As of today, I am in the same boat as you, Sara. 

Canada's welcoming immigration policy, highly-rated education system, and our government support system provide the perfect setup to entice international students. 

The reason for my post today is not only to introduce myself and get to know some of the other investors, but to also get some feedback from the BiggerPockets Community in buying long-term buy and hold in a hot market.

I used what you said today to quickly filter who would be a good fit for me. 

But you can start educating yourself on how to start putting larger deals together through partnerships and syndication. 

I am open to any suggestions or tips on what I can do today while in college to start out ahead.

Although I'm not afraid of taking risks (I do run into burning buildings, after all), they're usually taken with a lot of education, experience, and forethought.I do have a friend in the fire department who has been successful with wholesaling, flipping, and I believe rentals, too, in the Baltimore region. 

We are getting educated as we speak, but our goal is to flip initially and then get into multifamily.

All in all, they offer multiple fixed rate loans, up to 30 year and ARM's, BUT at about 1% higher than today's rate...Every other lender i have spoke with wants at least 25% down, and at around 5.25-5.5%. 

@Roman Stefaniw BP believes in self education and peer to peer helping instead of wasting a ton of money on the gurus lol which i do stand by.