None have monthly fees, all have pay a business or person pretty much right away.

Rents are about $18k monthly.

I'm making two assumptions here - it will take you a year to get the tenants out, and so you are cash flow negative for a year, and that year of negative cash flow is a lot less than the loss in sale price you will need to take to get it sold as-is. 

I have a client that did a conventional construction refi and it took him 7-8 months due to the city permits and all.

I can go Home Equity Loan route: HEL would equate to roughly a $600 monthly payment (dependent on rates).

We are looking to eventually relocate to the States"--that's great, a lot of people want to invest remotely in a totally random market and never go to it.  

But the class C areas, our new constructions used to rent within a week or 2 right now are sitting on the market for over 30 days. 

That does seem high.Best practice to avoid surprise water bills like this in the future would be to request copies of the recent water bills while under contract for due diligence.

Well, you have several months from the time you graduate to the time you start work.Make as much bank as you can in that period. 

I can get it with a DSCR loan now and would not live in it initially, but would want to eventually move into it 6-12 months down the road.