Is it worth it to become a licensed real estate agent?

[Dustin Wunderly]

Hi,

I've become very interested in purchasing multi-family properties for rental and have the cash on hand to do so. But, outside of purchasing several homes for my family, I don't have any true real estate experience. I've listened to many BP podcasts and it seems that very few of the people Brandon interviews are (or were) real estate agents.
 

I'm wondering if it would be worth my time to get my real estate agent license to better understand the entire process/industry. I'm a retired software engineer so I tend to be a little OCD about learning new things as deeply as I can. ;-) 

Thank you in advance!