Becoming a real estate agent

[Collin Nieman]

Hey everyone, my name is Collin Nieman and I'm 19.  I live in central Wisconsin and I attend school in Searcy, Arkansas.  I am eager to get into real estate investing. I would love to someday buy and hold properties.  Right now though, I have a situation.

This summer when I come back from school I will need to get a job.  I have a job that I can work at all summer if I can"t find anything else to do.  This job pays decently but it doesn't help me learn or grow.  Real estate is something that I'm very interested in so I thought "why not try to get a job that can help teach me more about real estate".  

The first thing that popped into my head was getting my real estate licence and becoming an agent.  I know that obtaining a licence is a long and hard process and I'm not even sure if something like that could work as a summer job.  It would take a lot of work just to get the licence and I'm not even guaranteed any income. But, those things don't really scare me.  I'm willing to really attack this and work hard at it.  I do know that getting my licence will be huge benefit for me in the long run.

Am I crazy?  what do you think about this plan?  Ultimately I want a job that can give me real estate experience and that hopefully pays well.  If anyone else has any job suggestions I should look out for let me know!