Expert Buildium Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs' rental market runs on single-family homes near Fort Carson, Peterson, and Schriever, many in newer subdivisions with active HOAs, and turns over fast on PCS cycles. Buildium is built for exactly that mix: rental and association management sit in the same instance, so a property manager collecting rent on a military family's lease and an HOA's monthly assessment down the street can run both books in one system. Our team sets up that instance so the two funds never blur into one ledger.
We work with accountant access inside your own Buildium instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
Colorado rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- one month, up to 60 days by lease
- Statute
- Colorado Revised Statutes
Why Buildium Operators in Colorado Springs Come to REA
Residential and association management in one system
One instance, two funds
Buildium keeps rental and association accounting in the same database, which is efficient until reserve contributions and operating assessments start mixing with tenant rent and deposits in the general ledger. We build separate bank sub-accounts and a chart of accounts that keeps HOA reserve money and rental trust money apart from day one, not after an audit flags it.
PCS-cycle turnover, reconciled fast
Fort Carson and the Space Force bases push move-outs into tight windows tied to orders dates, not a typical seasonal lease calendar. We reconcile security deposit ledgers and final utility charges against move-out dates as they hit, so a single-family portfolio with dozens of PCS-timed turnovers in a month doesn't back up in Buildium's transaction queue.
Reporting your owners can read
Buildium's owner statements are simple enough that a single-family investor managing one or two Colorado Springs rentals from out of state can read them without a call to us. We format monthly statements around rent, PCS-driven turnover costs, and deposit disposition so owners see exactly why a month looked different from the last one.
Buildium and Colorado Deposit Rules
Colorado Revised Statutes
Colorado Revised Statutes 38-12-103 gives landlords one month to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions, extendable to 60 days if the lease says so. Buildium tracks deposit liability by unit but doesn't flag that clock automatically, it treats every state the same. We set the move-out date as the trigger in our own reconciliation calendar and close out the itemized statement inside that window, so the deadline doesn't depend on someone remembering the statute.
Colorado statute sets a one month return deadline, extendable to a maximum of 60 days only if the lease says so, and provides for treble damages where a deposit is wrongfully withheld.
All Colorado requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in Buildium, so a one month, up to 60 days by lease 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
Buildium Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
For Colorado Springs 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
Colorado Springs operators use REA for the full monthly close or for the single function that has become a bottleneck. Each one is performed inside your Buildium instance.
Trust Accounting
Compliant, audit-ready trust funds
Learn moreBank Reconciliation Services
Three-way reconciliation, every account
Learn moreAccounts Payable & Receivable
Bills paid, rent collected, owners paid
Learn moreBookkeeping Cleanup & Catch-Up
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
I highly recommend Real Estate Accounting (REA) services from this group. They truly are great and have helped us tremendously at a time we needed it the most. I felt very comfortable giving up all my accounting responsibilities to this team and I'm still glad I made the decision to work with this group. Nothing less than an amazing experience!
REA and team have been nothing but excellent helping our firm with its day to day financial needs. Their expertise, professionalism, and timeliness have made our lives so much easier. We foresee a long relationship with REA and team.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Buildium track Colorado's security deposit deadline for us?
Not on its own. Buildium logs the deposit liability and move-out date, but it doesn't calculate Colorado's deadline under C.R.S. 38-12-103, one month by default, up to 60 days if your lease sets a longer window. We build that countdown into our reconciliation process outside Buildium's native alerts, so the itemized statement or refund goes out inside the statutory window instead of relying on a manual reminder.
We manage both rentals and an HOA in the same Buildium account, can our books stay separate?
Yes, but it takes setup, not a default toggle. Buildium will let rental trust deposits and HOA reserve or operating assessments post through the same bank feed if the chart of accounts isn't built to stop it. We set up distinct bank sub-accounts and GL mapping for rental funds versus association funds when we onboard a mixed portfolio, so a reserve contribution never reads as rental income.
Most of our units turn over because of military PCS orders, does that change how you set up Buildium?
Yes. A portfolio near Fort Carson, Peterson, or Schriever turns over on orders timing, not a lease-anniversary calendar, so move-outs cluster instead of spreading evenly through the year. We build recurring transaction schedules and turnover checklists in Buildium around that clustering, rather than the smoother pace Buildium's default templates assume, so deposit reconciliations and make-ready costs don't pile up in the same week.
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Buildium Bookkeeping for Colorado Springs
Schedule a call and we will review your Buildium setup, your Colorado deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.