And as the buyer I would be wondering if the agent's personal ethics allow him to ignore this law, what else is he doing that may hurt me down the road.Again, it does not need to be an exclusive agreement. 

No matter what I have to respect his growth and work ethic even if I don’t agree with everything.

In my opinion, I don't think she's being ethical to begin with.

They seem to have an edge as they get all the heads up and probate stuff (questioning the morals/ethics... but those professions seem to be exempt from morals anyway) but I am working on this niche for sure.

Whether you are an agent or not always operate in an ethical manner and you will be find.  

It's rare in the LA market today to ethically find flips over 15%.  

And firstkey's legal group's absolute unwillingness to speak to me about the situation is the most obnoxious example of a lack of business ethics I have ever seen in my life.Some of the original docs got lose because the title company made a mistake.

I'll give a shout out to @Paul Timmins because he just gave a great answer to another new wholesaler in the posthttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/297099-ethical-wholesaling-for-a-newbieUnfortunately, wholesaling attracts A LOT of unscrupulous, nefarious, and/or incompetent people.

About the ethics question.  

If the property is listed with a realtor on mls, it would not be too ethical to go behind the listing agents back.