Career move to submerge into real estate

[Madison Martindale]

Hi all! 

I am a newbie lover of real estate. Over the last two years I have been listening to the podcast, reading books, and picturing the day I make my first investment purchase. My husband is currently serving in the Marine Corps and we plan to leave Southern California in November of 2021 to go to Texas. I work in HR & payroll full time right now and want to start making moves to prepare to 1) start investing when we're in Texas and 2) surround myself with people who are involved in real estate and fill my time with real estate. I don't want to be a passive investor but an active and full time participant. 

My husband and I are currently making the transition to living full time in an RV in order to save as much as possible for investing while living in SoCal. We are both highly motivated and ambitious people who want to learn and grow and sacrifice in order to build long term wealth. 

I have the opportunity this next year to prepare for a career change once we leave California - my question is if you were in your 20s and could go back and pivot careers, what would you do to be closer to real estate? I have considered becoming an agent to work for commissions but unsure if there is something else I am missing here! I want to start moving in a direction of working harder for my own income rather than running everyone's payrolls. 

Thank you for the insight!