If you have even more downtime, get licensed.

Just remember in the down times that there will be an up. :)

My comment for which you're disputing was to highlight the fact that the U.S. dollar (despite having periods of down time) has been fortunate enough NOT to have suffered a currency crisis.

I've had the privilege to start over several times in my life and have had much downtime yo reflect on both the problem and the solution.

I do have a good amount of down time to work on upgrading a home, in the winter I essentially don't have to work too much due to the fact that we dont do projects in the winter here in MN.

Funny enough, I joined BiggerPockets from a member of a mobile game that I play in my down time at work.

This will minimize your downtime waiting on the government and banks.Second: IF the deal is as good as it sounds, the lender should be able to recognize this and be much more open to working with you.

Downtime and loss of rent was kept to a minimum.

Right now I had some down time at work so I actually figured out how to plan a route while I'm here. 

Every job I've ever had, I've just always had some downtime during the day that I didn't have enough work to keep me busy.