but I wanted to hear your advice for making a cash offer on a property (in Pennsylvania, especially) using a real estate attorney or other approach. We know the neighborhoods pretty well and have information from the county websites as well as some experience, so we would like to try this approach on our next purchase. WDYT BP?