How to get my buyer's agent 3% when FSBO is offering 1%? (sales, price)

[InTheYear3000]

Am going to look at a FSBO. Sellers are offering only 1%. Its a USDA loan so I'm not spending much at the onset. Just in case it ends up being a house I'd consider, what are my options for getting my agent 3%? Or is he going to expect 6% since there is no other agent to split it with??

[Rakin]

Have them pay 2% of the sales price towards your closing costs then you pay your agent the 2%. This may or may not work, if you write this in the contract don't mention you will be paying the agent yourself.

[middle-aged mom]

Ask your agent make the initial contact with the seller and negotiate his own fee.

All of this presumes the seller has sufficient equity in the property to pay more or can do so, out of pocket.

[Brandon Hoffman]

What MAM said first and best answer, or if you like the house just write it in the offer.