I wound up buying this book off of amazon as my first piece of literature.
Amazon.com: Landlording: A Handymanual for Scrupulous Landlords and Landladies Who Do It Themselves (9780932956309): Leigh Robinson: Books
I'm about 1/3 the way though it, I find a lot of the tips very very clever and useful so far. Another thing I really like is they have Ton's of blank documents such as leasing agreements, deposit agreements, legal disclosures, rubrics for rating possible tenants, credit check applications, regular tenant applications, and much more that are Incredibly helpful and full of incite towards what I would need to know for a good tenant.
Either after I buy a house to rent (but more likely before) I will get and read this book too
Amazon.com: Every Landlord's Legal Guide (9781413308563): Marcia Stewart Nolo Acquisitions Editor, Ralph Warner Attorney, Janet Portman Attorney Nolo Managing Editor: Books
This one boasts being able to avoid alot of the legal bruises for becoming a landlord. And hopefully it has a lot of the tax routes I can use to help write off extra expenses.
Either way I'll keep you all posted on how my Landlord' endeavor goes and hopefully I'll have some good news about turning into a solid company with some nice passive income.