Free Landlord Bookkeeping Resources for Investors
Real Cents Organized is a specialized bookkeeping service for real estate investors, supporting both Long-Term Rental (LTR) and Short-Term Rental (STR) portfolios. We streamline financial workflows across QuickBooks Online (QBO), Stessa, and other real estate specific software to ensure your property-level reporting is accurate, tax-ready, and audit-proof.
Landlord Bookkeeping Checklist
The fastest path to tax-ready books is a consistent monthly close process. This comprehensive checklist guides you through reconciling bank accounts, confirming rent deposits, and categorizing property repairs. It includes a specific year-end section to ensure your owner draws, loan interest, and depreciation items are perfectly organized for your CPA.
STR Payout Reconciliation Guide
For STR hosts, the #1 bookkeeping failure is mis-recording payouts. You must separate gross revenue from platform fees, cleaning income, refunds, and occupancy taxes—otherwise your revenue is wrong and deductions get missed. This guide shows a clean method that works in both QuickBooks Online and Stessa.
Chart of Accounts Template
A standard rental property category set including income, repairs, supplies, and STR direct costs. This template provides a downloadable CSV file that gives you the exact structure needed for professional property-level tracking. Use this to standardize your categories across your entire portfolio.