If there is any recommendations for agents.

The key for agents will be adding as much value as possible, the key for investors will be to get super creative to find those out there who need to sell now and will trade price for terms. 

But, if you're account is well aged without any derogatory marks, you'll make up those points along with an additional positive impact for age of credit fairly quickly. 

The board requires a full day ethics and they do the same for agents.

@Herwin G. its against the law for agents to give you cash back out of their commission.what they are doing is negotiating with the seller to lower their commission in concert with lowering price.. you get the benefit of the discount but not cash

Each company for the most part is looking for agents so unless they are a very niche company or you want to focus on a specific niche they will all offer you a job.

I was thinking to just to drop it a little at a time to get back on the "hot list" for agents.

This is why I can't stand residential.There tends to be a bunch of scummy people on both sides of the coin buyers, sellers, agents are trying to make a buck at any cost.There are of course some good people in all categories it's just the barrier to entry to buy something is low for buyers and licensing is low for agents.

If you need any referrals for agents, title, or escrow, feel free to ask.Good luck!

My family who have been in RE for ages tell me the same thing.