@Barry Cooper I really enjoy Rockland county, tend to head up to Pomona & Suffern a few times each summer.I would attempt to narrow your goals just a bit.

Get your own attorney.But from experience here's what you need to be doing right now - keep track of all correspondence and attempted correspondence and keep it organized.

Tenants won't respond to our attempts to contact them and try to work things out.

Like I mentioned, I am still attempting to purchase my 1st buy and hold.

I would think that trying to read strategies used in the States and applying them in Canada could be sticky, before you attempt anything you need to run it past an attorney in your area.

Make my my best attempt to aim and look at potential markets where ever I go.

I've been tied up working relentlessly in an attempt to have a smooth start up for my business and I haven't been able to post at all.

I see this as your only recourse in attempts to reclaim your EM.  

I've been attempting to purchase an REO in South Florida. 

The seller bought this property to attempt a flip.