Real estate agent not allowed to give an opinion on neighborhood?

[Patrick Flanagan]

I'm an out of state investor looking at properties in Ohio. An agent I was talking with told me she wasn't allowed to give me her opinion on the quality of the neighborhoods from a few properties we were looking at. 

She did say that she would send me some "information" on the surrounding area, but wasn't permitted to give me her personal assessment of whether this is a good/bad neighborhood.

Are there legitimate restrictions against this for an agent? On one hand, I am pleased that she is worried about ethics, but on the other (being out of state) I would like an agent to be able to tell me pertinent information like this without worry.