We then went to work renovating the main floor living, kitchen, and bath, along with painting the bedrooms in the side we were living in.

Here in Chicago bandit signs are our main lead source for FSBO properties. 

Full time real estate agent has been my main focus since 2012.I super interested in the discussions on Bigger Pockets, because I have not found a way to buy more than about 1 property per year.

I had a main supply line burst going into a duplex on a slab.

I see two (potentially related as they showed up together) issues.No heat - Maybe a bad heating element?

But I want to make the next step and start doing my own flipping, I am looking for some advice in order to start on the right way, but I think the main question is how and where to buy the right property???

Mainly because Southern California has low CAP (3-5) and is not a landlord friendly state. 

However, if we assume that your situation does meet a capital gain situation, you've got two assets that are essentially grouped together when you sell, the land and the separate element of the house.  

My name is Gustavo i stay mainly in the Gurnee are of Illinois and the Salem area of Wisconsin.

I was mainly talking to her in regards to the homes she was going to sell but then got to talking about the park.