If you're not already, be assertive and confident in your speech (practice, affirmations, etc...).

I don't yet feel confident in knowing how to narrow down my search to a city, or county.

I was unsure what market I wanted to invest in or where to start but as I educated myself by reading and researching it has helped me become more confident in my real estate investing abilities.

Getting that exposure to real life scenarios helped me gain the confidence and knowledge to put pen to paper.  

@Dan Krupa thank you for the heads up, a buddy of ours has invested out there with success and now he’s moving out there, my husband feels more confident looking in a place where we have a friend that we can count on to help us out with anything out there.

If the purchase price was $595K it seems tight but with enough experience you can be confident of your profit numbers. 

My suggestion for better data is to go to the one place where I'm confident that you'll get real numbers. 

@Dave Foster - there is certinly a lot of distressed blockchain out there ;0 

This will make you more confident and gives you a sense of control at the bargaining table.

If you had been lowballing, I could see your agent lose confidence in you as a buyer, but if you were competitive, then it’s on him.