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Jorge owned a four bedroom, three bath house in the Alamo Heights area of San Antonio, Texas.Jorge was transferred to Los Angeles so he contacted a local real estate broker, Mario, to find a buyer for his home.Jorge and Mario signed a listing contract in which Mario was authorized to find a buyer for the home at a price of $699,000. The contract was to expire in six months. Immediately after signing the contract, Jorge moved to Los Angeles.Mario held several "open houses" on various Sunday afternoons. During the open house, Mario would put an "open house" sign in the yard of the home and anyone who was driving by or in the neighborhood could come in and look at the property. Open houses are a common way for real estate brokers to market the property and find potential buyers. Jorge had never heard of such a thing and when he found out about the open houses he fired Mario and sued him for breach of fiduciary duty. Jorge maintained the listing contract did not specifically allow Mario to hold an open house. Mario admitted that the contract did not explicitly allow for open houses but that the practice is standard in the residential real estate business and that he was reasonable in believing that he had the authority to hold the open houses. Mario is correct.