Advice Neeeded: Making First Offer

[Justin Youngblood]

Looking to make an offer on my first investment property. The property is listed as a “coming soon” property in MLS so it has not hit the market. Needs quite a bit of cosmetic work and possibly some other rehab. Not sure until I get in there. Want to buy, rehab, and rent. Have already done the analysis but I would like to bypass the agent set to list it and make a low ball offer directly to the seller. Any advice on how to do this or if this is something I should avoid? Part of my offer to the seller is that I can save them the 6% listing fee they would pay that agent as I’m an agent myself.