Direct Marketing / Realtor

[Ryan H.]

Hi all, I'm currently working with a realtor to buy my first rental property.  Based on the suggestions in many of the BP books, I thought I'd try sending out some targeted letters of interest to people who might be interested in selling their property.  I notified my realtor about this and she expressed three concerns: (1) if I list her info in the letter, it could be construed as her soliciting another agent's client; (2) my communicating with the seller directly complicates my current agreement with my agent (she used the analogy of me hiring an attorney and then communicating with the other party directly instead of through the attorney); and (3) I may inadvertently do or say things that could be construed as practicing real estate without a license.

Thoughts?  How then does one do direct marketing at all, then, with or without an agent?