Writing an offer? Can it be done without an agent?

[Tom Nellman]

Hi,

I have been looking into the Brrrr strategy and I hear about people finding off market deals etc. My question is... say I do a letter campaign and someone wants to sell me their house.  How do you write up an offer?  Do you always have to have an agent write an offer for you?  

I've googled it on the internet and all I get are how realtors write the offers, make a nice letter etc, but I am concerned with the nuts & bolts of what I need to put in the offer for protections etc.  Are people presenting these homeowners with their own written contracts?  Is that a good idea?  Thanks for any advice.

Tom