John Lee you should track your business expenses and income for everything related to the property.

We prefer to make the investment relatively close i.e. 2-3 hours flight max.We want to start small as this would be our first but start at a location where we can then buy more and bigger investments (like an apartment complex) once we have a local team and understand the micro-markets and details. have been considering buying something from roofstock.com to begin with. 

Put his information on blast( Home advisor, Angie’s list and any other websites etc. ) on the web and word of mouth to any other real estate investors not to use that company.

I would not spend money on a web site for one property.

I’ve read Brandon Turner’s Rental Properties book and Low (no) Money Down investing book, along with some other non-BP related books.

The best (IMHO)you can do is seek out a tax and wealth advisor that you can work with so they can better understand your long term preferences as it relates to your estate and then give you advice on sustainable income into retirement (passive and/or retirement accounts), charitable preferences and heirs, if applicable.

The remaining was direct mail, SEO, yellow pages, and miscellaneous referrals. 

A relative inherit some stocks purchased in the 1940s steel mill etc.

If anybody can relate to this plan please let me know!

In addition, there are lots of real estate investor groups, many listed on the events page here on BP, and many on meetup.com  I think your question is a little broad, so perhaps consider looking for some of those Boston threads and join those conversations.