but none of the articles actually go into depth with how to actually do all these things. I was wondering if anyone in the forum could help me and make any suggestions to me.
Some of your questions, maybe already told by: @Magicalking in the first post, maybe you can try to read around there.
OP, if you think about Bitcoin basically it's scary what else when you look at current and past prices around 2016, but all that you will get used to, day by day as time goes by, the true meaning and meaning of Bitcoin.
About the article, if you are not satisfied to find it on this forum, you can get it with a google search, you will definitely get a lot of information there, for that there is no definite concept of how to raise Bitcoin for me, over time all your questions will be answered, the bottom line: browse and read often in this forum, you will understand everything one day.