Being a foreign national, I realise that there is some red tape that I need to overcome; 1) Such as creating a bank account (which I read only two banks offer to create accounts for foreign nationals and I must come to America to create it).     1.1) I've also read that I should open a business account to pay less taxes.

They are in fact losing income by not realising it's value and investing it smarter.Real estate is a terrible investment if all you do is use it to park cash when you could triple your returns in something as simple as a income fund.At retirement if you hold on to paid off properties it is no more than a hobby.

As for the electric that is a way to increase income but look into how much it would cost to convert to unit metering and realise that you are subject to the current leases and you will have to pay the electric until the current lease expires.

You'll learn more or realise RE isn't for you.

I also realised that almost every advice on RE seems to point more to multifamily compared to single family houses.

So, I suggest you take this time to assess what really matters in your life and take stock of what you are doing to realise that.One way to do this is to write a SWAT analysis on yourself.

If you used the standard Utah Real Estate Purchase contract that is six pages long I'd be surprised if they didn't realise you where purchase the home.

I realise there could be some recourse,  but sometimes you got to take matters into your own hands. 

Clear teaching on having ur finances in irder wud be good to start with learning, sometimes u doth realise how bad u are with finances until ur shown another way.

Most small investors rarley realise this fact.