For instance I’m only 15 however my real estate journey is starting with my dads friend who is big in the business.

Did you use an attorney in this instance?

In the rare instance where I use an agent, I tell them what I will pay a listing agent and how long the contract will be.

That's just a rule of thumb for a quick calculation.Flipping is could be cost intensive and then bring tax liability when done as a one off, for instance if you did 1 per year maybe it's not worth it. 

For instance, the heloc property could be a rental that is producing enough cash flow to make the heloc payments, so it can pay for itself and not depend on the other purchase.  

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this is a toughie. hard money specifically is equity-driven, meaning they'll likely want 40%+ down to even entertain the deal. additionally, land without improvements is often very inexpensive (relative to land with improvements), usually pushing below a threshold which makes sense for a hard money lender. if you're not intending to build right away, then i think you'll have the best luck with private money instead of hard money. usually higher leverages than hard money, and more negotiable terms.if you are intending to build on it pretty right away, a ground-up construction loan could work, but those will typically require some ground-up construction experience (on title on other ground-up deals), or an extensive portfolio of heavy rehabs/ rentals/ strong liquidity. those will give you acquisition monies (to buy the land) and build monies (to build the improvements).

If there is rot and its a more extensive of a job than merely replacing the window that will drive cost as well so you should seek a line item budget from the installers.  

So on one for instance the buyer wanted 8k of upgraded floors the house was 850k  I countered  OK on the floors but But buyer had to pay whatever fee the buyers agent wanted. or no floors and we pay 1% to buyers agent.. they decided against the floors and to allow their agent the 1% . 

You are ignoring the point - every instance that you describe of how each country became communist covers a short period of time and ignores the history that preceded the takeover.