the rest was due on 08/08 and hasn't been paid yet. she says she isnt staying there and i work shift work so i cannot do a stakeout right now.

A couple people mentioned books, which can help shift your mindset (and your wife's) and enable more meaningful action. 

I'm looking to make a shift in my career and move into property management.

Im currently shifting from a buy and hold to flipping and trying to create a physical filing system.  

I need 1.5 hours to complete those disciplines and then can eat breakfast, put myself together, and (possibly) commute to the office/work site by 8:00am (or 3:00am in the case of the night shift Daren mentioned above).  

I'm a new investor trying to shift from prep and analysis to finding my first deal.  

As time passes, if I find that I enjoy real estate investing, I may shift to it as a full time "job", change my strategy of buy and hold, or other things that I currently cannot think of.

That way in the event that you have a sue happy client which, by the way, is far too prevalent in our societies, your other assets are protected.

And I think, long term, taxes are going to go up (as we becoming a society more dependent on government) so I'd almost rather take my tax lumps now vs. take them once this new generation of "gimme yer money!" 

Totally normal... and even more so in today's society where we are bombarded by real estate investing stuff daily.