Yes...but after 18 months of trying to sell my car on my own...with NOBODY interested once they heard the mileage...and lowering my asking price by $8000 over that time...I finally said "screw it" and took the hit and traded it in at a dealership. Why? I was going to keep the car forever at that rate.
Back to the subject, consider that many real estate agents leaving the profession were just sucked in by brokers (usually from the big 'chains') who see listings and sales drying up, and take any warm body into the office. They know that there's a reasonable chance that any of that "prospect's" friends and/or relatives who are in the market to buy or sell are going to go through the newbie to give them a break.
Some states even have "temporary" licenses for people who are undergoing required training before license testing. If they fail the test, then the brokerage firm is legally PREVENTED from paying them a commission on a closing from someone the newbie dragged in the door. That's the way it worked in WA state when I signed up with a broker back in the mid-1970's.