Most flight schools advise against this to avoid distractions from intensive training.

Distractions can effect your ability at your office location. 

We tried dabbling in some short and mid-term rentals, but found the additional work involved distracting from our core long-term portfolio.

If you attempt to do a flip, become a landlord or try and get into wholesaling I think you will be wasting a lot of time and energy and distracting from the value your MBA could bring in the professional world.

I feel these other things are a huge distraction. 

Also audio books if you have a long commute or time at work where that wouldn’t distract you from your job.

Don't waste your money on temporary distractions.

One of those things you before you get started is to get your financing figured out and get a loan letter from a lender that has how long it will usually to close on the loan and the maximum amount you qualified for.Another thing you can do is to locate an office with the fewest distractions.  

Have an office with the least distractions.  

They should be distracting you with the next thing coming down the pike.