DIY MLS Listing: Negotiating an offer outside of the MLS?

[Ashraf Farrag]

I have a property I'm marketing on the MLS as well as on my own (Lease-Option/etc).

I paid a company to list a property for me in North Carolina. They do not get a commission and only send correspondence back and forth to me.

I have an offer that came via the MLS from a broker who is buying the property for himself / his LLC (no client). I presume he is going to be renting it out.

I can tell the MLS folks to let me negotiate directly with said broker or negotiate on my behalf (for a nominal fee).

If I choose to negotiate directly with the broker on this offer, is there any legal or other precedent that prevents us from suggesting in the negotiation that we let his "official" offer expire (he put a 48 hour clock on it) and we take the deal offline and accept it as is to eliminate the commission where we both are happy campers in the end?