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Real Estate

June 12, 2025

How To Handle AZ TPT Reimbursements For Rent Tax In Yardi Breeze

Instructions on how to approach and record transaction privilege tax (TPT) reimbursements for rental income earned.

June 9, 2025

How To Set Up Automatic Sales Tax In Yardi Breeze

How to set up Yardi Breeze to automatically calculate and accrue sales tax for charges.

September 1, 2024

How To Handle Failed Yardi Breeze CHECKscan Payments

In this article I'll share my approach to correcting for a check that doesn't process correctly using the Yardi Breeze CHECKscan app.

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 18, 2023

Experiences with Cooling Towers

An ownership perspective in dealing with the HVAC systems you'll likely encounter in multi-level, and/or industrial real estate.

July 25, 2023

A Changing Landscape in Commercial Real Estate

My observations of how narratives surrounding office commercial real estate have changed as a result of the pandemic, social changes, and the emergence of work from home.

June 18, 2023

Preserving Cash in Commercial Real Estate

My thoughts on managing risk in commercial real estate operations as well as approaches to conserving cash I've implemented in tough times.

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.