Real Estate Agent Median Income is it False?

[Johnny L.]

Hello fellow BP members! 

I am a young aspiring agent/investor and want to get started in the business first as an agent. I was concerned at first reading that the median income for a real estate agent was roughly 39k a year. However I recently read an article stating that you can't really take that number seriously due to many part time agents bringing that number down as well as agents who really don't work that hard. Is this true? Have you seen this first hand? Is being an agent a lucrative career if you work your butt off and know that it will be most likely be a slow start? 

Thank you in advance for your input!