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.

I would not invest with him nor buy his program.

The S8 program was never designed to put S8 tenants in Class A rentals!

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.

Some people like the Section 8 program, others don't.

Advise them of the rental assistance program and have them apply immediately.

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

That said, not all companies have these programs.

Most institutional DSCR lenders prefer one lease per property/unit, however, I've seen programs allowing rent by room strategies.

This has also allowed us to provide some excellent incentives for our investors, locking in long term debt currently at 3.75%  through our in house financing program.