@Kishore PathanjeliThe Ultimate Beginner's Guide is a pdf you can download here https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingThere is also a video version of it that you can watch here https://www.biggerpockets.com/courses/a-beginners-introduction-to-real-estate-investing

What to  look for in a nutshell, emotional equity, clean title, payment history ( when was the last payment) watch for taxes, is their actually a house on the land....

Besides drive by, title search, recorder office for liens, anything else to watch out for before bidding on? 

Just watch your ROI and Cap Rate on purchase.2.

Watch the poor customers (like us) walk up and down these sometimes attempting to find that one right plumbing part to fix a leaky whatever. 

Must be watched when applying deposits to expenses though.

Watch a couple u tube videos, you'll see its not rocket science.

Facebook showing them and the tenant eating/drinking/watching tv at the house with the caption "Just chillin at the hizzy with my one and only!)

@Duncan Taylor,If you used illegal tactics like most consumers do you might get it deleted but the credit bureaus are not stupid if you dispute a judgment all they need to do is check with the court and now the bureaus will flag your file and watch ever dispute that you send in.

Her history is part of your case.Saw the minor child excuse, how minor, maybe the threat of child services, I would have said fine, arrange for an adult to be here, have a neighbor watch him/her for a couple hours, or take him/her to work with you.