I need Landlord Crash Course:YOur opinion and experience wanted!

[Albert Rubio]

Just won the bid on a rental property waiting on paper work to be finished. I live in TEXAS and need to get up to speed on being an effective and profitable landlord. Where can I get a great rental tailored for TEXAS market? Do I make tenant respondsible for first 200$ of a repair? Do I get credit criminal reports and best place to get them for TEXAS? Any advice or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks