This article was published by Clever Real Estate on May 13, 2026. DealForge founder Alex Wright was quoted as a real estate expert contributor alongside other industry professionals. Read the full piece there.

About the Article

Written by Franklin Schneider and edited by Jon Stubbs, the guide covers the full process of submitting a purchase offer without a buyer's agent: pre-approval, researching comps, sourcing state-standard offer forms, choosing contingencies, setting earnest money, negotiating seller concessions, and navigating the post-NAR settlement rules on buyer-broker compensation.

The piece addresses the August 2024 NAR settlement changes — specifically that buyer-agent compensation is no longer advertised in the MLS and must now be negotiated directly in the offer — and walks unrepresented buyers through how to structure a closing-cost concession request to recapture the typical 2–3% buyer-agent commission.

Alex's Contribution

Alex was sourced for his experience as a former Realtor at Keller Williams in Bozeman, MT and 307 Real Estate in Cody, WY, with more than six years of transaction experience. His quoted insight in the piece:

“Unrepresented buyers tend to trip over the contract itself — missing details, using wrong forms, not understanding what they're agreeing to. A clean, well-written offer often gets picked over a higher one because it signals an easier transaction. When an offer comes in messy or unclear, it's hard to take it seriously.”

The quote appears in the “Will the seller take you seriously?” section of the article, which contrasts credibility signals (pre-approval at the offer amount, state-standard forms, professional communication) against inexperience signals (lowballs without comps, offers composed in email with no form attached, missing or vague contingency language).