It sounds like you're asking a lot of basic questions about how cryptocurrency works. You may want to check out http://understandingblockchainfreedom.com before you get in trouble. :)

Hop into the Slack channel if you have questions about the wallet. It does have some syncing issues, I've heard. I've been using the web wallet. Use coinmarketcap to see which exchanges are currently selling it. Unfortunately, many of their wallets are down right now because of the issue I mentioned in my post.