I've been hanging around Biggerpockets for maybe a month now, watched/listened to a whole bunch of podcasts, YouTube videos, even bought the Ultimate Beginners Guide and and making my way through that. 

I have been reading and watching videos constantly day in and out lol but I’m kinda stuck now on where to begin.

@William Kercher this may sound obvious, but a good credit score is a pretty good indicator of someone who will be an excellent tenant.

Excellent Excellent Excellent.

: Lower Your Small Business Taxes and Tax Savvy for Small Business: A Complete Tax Strategy Guide Twentieth Editionlegal and insurance - Every Landlord's Property Protection Guide: 10 Ways to Cut Your Risk Now (book w/ CD-Rom) and supplement with Every Landlord's Legal Guide (generally speaking Nolo has a good collection of books)property management - an excellent resource is The Book on Managing Rental Properties: A Proven System for Finding, Screening, and Managing Tenants With Fewer Headaches and Maximum Profitentity start and maintenace - Garrett Sutton's Start Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them (Rich Dad Advisors)  and Run Your Own Corporation: How to Legally Operate and Properly Maintain Your Company Into the FutureAnd here is a set of questions to help you judge if you maintain your corporate well:How well have you separated yourself from your business?

That individual played video games and smoked in the apartment (there is no smoking allowed in the building).

If anyone has any recommendations  on videos or books that would help me get started I appreciate It! 

Tampa Heights is an excellent option (though getting pricier all the time) and the surrounds of Old Seminole Heights are worth looking into. 

@John Thedford Thank you for the links.And excellent!

Cameras can be a good deterence, but it can be really hard to actually find anything on the recorded video footage unless you have a pretty narrow window of time.