Ensuring Clear Title make a research is the key, there are professional bidders or auction representatives who can bid on your behalf at auctions, Attend local auctions as an observer to gain firsthand experience and understanding of how they operate, As you proceed, always conduct thorough due diligence on properties of interest, including property inspections, financial analysis, and legal review.

In the end, your sales team needs to represent who you are.

The pre-settlement era seemingly encouraged buyers to self-represent, lured by the possibility of claiming the buy-side commission for themselves.Now, with this incentive structure altered, it will be interesting to see how the dynamics and strategies of unrepresented purchasing change in the current market.

You'll also probably still need to pay a buyer's agent around 2-3% (negotiable) because most buyers are represented (as they should be because they'd make beginner's mistakes otherwise).

They will then most likely retaliate:(-Also, many towing companies will NOT tow a vehicle without someone there representing the property owner (they don't want to get sued for falsely towing someone's vehicle).

Does my representative need to be knowledgeable or just able to open the door and let the inspector in? 

I do not even represent myself when I buy an investment property, I have an agent from my team represent me.

Hi Mike,Yes, you can submit an offer without a buyer's agent representing you, but the seller won't save any money as they already have an agreement to pay a certain commission to their agent, which that agent then splits with the buyer's agent.

Many of these markets are very well represented by sellers & turnkey operators here on BiggerPockets.

then you can represent your self in your transactions and then add up all these other activities.