How do you fill in the dead time

[Antonio Figueroa]

Hello BP universe

I have listened to 30+ BP podcasts and YouTube videos in the last 30 days (that is a part of my daily goals - 1 podcast, analyze 3-5 deals, read something, currently wrapping up the BRRRR book). In my most recent YouTube view Brandon talks about what I think he called "dead time" which is the time between deals.

I am currently working to liquidate a pension to use for funding a multi-family deal (to be found).  It is a small pension and under performing the market and my 401k returns so I see it as actually loosing money over time (just like a savings account) so trust me I am ok with doing this.  It is going to take maybe 2 months to do so and I can do only so many podcasts, meetups and deal analysis before my eyes start to cross.  Sooo I wanted to know what do other do to hone skills and fill that dead time.  

My interest right now is on how to start finding private money or hard money lenders and how to structure the discussions in a way to increate my chances for a "yes".  What do they typically ask?  What documents can I bring?  What do they always need?  These are the only questions I can ask because i dont know what I dont know.  I will start from here so I can come to the table with paperwork and details in hand to get that "yes' from them.

Open to other topics, ideas on filling in that time as well......

Thanks!