I am a Junior Accountant in New Jersey, and I became interested because I want to achieve the financial freedom I've always dreamed of for myself and my family.

Sounds like you have a good tax accountant already and are on your way to a good team.  

I would check out yelp.com first and foremost, or do a google search, i would think that accountants who are savvy would be up on SEO. 

When you account for all the expenses and can still make money then that is what a good deal is.One more bit of feedback, Make sure you have some room by buying for less than its worth. 70% of ARV is most common for cash purchases on buy and hold properties,but you can go a little higher when financing is involved.

I just opened my new Business checking account/ with EIN. 

What hurts Investors that use this formula is it does not account for Holding Costs, Backend Selling Costs, etc.

Thank you @Ned Carey I took this investment course on line,  im putting the piece of puzzle together. 

I just got my interest peaked in my crazy online search for and affordable real estate investment but haven't the slightest clue as to if I should even begin to peruse just for informational purposes or actually roll up my sleeves and go for it.

at one point I had 11 houses and couldn't get anybody, accountants or bookkeepers, to give me the real numbers.... so I took over few years ago with my excel spreadsheet, directly from bank account, and split between the houses, so I can give my investors a report...However, for accountants, they don't like that, and want to bring me back to Quickbooks... and NOOOOOO WAYYYYY!!!!  

PM and team are ciritical for success I don't know that I would say that one should absolutely have 6 months of operating expenses in their bank account before buying a rental property.