Large sum of money through a heloc newbie investor

[John Paul]

Been posting quite a lot here lately and I'm more confused than ever , I have access to a large sum of money through HELOC and was ready to start fixing and flipping but recently went to a real estate convention and was kind of talked out of it . I've read every book under the sun from investing in foreclosures to a pace morbys book and this is 5 years in the making . I'm ready to take the leap but really don't know where to start