I think saving up some more and practicing analyzing deals might be my best next course of action.

I've been studying/learning real estate for the past 6 months and I'm eager to take action– primarily with wholesaling.

you are absolutely right and sorry if i came off offensive... i am a consumer and have had the same exact experiences. agents who put you on set it and forget it through their portals which will narrow down properties based on area and other general details and never contact you again unless you call them and there are agents who will go look at properties for you because you are stuck at work gather all information and give you advice to continue to examine or list 25 negatives to talk you off your emotional impulse buy. it took a few agents before i found one who doesnt mind to work for their commission and i will use him on every deal within his license jurisdiction.you cant expect a consumer to be happy to work with someone who just goes through the motions because they've been in the RE space for 20 years.. much rather give a recent college grad with some motivation the business.you sound successful and i am willing to bet its not because you set it and forget with you clients and you actually work. god bless

Any equitable plans of action you can provide in this scenario?  

Before I venture down a fruitless online option followed up by an expensive and time consuming classroom option as well I decided to reach out. 

My current plan is to continue saving money till the point my wife is stationed and find a multi-family home in the area to house hack, but I will be in southern Illinois for the next 6 months to a year curious if I should possibly get a rental now and take action or just want would be the best move for success starting out in real estate investing any advice is great appreciated and thank you!

There would be some advantage here, a non-trivial pricing advantage but that's not really where the 'action is' for landlord loans. 8 different lenders can read the exact same Fannie Mae underwriting guideline, and interpret it 8 different ways.

Safe to say that I’m a fan, hahahaSo now after reading so much info I decided that my best first course of action would be to stop paying rent and doing a house hack with a 2-4 family house in my area.

Because of my other business consuming my time I have not been very consistent with keeping up to date with it all.

My job is very time consuming and although I have done a few school visits, I don't have the off time to visit most of the schools I want to.I know I want a college that is A large public schoolLocated in the southeastA populated surrounding area(not in the middle of nowhere, preferably close to the coast)and of course a great area for investing in real estateAny advice about how to pick a school as well as advice on investing in college towns would be much appreciated.