Is it something I could do during down time at my office?

Since you have some down time as a pilot make sure to set appointments to meet some of these folks and build your own team of pilots.

So 8 out of 10 new Realtors fail or give up every year.A job like yours has what I presume to be a lot of down time (correct me if im wrong) at the fire station where you would be able to return VM'S or texts.

Yo BP peoples :)I recently got an loan offer package that details (similar numbers)Purchase Price, Down, Time,      Monthly Payment $900,000         10% down ($90,000)         30 year fixed      $4975/month$900,000      20% down ($180,000)    30 year fixed   $4474/monthWith 10% down I'm getting 4.125% interest, no points.With 20% down I'm getting 4.000% interest, no points.I used online-proxies but I found number with "points" included in the estimated loan package (notice how my loan package above has no points).

You could also use the proceeds as a down payment on the homes that are "on sale" during the down times too.

You have to figure out what you have time for, plan accordingly based on deployment schedules and time your projects around the down time.  

It seems like a good scenario since I would not have to pay realtor fees, a make ready, or downtime as I would through a regular sale. 

Then one STR unit, despite being an STR since 1999, did not get chosen in the STR lottery that went into effect in May.Location of property: Mission beach duplex.Occupancy rate: last year had long down time for rehab.   

Another benefit of having a desk job was that there is invariably going to be downtime, so instead of wasting my time with cooler-talk, I would use that time to further my real-estate endeavors.I appreciate your words of encouragement to take seriously consider making the leap @Pedro Recarey, @hannah BretzRegarding the return on investment for my current holdings, you are right @Jd Martin, Account Closed the cash-on-cash return for my NYC investment is quite low.

Unless this is standard in an area, which I doubt, it could be that the PM has landlords who procrastinate too much about repairs and repainting and so forth during the downtime, and out of desperation, the owner of the PM has said "right, you can leave it empty for two months arguing about the paint but your gonna pay me whilst it sits there", and over night, the PM adds a $30 don't piss me off charge.You could just ask them why they have this charge.