Landlords and property managers

Property management accounting: rents, deposits and profit by property

Track each property as a class, bill rent with recurring invoices, hold tenant security deposits as a liability per tenant, and see income and expenses for every building.

For small landlords and property managers with a handful to a few dozen units, $399.99 once.

No card, no account. Windows 10 and 11. United States and Canada.

A property manager handing keys to a tenant

What it means

In practice

Profit by property

Each property is a class. Rent, repairs, taxes and insurance carry the class, so the P&L by class shows each building's net income.

Security deposits held properly

Deposits are a liability per tenant, not income. You cannot refund more than a tenant has on deposit.

Rent that bills itself

A memorised invoice per tenant creates the rent invoice each month; payments clear it and the ageing shows who is late.

A profit and loss report

Net income by property.

Every unit, every month, accounted for

Move-in: record the deposit and the first month's rent. Every month after: rent invoices create themselves, payments are applied, and late tenants show up on the ageing report.

At tax time, the P&L by property gives the figures for Schedule E or the T776.

What is in the licence

The whole job, in one price

Tenants

Tenants as customers, units as jobs
Recurring rent invoices
Late fees as finance charges
Statements and ageing

Deposits

Security deposits per tenant
Refunds limited to the deposit held
Deposits kept as a liability
Refund recorded at move-out

Properties

Classes per property
P&L by property
Repairs and vendor bills by property
Loans and fixed assets

Year-end

1099-NEC for contractors
Figures for Schedule E or T776
Profit and loss by property (classes)
Excel export
A rent invoice in AcboBooks

Rent invoices that repeat every month.

What it does not do

· No tenant portal, online rent collection or lease management.

· Windows 10 and 11 for now (a Mac version is coming soon); no phone app.

· It imports your bank's statement file rather than connecting live to the bank.

Questions people ask

Before you download

How do I track several properties?

Make each property a class and tag every rent invoice and expense with it. The P&L by class shows each property side by side.

Are security deposits treated as income?

No. They are held as a liability per tenant until refunded or applied, which is how they should be recorded.

Can tenants pay online?

There is no tenant portal. You can add a Stripe card payment link to a rent invoice if you want to accept cards.

Coming from something else?

How it compares to what you use now

Get started

Every property's numbers, on your own PC.

Set up your properties as classes in the trial.

No card. No account. Nothing to cancel.