@Xavier Leal no VA loan has PMI/MI or anything of that nature. 

MY IDEAL: is that we turn this into a rental property (it will rent 2000-2500) we have a housing crisis in Nova Scotia and this is a desirable area.

Down East, with the exception of Nova Scotia, the handling of landlord / tenancy legislation is relatively balanced.

I live in Truro, Nova Scotia Canada.

Does anyone here have experience investing in Sydney, Nova Scotia?

I currently live in Nova Scotia but from what I’ve seen online, it seemed possible to wholesale in the U.S. even while living in canada.

Hi to everyone here in Nova! 

We also don't have the multifamily housing that so many BP articles and members love, it just isn't built here.That being said, Northern Virginia does have a strong rental market with low vacancy and high annual appreciation on real estate.Since we don't have multifamily housing in the area, what a lot of house hacking looks like in NOVA is renting out a basement as its own self-contained rental unit (with a kitchenette, bedroom, bath, etc), or renting out bedrooms in a house and sharing the space.Personally, I got in to real estate investing by renting out my basement. 5 years later, I charge 50% more than I did initially, and it covers about half my mortgage payment (PITI).

But to answer your question without more details, I’d tell you to check out NE DC, Northern PG county across the DC line, or NoVa in or around Alexandria.

Nova,A good place to get a general idea for most construction work is a site called homewyse.