How much cash is ideal to have on hand when starting out?

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Quote from @Rebecca E.: @Katie MillerI came here because I just had my yearly with my new accountant.

Ideally you need to throw 3-4 hours a day at it to see fruit down the road.

Also showing almost a 20% CoC return, which in my research I've found to be a highly ideal number for investors.Is there something I could improve on with this report or fix?

I googled it and found this:If you rent it to tenants, you would treat it as a rental and report it on a Form Schedule E.

What do you want your ideal life to look life?

Its not ideal.

Not even Balance Sheet.I don't know if they changed their model since the change of subscription plan but it isn't ideal to use it as depreciation or amortization.They do have a balance sheet.