I am brand new here and truly to real estate investing. 

Then, products such as HELOC or 1031 exchange are not open to me as a foreigner so even though i have on paper $500k in equity I don't have a real way of tapping into it.Any ideas or suggestions what I can do now to keep growing would be much appreciated!

I looked for months, and looked at SFH, apts, houses on leased land, mobiles homes and everything that was cheap because I had so little money and had just started a new entry level job 9 months earlier. 

The pain is real and likely to linger. - No one is building office of any sort right now, and net new supply will be low for some time. - Prices reflect this pain in office- Many high income earning millennials are, finally, moving to the suburbs.

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I took some money out of my 401 K to pay back some debts. 

Throwing this out there as well for all investors in the area to connect and meet up. https://www.meetup.com/north-country-real-estate-investing-c...

They are going to write up a field estimate and are willing to (usually) pay you (the homeowner) or your preferred Contractor that money for the repair.  

Once you have a better income and have money saved then do a house hack.