I kid you not, with the most matter of fact straight face and a raised eyebrow as if to say "well duh" he says, there cleaning up from the goat.... i say "the goat" which is honestly just my mouth moving on auto pilot because my eyes are locked in shock and horror at what I am seeing, they broke me, I am broken. he says "Yeah, the goat, it was a wedding party, we have the goat for the wedding, we killed it, gutted it, now I am cleaning it out". 

If there have been broken windows, you can be pretty certain there will be other damage.You have near zero leverage now......

The property has a few broken windows with boards up over them, an interior door off the hinges, rot on the bottom of the cabinet under the kitchen sink from a leak some time ago, water seeping up from the concrete in a back room making the carpet damp if it rains a lot.

I traced my sewer line along the whole basement via several access panels and outlet boxes, and I found no leak no broken pipe.But eventually I traced it all the way to the front of the house and found this hole (top circle) after moving a lot of loose dirt around.

I want to know how the money is typically broken up so that I can pay the 25% to the contractor.

It's more manageable when broken up into sections, and you might get more out of it when you do the reading right before or after the lecture.

You don’t know that sellers situation, he may need this sale more than you can imagine.I have a friend who wholesales and he allows the contract to be broken if the seller finds a buyer before he does.

I’m looking at a few off market deals one of which being a broken condo complex.For example..the property has 3 or 4 condos individually owned within another 50+ units that I’m looking to acquire. 

Set up a shooting range in the back yard with old appliances, broken vehicles and mannequins.

For your first project, use a General Contractor, who has their own subs and who will deal with all that minutia for you, then follow them around, ask lots of questions and learn.Whatever you do, have a rock-solid contract that specifies money for performance and have them deal with materials and the haul-away and bid the job including both labor and materials broken out.