Day Job? If so, how do you balance?

I travel almost weekly out of town for my job and it is not related to the real estate industry. I am considering switching into the real estate industry just so that I can spend more time learning many aspects of the industry that I maybe missing dude to having to balance a job in a completely different industry.

Any thoughts or advice? Has anyone switched careers to something in real estate do they can focus on just that?

Thanks in advance!