Best wishes in your search, not every housing decision is about money. Shows that you are doing your homework and a move from north to south means that you can afford the pricing.
Definitely keep lowballing the offers and never listen to the price the realtor wants to offer…they are not paying your mortgage. Realtors are paid by a percentage of what the deal closes at, therefore there is no such thing as a ‘buyers agent’. There is a conflict of interest built into the system already, so for us, if an agent is not listening to what we want, we go find one that will.
Personally I think the realtors that regularly post on here are 1 in a million as they show that they won’t believe the hype and consult their sellers/buyers accordingly.