Expert MRI Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Phoenix
Phoenix's rental stock increasingly mixes large single-family portfolios, build-to-rent communities, and HOA-governed master-planned developments, each often held in its own entity for tax and lender reasons. MRI's module-based architecture can carry that structure without forcing everything into one flat chart of accounts, but only if lease administration, CAM, and the general ledger stay wired together. We build and reconcile Phoenix MRI environments module by module, because the two modules on either side of a handoff are usually where the numbers stop agreeing.
We work with accountant access inside your own MRI instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
Arizona rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- 14 business days
- Statute
- ARS Title 33
Why MRI Operators in Phoenix Come to REA
Enterprise and modular, strong on commercial
Multi-entity portfolio accounting
Build-to-rent operators and HOA master-planned communities in Phoenix split assets across multiple entities for financing and liability reasons. MRI's module structure supports entity-level segmentation without a single flattened ledger, but the general ledger, lease administration module, and CAM module all need to point at the same entity map, or a portfolio that looks clean in one module drifts in another.
Commercial lease admin, mixed portfolios
Phoenix's HOA-heavy master-planned communities and build-to-rent developments often carry commercial components, amenity centers, retail pads, clubhouse leases, alongside the residential units. That mix plays to MRI's real strength: commercial lease administration and CAM reconciliation. We lean on MRI's CAM tools for those commercial line items rather than forcing them through workarounds built for pure residential portfolios.
Module handoff reconciliation
In an MRI environment, a lease can be abstracted in one module and billed from another, and those two records aren't guaranteed to agree. As Phoenix portfolios add units through build-to-rent expansion and new master-planned phases, that gap widens fastest during growth. We reconcile the lease administration module against billing and CAM every month, not just at renewal.
MRI and Arizona Deposit Rules
ARS Title 33
MRI's residential module can track security deposit balances, but in the commercial-weighted MRI deployments we typically inherit in Phoenix, deposit accounting often lives in a module separate from the general ledger. ARS Title 33 gives Arizona landlords 14 business days to return a deposit or send an itemized statement. If the deposit ledger and disbursement workflow sit in different MRI modules, that clock keeps running while the two don't reconcile. We map deposit liability to the module that cuts the check and reconcile it every cycle.
Arizona ARS Title 33 requires the deposit, or an itemized deduction statement, to be returned within 14 business days of lease termination.
All Arizona requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in MRI, so a 14 business days deadline is answerable from the ledger
- Trust accounts reconciled three ways every month
- Deduction documentation recorded against the correct ledger
- Aging deposits flagged before the statutory window closes
MRI Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
For Phoenix Portfolios
- Process Review & Set Up
- Bank Reconciliations
- AP / AR
- Accurate NOI, Balance Sheets
- Recording HUD's & Accruals
- Owner Distributions
- Monthly Statements & Reports
- Management Fees
- Corporate Bookkeeping
- Tenant Chargebacks
Take the Whole Close, or One Function
Phoenix operators use REA for the full monthly close or for the single function that has become a bottleneck. Each one is performed inside your MRI instance.
Trust Accounting
Compliant, audit-ready trust funds
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Three-way reconciliation, every account
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Bills paid, rent collected, owners paid
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Back books fixed and current
Learn moreCAM Reconciliation
Annual commercial true-ups
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We Work Inside All of Them
Experts In All Property Types
- Single-Family
- Multifamily
- Student Housing
- Affordable Housing
- Community Associations
- Commercial
Experts In All Property Types
Residential, commercial and everything in between. The asset class changes what the books have to prove, and our teams are staffed accordingly.
- Single-Family
- Multifamily
- Student Housing
- Affordable Housing
- Community AssociationsSee the page
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Check Out What Our Clients Have To Say About Us
Property Managers, Investors & Owner Operators
Real Estate Accounting truly is a special company. They helped as if they were a part of our company, with the concern and caution as an employee would have, but even more. They quickly ascertained our needs and developed an effective team to help with our accounting needs. They were extremely responsive and always accurate. I would recommend their services to anyone who needs help with their property management accounting.
Adam the owner took a personal interest in my situation and was willing to work with me to see if his company was a good fit. I may be too small for them but I would highly recommend them to anyone considering a bookkeeper for their property management business.
Following a series of erroneous financials from my previous bookkeeper, who lacked expertise in real estate, it's been truly remarkable to receive not only accurate financials on a consistent basis but also proactive advice without prompting. The REA team is a game-changer in real estate accounting!
Frequently Asked Questions
How does MRI handle Arizona's 14-business-day deposit deadline?
MRI can track deposit balances, but the platform doesn't enforce Arizona's ARS Title 33 deadline on its own. Arizona gives landlords 14 business days to return a deposit or send an itemized statement after move-out, and in a commercial-weighted MRI setup, deposit records often sit apart from the disbursement workflow. We flag move-outs against that 14-business-day window manually and confirm the deposit ledger and the payout module agree before the clock runs out.
Why does MRI need module-by-module reconciliation instead of one clean report?
MRI is assembled from separate modules for lease administration, CAM, and billing, and implementations vary enough that no two MRI instances behave the same. A lease abstracted in the lease administration module can disagree with what actually gets billed if the handoff to accounting isn't checked. We reconcile those modules against each other every cycle instead of trusting a single consolidated report to catch the gap.
Do you handle both the commercial and residential sides of a Phoenix portfolio in MRI?
Yes. Phoenix's mix of build-to-rent developments, HOA master-planned communities, and larger single-family portfolios usually means a Phoenix MRI engagement touches both commercial leases, CAM, amenity and retail space, and residential units and deposits. We weight our work toward MRI's commercial strengths, lease administration and CAM reconciliation, since that's typically where the larger dollar amounts and the harder reconciliation sit in these portfolios.
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MRI Bookkeeping for Phoenix
Schedule a call and we will review your MRI setup, your Arizona deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.