Suarez,Providing for ones family is the ultimate goal and if your current employer is throwing overtime at you, I would suggest you take it, at least in the short term. 

Read everything you can- the blogs, forum posts, the Ultimate Beginners Guide on BP, and of course many real estate books.

I ultimately decided to use my tax return to pay some of the debt off.

However, in reality, there is a strong possibility that the county may realize that the property is no longer owner-occupied, and then the exemptions and ultimate tax status of the property could be changed.... 

I live with my mom she is disabled and i do all the driving and running to stores for her, she gets like $900 a month  with just that and my income its hard to survive on. might be more easy now idk we got rid of the house cause my dad passed and we couldnt afford it anymore 3 months ago . and we are trying to save money to move to biloxi mississippi we are staying at my aunts right now.

Ultimately she ended up physically assaulting him.

I would start with some of the books (Ultimate Guide for Beginners, The Book on Rental Property Investing, etc.)

Ultimately I'd love to go in on a house hack while I am going back to school, putting my sweatquity into a place with someone.

Ultimately though you also need to know what locations you could target that would work for you. 

However the ultimate goal is to make money of course.