A real estate agent can lead you in the right direction to your next home, but there are many things that they can't tell you that you may not be aware of. Redfin real estate agent David Ehrenberg told Curbed DC all the details about the ethics or lack thereof of "steering," which is when an agent might influence a buyer to a specific neighborhood based on the buyer's race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion or other protected status.