If you choose to go with a first time home buyer program, you would need to identify all the terms and advantage of that as MANY are available.

Big Banks like Wells Fargo, BOA, Citi, US Bank, and Chase utilize lending programs aimed to service large swaths of depositors.

But now you have a challenge of documenting both your time AND time of everybody else involved with the property.Now, to answer your question - is it possible from out of state?

Are you able to get a partner involved? 

But the program will not make you money.

With new regulations in Canada like the flipping tax and property gains tax, I want to be mindful of the risks involved. 

I have not heard of one of those, but am gearing up to buy my second house and could possibly use some sort of loan program like that!  

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I am looking to join a mentorship program to help lower my learning curve and until I find it, I am educating myself with books, as well as YouTube University and great advice from the BiggerPockets community.I do work full-time in a career that I love and is very rewarding, but I also know I won't attain my goals with my current job.

If you are worried about transition from Canada to US you can use a DSCR loan program.