The health dept. sent me a certified letter stating that I need to fix this or they will take legal action. 

Plan of action I can take to purchase this primary residence?

I wouldn't have dived into this if I knew it would be for a year, but I accept full responsibility of my actions regardless.

Once the civil action has been filed, the case has just been made public. go to the clerk of courts and ask for the case file.

And I generally think statements that include "most successful" or "best" tend to be too generic to be actionable, because how do you track that? 

You copied the first paragraph verbatim, but pupped out some on your call to action in the second paragraph.The call to action in the letter that got Jon 10% response was this:"Your house at Blake-Manor Rd looks like a good fit...would you like to sell it to me?

As a fellow Canadian (living in the U.S. since 1998) I can tell you that there are not too many books on real estate investing for Canadians - at least not like what we have here in the U.S.However, take a look at some of the books on Amazon like:The Canadian Real Estate Action Plan: Proven Investment Strategies to Kick Start and Build Your Portfoliohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470158018/ref=as_li_tf_tl?

I would like a piece of the action so I have been thinking more of retail and food end of it.

The reason is simple - with the bursting of the credit bubble comes drastic monetary and fiscal action.

This silly thing was designed by conservative opponents of the President to deliberately confuse you.