Yet, a recent huge scandal brought to light that there has been systematic corruption in the construction industry in my province of Quebec for decades.

Due to this we are unable to qualify for a large enough mortgage.Question 1: is this pretty standard across the industry or should we keep looking and see if other banks would consider this rental income as income?

I actually landed on my market, Huntsville, AL, through the help of my industry.

@Wilmer BarreraOur government leaders have screwed us (the landlord) in there effort to protect the tenants sanctity of housing.  

We're in the tech industry and have saved up a bit of money and were hoping to purchase our first property.We were thinking to purchase a SFH or a MFH as a primary residence with a primary residence mortgage, live there for a year, build equity and let it appreciate, and then after a year rent it out and move to another property to continue the house hacking.

I currently work at FIS as a software developer where we create solutions for our clients in the fintech industry.

This is pure speculation but I'm excited to see where the RE industry is headed post-covid.

The public will still be social distancing and many industries will still be sluggish to getting back to "breaking-even" levels of activity. 

They key is to develop yourself as a leader, delegator and motivator.

(Not retail, industrial commercial.