Negotiating prices without involving the realtor.

[Ahmad Darensbourg]

If a home owner has a listed real estate agent, can I still bargain and negotiate directly with the home owner for a lower price? 

[Michaela G.]

I did that a few years ago. I didn't cut the agent out of the commission, but we seemed to have communication problems and since I knew where the owner lived and had met him before, I just went to his house and we discussed why he wanted to sell the way he wanted to and what his motivation was etc and we came to an agreement, I wrote the offer through the agent and we closed.