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ljaeger84
Level 1

How does a Landlord Reconcile Property Manager Deposits

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I am a Landlord called CSP below.

CSP has a Property Management Company called GPS below. 

Rents are collected by GPS in behalf of CSP

GPS invoices CSP for Vendor Bills

CSP makes a contribution from CSP Credit Card to CSP Escrow held by GPS
Vendor bills are paid by GPS out of CSP Escrow

GPS remits remaining CSP Escrow to CSP Checking less Payments to Vendors, less GPS expenses, less GPS management fee, less CSP Reserve amount left in CSP Escrow.

 

CSP is trying to reconcile GPS deposits but is having issues with Items for Prior recorded Bills/expenses from GPS which CSP has made a contribution to the CSP escrow held by GPS.

 

GPS has a bill from a vendor or

GPS has bill for their services or

GPS has a monthly bill for their management fees

 

CSP records the individual expenses as a new unpaid Bill from GPS and then

CSP contributes $ from CSP Credit Card to CSP Escrow then

GPS pays the bill from CSP Escrow

 

CSP records an invoice for Rent due from tenant in Undeposited Funds

Tenant/HUD Pays GPS

GPS deposits the rent to CSP Escrow

 

Weekly GPS remits rents to CSP Checking

Less payments to Vendors

Less payments to GPS for their Services

Less payments for their management fees

Retaining some arbitrary nominal amount in CSP Escrow as reserves.

 

Today CPS matches Tenant Rent Invoices to Payments recorded in GPS software as they come in, this is before GPS remits Escrow to CSP

 

Today CPS reconciles CSP Credit Card statements against contributions to CSP Escrow for Bills paid by GPS

 

Today CSP has deposits from GPS into CSP Checking net of expenses.

 

I can create a deposit and match the transaction to Undeposited Rents due from tenants

 

The main issue is when entering the expenses as Items, CSP has already recorded the expenses previously and also made a contribution to escrow for the expense via Credit Card.

 

The items against the deposit create a duplicate expense as well as not having the appropriate Class/customer detail.

 

Is there a way to match an item to a bill/expense is a similar manner as matching to Undeposited Funds?

 

The other issue is how to record and keep track of the remaining funds GPS retains in escrow.

 

Please let me know if more detail is needed.

 

Thanks in advance.

2 Comments 2
Pete_Mc
Community Champion

How does a Landlord Reconcile Property Manager Deposits

Lots of detail there and I admit I'd need to read it over a couple of times to make sure I got all the ins and outs.   But we do it basically the same (I think) so I'll toss this out and see if it helps.

 

I also have a Trust/Escrow Acct with our Management Co.  And we do not Invoice or Collect the Rent from the Tenants and we do not pay any expenses directly, that ALL goes through the Management Co.  So ALL Transactions for this property go into the Trust Acct.  They are appropriately linked to Rental Income, CAM, Repairs, etc., etc., but everything is entered into the one Mgmt Co Acct.  At the end of the month I get a detailed report on Income In, Cash Out, Expenses, etc. (everything).

 

We also allow them to keep $X amount of Cash On Hand, which is how they pay the vendors out of their payment system.  The amount is enough for the worst case months, which would be the taxes every 6 mos.  We do not let them use a CC out of our Company, ALL payments go through them. 

 

Towards the end of the month they Transfer into our Checking Acct what they believe to be the Estimated Amount above the Cash amount they keep (entry in the Mgmt Co Acct shows the Transfer to our Checking). 

 

I could get reports throughout the month, but there are not usually that many Transactions, so I enter them into the Mgmt Co Acct from the Monthly Report and Reconcile.  There is a level of trust given to the Mgmt Co this way, but then I see all the Cash In/Out for the Rent and Expenses on the report.  So it's pretty easy when I'm entering it if there's an outlier.  Then a quick call or email will get me the details.

 

Bottom line is I let them do the work they're charging us for.  Then just keep a close eye to make sure someone doesn't mess up and charge us for something that is a different Client of theirs.  (So far that has never happened.)

ljaeger84
Level 1

How does a Landlord Reconcile Property Manager Deposits

Pete,

 

Thank you for the note. What we do is a little different which is why I'm asking the community for assistance.

 

Property Management Vendor provides services or repairs.

 

We then get a bill/invoice during the month from the management company for the Vendor repairs, etc. recorded as an expense to our "Trust/Escrow" reducing the $ held by the management company system "Propertyware."

 

We record the "Bill" in QB. We then pay the bill/invoice, essentially a transfer of funds from CSP to GPS, to the management company via our credit card. The transfer is recorded as a contribution to our Trust/Escrow increasing the $ held by the management company.

 

The management company then pays out the vendor from our Trust/Escrow, reducing the $ held in our Trust/Escrow.

 

All the while rents are being paid into the Trust/Escrow increasing the balance.

 

Weekly we receive a Net disbursement from the Trust/Escrow less a reserve held.

 

My issue is recording that deposit against the deposited gross rents, less expenses we already recorded as "Paid".

 

Its a little complicated but I hope there is a solution out there.

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