Can anyone recommend any literature or websites that are geared towards a newbie.....heres my situation
So basically my family has a few different retail centers passed along to us from my grandfather.  After about 25 years in a kitchen I’ve  decoded i want to switch gears.  The space is in a very high traffic ( along a major highway just north of Boston) and we do have a firm to oversea all operations.  We ended ip getting mixed ip with a firm that was doing us dirty ( reported to the BAR ) and out new form was able to undo the mess they created and had us in it took about 5 years.  So basically i want to be more involved in the operation, maintenance and general up keep of the properties.  Can anyone vaguely point me towards any books or web sites or online classes that I can begin  to  get some sort of direction or involvement in our teal estate.  These areas all have frontage , signage and up 200k cars a day driving by.  Again any type of info would be helpful , Thank you. 
[{"id": "ef6bakh", "text": "I created an online course for real estate analyst skills such as investments valuation with LBO models. However, I do not know whether this is relevant to you. You can check it out at www.leveragedbreakdowns.com.", "replies": [{"id": "ef6p160", "text": "I will definitely check it out thank you ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ef6uwbx", "text": "It sounds like you are looking for more resources geared towards property management rather than investment. I would consider consulting one of the major brokerage firms in your market that have property management services to give you a scope of what you will be dealing with. But this may already be the \"firm\" that you're talking about. Need more details to be helpful.", "replies": [{"id": "ef78y3n", "text": "Possibly and thank you for your input and believe me if I could invest into the area I would but you know how it is you cant even come close to the money these investors have ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ef6x8cr", "text": "[www.adventuresincre.com/](https://www.adventuresincre.com/)  \n[https://astudentoftherealestategame.com/](https://astudentoftherealestategame.com/)  \n[www.getrefm.com](https://www.getrefm.com)  \n\n\n&amp;#x200B;", "replies": [{"id": "ef78s2t", "text": "Love it thank you ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ef6zs17", "text": "IREM.org is a good start for commercial property management and asset management courses.\n\nThere are certifications for all aspects of operating and msnaging an asset. \n\nI'd start there.", "replies": [{"id": "ef78r5g", "text": "Thank you ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]