Hi Kayla, Breathe.

Now full time in the business with a transaction under my belt I'm ready to dive back in deep to growing my investment knowledge. 

Is there a way to find out which ones were bought, torn down, and resold without doing a deep dive into county building permits? 

Under the new laws, unless you are an attorney, real estate agent or lender, you can get in deep trouble contacting people with Notice of Default or Foreclosure status.

For example, I lived on plum street which is relatively deep for college kids (cheaper rent), and we had drug dealers 2 houses down, college kids next door the other direction, and hard working Hispanic group near one corner.

Take a deep breath . . .

I've been nose-deep in turnkey world for about 7 years now.

Probably not that appetizing to think about taking on a mortgage again, but it could be a way to breath fresh life into the properties.

The US subsidiaries of Canadian banks are leery of financing Canadian purchases in the US unless the borrower has a significant and deep relationship with these institutions in Canada. 

When I was younger and deep in debt with little cash, I was forced to use my day job to build up my cash reserves and pay down my debt.