Rental Property Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2019 · 24 posts · 3 votes
I have one SFR with no property management company but I will be closing on 3 more doors in the next couple of weeks. I want to hire a property management company and get accounting software to stay organized.
Which software would you consider and does the property management company need access as a user for accounting purposes?
I have heard a lot of really good things about Stessa. They have a free version that can go a pretty long ways, in addition to offering a paid option for additional features.
Add that to your list of options to consider. It is also a cloud product, so it does not need to be downloaded to your computer and could be accessed by multiple devices.
Investor · Las Vegas, NV · Member since 2013 · 8k+ posts · 10k+ votes
6y
I use quicken ($50?) (basically quickbooks lite.) it’s overkill for personal finance and 13 doors. It can tell you income and expenses for any time period by type of expense or by property.
It auto imports from bank and credit cards so almost zero data entry.
I only use it because I love numbers and comparing year to year. It also saves me CPA billable hours when I can provide all the numbers on an easy to read sheet per property.
I have heard a lot of really good things about Stessa. They have a free version that can go a pretty long ways, in addition to offering a paid option for additional features.
Add that to your list of options to consider. It is also a cloud product, so it does not need to be downloaded to your computer and could be accessed by multiple devices.
Accountant · Columbia, MD · Member since 2016 · 7 posts · 4 votes
6y
Hi Erica,
I'm a CPA in the Columbia, MD area and just wanted to add my few cents. Like a few mentioned above, your property management company should have accounting software included in their fee.
Apart from that, there are a lot of accounting software to choose from if you were to do it individually. I am personally biased as my software of choice is QuickBooks online, just because it's the one I'm most familiar with. If you have any more questions, feel free to reach out with a pm!
Rental Property Investor · Member since 2018 · 64 posts · 40 votes
6y
I use Quicken for Home Business and Rentals and really like it. Before that we were using YNAB, which is a fantasticpersonal finance platform but was useless for rentals once we got past 2 doors. We have 19 SFH and 1 duplex now that I self manage.
I like that I can quickly print reports for any specific property or an over all picture. Reports are ready to go at tax time with no stress. When my bank asks for a current rent roll or P and L...I can send it right away. I use it to track all our properties, tenants, all our accounts, both personal and business and even our retirement accounts. It’s been all inclusive for us.
So my process is a combination of Quicken and I also use Cozy for rent collection and tracking.