What should I do with my idle time?

[Stephen Spradley]

Hey guys,

I've been sitting at my laptop for the better part of 10 minutes trying to figure out how to word this so here it goes. I think I am addicted to working, or at least the grind. I work full time, go to school full time, and see everyday as an opportunity to make progress towards my goals. That being said, I am dying to finally pull the trigger on REI this year, more specifically, buy and rent out multi families for the long term, but just don't have the money right now, and don't qualify for enough using the VA loan at the moment. In my free time, I find myself just scouring the BP forums reading, and figuring out random questions to post. My question tonight is what would you guys recommend I do to progress in real estate and be able to lay my head down every night knowing I made genuine progress towards my goals? I already read a lot, but I'm running out of ideas, but don't want to just remain stagnant. Right now I'm debating enrolling in online classes to get an agents license. I have even thought of finding the local players and offering to work for free on the days I do have off (Yeah I might be crazy) just so I can get a feel for the game. I hope this post doesn't come off as vague or anything like that, and I appreciate the advice ahead of time. Thanks!