I recently just got my real estate brokers license.  I haven't officially become a Realtor yet, I've been busy and I'm also waiting for my first listing.  My focus is working with investors and buyers.  I've got one of the greatest clients in the world, I just wish they had more money, but we'll definately get a couple of properties acquired quickly.

I'm showing my client around Southwest Denver. 

This is one of the areas I'm targeting to become an expert in for rentals and fix and flips.  My client is also on the same page that this is a good area.  (If you want or need more explaination of this map please contact me directly).  We're tourning about 8 properties in the area and in the course of driving we go by an open house sign.  I suggest that we take a look at it.  He agrees, we want to see how finished properties in the area look like and what they are going for.  It's an excellent way to look for comps in my opinion.

We walk in as the agent is setting up and she greats us outside and we walk into the house.  My client is walking first and he introduces himself.  I'm right behind him and I say that I'm the agent and Jon is the investor.  The broker says to Jon, "I've got several more properties that are coming available in the next several weeks."  Then she hands the card directly to my client.

I'm a little shocked by this.  I thought that was a big no-no.  Is this an ethical or legal violation or merely poor behavior?  Does it matter if they are an agent or a Realtor?

I've got a great relationship with my client and we laughed about it in the car after looking at the house.  I'm looking for ideas on how to handle this in the future.

I'm a mortgage broker as well and I'm familiar how other brokers always try to steal or undercut your price.  As a broker my philosophy is to keep my clients happy and they won't leave.  I thought Real Estate brokers had different rules.