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May 12, 2025

How To Organize Files and Folders For Small Business

A quick guide to naming and organizing files and folders so that retrieving resources is simple and efficient.

April 2, 2025

Two Reasons Your Idea Should Begin With A Business Plan

A simplified roadmap to making quality decisions surrounding which ideas to pursue, develop further, or discard.

June 20, 2024

How To Enter A Correcting Journal Entry In Yardi Breeze

A step-by-step guide on how to correct an earlier journal entry that was either discovered to have been made in error or where something exogenous has changed and using a payable as an example.

June 18, 2024

Thoughts On Correcting Entries In Property Management Accounting

An analysis on correcting entries, when they're necessary, when they should occur, and what constraints and hazards may be present as it pertains to property management accounting.

June 18, 2024

An Evaluation On How To Post A Payment In Yardi Breeze for An Amount Different Than the Invoice

The available options and steps to take when you need to post a payment against a payable for an amount different than the invoice.

May 28, 2024

How To Handle Rent Paid In Arrears Using Yardi Breeze

A work around for setting up rent schedules for tenants that pay in arrears, such as the Federal Government, using Yardi Breeze - a system that really wants rent to be paid in advance.

February 4, 2024

Triage in Commercial Real Estate Operations

Thoughts on how to approach and manage problems in commercial real estate when you're feeling stretched. Do diseconomies of scale exist in commercial real estate?

November 21, 2023

Accounting Differences Between Arizona Rent Tax and Sales Tax

A discussion on the nature of Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax, common misconceptions and mistakes, and what the proper accounting treatment should be.

November 11, 2023

Managing Office Lease Credit Risk With Free Rent Timing

Considerations in managing credit risk when building free rent into commercial office leases.

September 5, 2023

Fast Decisions in Real Estate

My experiences with how emotions have shaped long-term decisions in commercial real estate investment.

August 11, 2023

File Naming Convention Ideas

A handful of concepts I use to efficiently store and retrieve resources on our file servers.

August 4, 2023

File and Folder Concepts for Business

An approach to developing file and folder conventions allowing your business to stay organized.

April 25, 2023

Business and Real Estate

A journal of what I've found to work, as well as what didn't, on my journey as a real estate professional.