Retirement tax questions

@Opus 17 Your reputation precedes you sir; thank you for the compliment but I don't know what I don't know so if there's an official resource on how to do what I'm thinking of doing I would love to check myself by following said guide to truly make sure I know what I'm doing. 

 

Also what's your advice on how the traditional IRA should look like - all liquidated to cash or can it stay invested as it is now and how would partial conversion handle those investments?