Not to sound mean, but becoming an agent right now is possibly the worst timing possible. Not only is the population of RE agents at an all time high, after 10 years of home appreciation, loans that anyone can get, and stories of millionaire agents and thus new agents jumping on the easy money bandwagon, there are currently way too many available, especially in socal.
I personally know about 10 RE agents (friends and acquaintances), not related to me being in the business, and if I count other agents, probably another 40. Many of them are in the process of a career change, due to lack of buyers. Investors and speculators were 30-50% of many agents business, and now, thats all but gone.
Loan agents are dropping like flies, and they should. IMHO, these are the some of sleeziest members of our society. They have expected easy money this whole time, and now thats ending. I would not recommend becoming an agent anytime soon.