The owner of a home interviewed several agents before selecting the agent to market his home. We will call one of those agents "Slick Dick". During the interview process - the seller shared with "Slick Dick" how much the owner owed on this property. It seemed harmless at the time.
The seller choose to not work with "Slick DicK and listed his home with another realtor.
Weeks later, "Slick Dick" shows the property and writes up an offer admittedly based on what information he had received during the interview - so the seller would net ZERO.
Does this seem fair - no but technically "Slick Dick" did the worrect thing by sharing this information with his buyer whom he had a business relationship with.
What I think should have happened is that "Slick Dick" should have done a better job educating the potential client during the interview BEFORE any confidential information was divulged.