The property ended up being his book keeper's home that she had rented out and was needing to sell.

Read books, network, research markets, and plan your strategy.

Important resources(articles, books, podcasts) to review?

But, I also think the access to information today: all the books, these forums, conferences, gurus on social media...  

Build your knowledge with books, podcasts, and online resources, and network through local REIA meetings and virtual platforms.

Everything you need to know is available in books, podcasts, blogs, and the forums.

We were paying a bookkeeper $450/month, plus the $90 QB subscription to do our books but I felt like we were still having to tell her how to categorize everything so it just didn't feel like we were getting our money's worth.

The payments for the management of the property and the book keeping will come out of the cash flow of the property.9.

Long term buy and hold RE in good locations is probably one of the lowest risk investment vehicles IMO, similar to blue chip aristocrat stocks except even less risky because even long-established companies can go out of business but real estate very, very rarely ever goes to zero. 

So far I've read one book on foreclosures, it's called Foreclosure Investing for Dummies, it's quite detailed.