At 40 years old, ideally my goal is have 10 properties (or 20 units) within 10 years.

The conservative estimate was .89%, which isn't ideal, but it's close.

In this situation, I see a lot of investors overpay for a less than ideal asset to beat the taxation deadline.

I am currently working to do my due diligence to learn about and invest in my first property (ideally by early this coming new year) with a friend of mine.

Developing multifamily, townhomes, and single family homes are the most ideal. 

I know that the distance in my subject and comps are not ideal, but since this is only practice please ignore.Assuming the properties are 1/2 - 1 mile away in distance how accurate is my ARV in your experience?

I am a student in university, fairly new to REI and busy learning about my local market where I plan to invest.I am in the process of saving for loan down payment since I aim to first acquire a rental or more ideally do a house-hack when I am able to qualify for a loan (I have not researched private lending yet - any tips would be welcomed for financing options).I have a semester break coming up in which I hope to go out and get a feel for the Cape Town market - open to anything.

I will definitely check into whether or not AirBnB handles the taxes - would hope so as that would be the ideal scenario. 

Ideally if you provide paperwork for review, and your financial situation doesn't change much from now until the time you're ready to refinance, you *should* get an accurate answer as to how much you can qualify for. 

I only got 5-6 people and none seemed ideal.