Intercompany transactions are payments, charges, and loans between entities that share an owner. In a real estate group, they happen all the time. The management company bills each property a fee. One property pays a bill that belongs to another. Cash moves between bank accounts. Each move must show up in both sets of books, […]
A ratio utility billing system, or RUBS, splits a building’s utility bill among its units using a ratio. The ratio might be square footage, number of occupants, or bedroom count. Each unit pays its share. In the books, the bill is an expense. Income comes from the share you bill back. The owner pays the […]
Oct 19–22, 2026 · San Antonio, TX Rent Manager User Conference 2026: What to Expect and How to Prepare Four days, 1,000+ property management pros, one resort. Here’s how to walk in with sharper questions than “what’s new?” — and come home with a plan that doesn’t die in a notebook. SK Shubham Khullar, […]
Choosing an outsourced accounting partner for a property management company is not like hiring a general bookkeeper. Your books include money that doesn’t belong to you. Owners receive statements and tenants leave deposits. A mistake shows up on someone else’s bank statement before it reaches yours. The majority of buyers stick to the common approach: […]
Changing Yardi to Rent Manager is not a simple software change, but a complete business change. Yardi has been the mainstay of the operations in most property management firms. However, as portfolios expand and reporting requirements change, integrations become complicated, leading most teams to believe that Yardi is too inflexible, too costly, or too difficult […]
The most expensive common bookkeeping mistakes are not dramatic. They are just normal shortcuts, like an uncategorized transaction or a reconciliation put off until next week. Each one looks harmless enough on its own. Together, they build a backlog that later shows up as a slow close, a report nobody believes, or a tax filing […]
Doing security deposit accounting correctly comes down to one simple rule: the money is never yours. When a tenant pays a deposit, you record it as a liability: money you owe back. It is held apart from operating cash and reduced only when it is returned or lawfully applied to documented charges. It is never […]
Cash flow management means making sure money arrives before your bills come due. Two habits do most of the work. You collect what customers owe you faster, and you pay what you owe on purpose, not by accident. This guide shows how to run both, how to build a simple cash forecast, and where Rent […]