How to check if an offer has been submitted to the bank?

[Lynn Harrison]

How does one check to see if one's offer has been submitted to the bank by the RE agent listing the REO?

We'll be looking for a buyer's agent soon, but for one- we don't have any recommendations as of yet,

and 2. I've talked to the main agent listing REO's a couple times and am getting the feeling it might be a good thing to be able to check and see if an offer was actually submitted to whatever desk at the bank... Can we do that or can a buyer's agent do that? & if so how much work would it entail for an agent?