@Kao Saeteurn
I understand your frustration. My wife was a licensed agent after college, hung her license with a friend who's a broker. Her objective was to keep herself busy while she decides what to do. While she had many friends and relatives at the time, she was not offended that they used more competent agents which they did.
The way the business works around here, her value to her broker is how many properties she get listed. Someone new would run around the neighborhood, pass flyers, etc. But most new agents either just wait for people calling the brokerage, or come in through the door. In her first year, she sold about 2 houses thru MLS, where the fees are split 4 ways, selling agent, selling broker, buying agent, buying broker. SFR and duplexes sold for $50K 30 years ago with an average fee of 6%, split 4 ways. If she sold $100K in property in a year, her share of the fees come to $1,500, not exactly lucrative. I partnered with a RE agent doing a flip, at one point mention he had to be at the dinner as his broker is honoring those whole sold $1 million or more, the million dollar club, and he made it. I congratulated him, he laughed and said, "for what, for making $15K"?
You indicated you've been at it for a year at this point. This means when most of your friends contacted you, you've been at it for less than a year. If it was me, and I'm buying a home, one of my biggest investments of my life, I would go with someone at it longer than a few months. In my wife's case, now looking back 30 years, she felt she was a real rookie at that point. We've been in the real estate game for over 30 years, looking back, we've learn a lot since.
Just be patient. In my state, when you're at it for over two years, you can go on and get licensed as a broker, and at that point, it becomes more lucrative. It doesn't mean you go to sleep, it means you can put forth a business plan to get listings, have agents working for you, which is where the money is. And you can doing real estate management as well.
Good luck to you.