Depending on your income you might also qualify for help with your down payment from the federal government and you can borrow against your RRSPs (but you have to pay them back within a set time to avoid tax implications).  

The government is 23 trillion in debt, and it's headed one direction...up. 

Would it not be easier and more credible to advertise the fact you are, including all the training you receive, continuing education, code of ethics, and all that goes with it, to make yourself appear a better solution than many "We Buy Houses" guys who do not have such scrutiny bearing down on them?

So I've been in the service for about 2 years now and I've been thinking about buying some property to rent out in the area and also rent out to fellow service members that are trying to get out of Government living quarters.

Or in other cases has the backing of government programs to guarantee a huge amount of the top dollar rental rates that can be gained by having properties that qualify for said programs.In my opinion It is risky to rely solely on electric heat outside of domestic hot water.

I also went to school for Urban and Regional Planning- that taught me how to navigate government entities 

In this case it is a government employee attending a government training camp (FLETC - Brunswick, GA).

This is of course because the government has to inflate away the value of the debt.  

That is usually accomplished through forming a single entity LLC, which is governed by an operating agreement(OA).

We are pretty new (6 months in) but this has been a great way to build up our reviews and credibility.