I am a nurse by trade but am looking to learn anything and everything about real estate investing.

Once you fix the root cause things should swing upward.  

If you can swing that amount with personal funds/loan here in the US, great otherwise contact some local banks in Russia and ask them about loans and the underwriting process.

@Daniel Cuevas I'm not sure if you have a background swinging a hammer (I do not), so for our business we primarily use a price per square foot of $30.00 per square foot for major rehabs to determine if we are "in the ball park" with the seller before spending considerable time analyzing the property.  

Two, opening a new trade account.

I am a jack of all trades, master of none. 

@Ashley WhiteOne more thought just came up tooMasonry is not a trade where there are tons of qualified people running around. 

One of the BP mantras is to never buy for appreciation, but in this area, that's one of the biggest reasons you buy, in addition to the fact that our values don't swing very low and they don't swing very often.

There are trade associations specifically for office,multifamily,industrial,retail,office,warehouse,hotel,self storage,etc.

A lot of small multis trade that way because there is a lot of deferred maintenance and the owner doesn't want to go through the inspection process,My advice is try to check out the property as much as you can ahead of time both by looking at county/tax records and also in person.