REA.co Real Estate Accounting & Tax

Full-service monthly Yardi accounting for scaling commercial property managers.

Yardi's commercial module gives Voyager users real CAM reconciliation, expense pools and lease abstraction tools, more depth than almost any competing platform. But Yardi only computes what it's told: base year, exclusions, caps and escalations are entered once when a lease goes live, and the software has no way to check that entry against the actual lease document. That gap is where commercial accounting in Yardi actually goes wrong.

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Commercial Real Estate Accounting Inside Yardi

What Changes When You Run This Vertical On This Platform

Where it breaks

Yardi calculates precisely off a wrong lease setup

CAM reconciliation in Voyager runs off pool definitions, exclusion codes, cap type and base year figures entered when the lease was built out, not off the lease itself. If an exclusion category is left off, a cap is coded as cumulative when the lease says annual, or a base year is copied wrong, Voyager will still calculate and bill a precise number every month. Nothing in the software flags it, because Yardi has no view into the document the clause came from. The error compounds quietly for a year and then lands all at once when the annual true-up runs against actual expenses.

How REA handles it

Lease abstraction checked against Yardi's CAM setup

REA treats lease abstraction as a control on the Yardi build, not a one-time intake step. Before a commercial lease goes live in Voyager, someone checks every CAM pool, exclusion, cap type and base year field against the actual lease language, not against what was typed in. On accounts running commercial tenants through Breeze, REA flags what the platform genuinely cannot do. Spreadsheet CAM math living outside the system is where reconciliation errors hide, and REA helps clients weigh a move to Voyager when the portfolio has outgrown Breeze. Setup gets checked on a schedule, not only at the annual true-up.

What we check in your Yardi instance

  • CAM pool exclusions checked against actual lease language
  • Base year figures verified against the signed lease
  • Escalation cap type matched to lease terms
  • Expense stops reconciled against negotiated lease clauses
  • Breeze accounts flagged for missing commercial CAM tools
  • CAM setup reviewed on a schedule, not just annually

The Full Scope of the Engagement

Two Pages Carry the Detail

This page covers what is specific to running Commercial Real Estate books in Yardi. The complete service scope, process, and pricing conversation live on the two pages below.

The vertical

Commercial Real Estate Accounting

Full scope, monthly process, property types, FAQs and the team on the account.

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The platform

Yardi Bookkeeping

What Yardi does well, where its accounting breaks, and how REA works inside your own instance.

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  1. 01

    Trust Accounting

    Tenant, owner, and security deposit money kept separate, tied out, and ready for a state audit at any time.

  2. 02

    Bank Reconciliation Services

    Every operating, trust, and escrow account reconciled on a fixed schedule, with the variances chased down rather than carried forward.

  3. 03

    Accounts Payable & Receivable

    Vendor invoices coded and paid, tenant receipts applied, management fees taken, and owner distributions cut on time.

  4. 04

    Bookkeeping Cleanup & Catch-Up

    Months or years of unreconciled books diagnosed, corrected, and brought current so the numbers you report are numbers you trust.

  5. 05

    CAM Reconciliation

    Common area maintenance pools built from the lease terms, reconciled against actuals, and billed or credited with a defensible tenant statement.

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.

Check Out What Our Clients Have To Say About Us

Property Managers, Investors & Owner Operators

Client story

Real-estate-only specialists

As REA exclusively specializes in Real Estate, I rest easy knowing my financials are precise every month while saving money at the same time, an invaluable benefit.

SWSteve WilkoOwner Operator

Handed over the whole accounting function

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!

TCTracy CollinsProperty Manager

Day-to-day financial operations

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.

BCBrian CookOwner Operator

230+

Property Accountants

30M+

Commercial Sq. Ft.

Up to 50%

Saved vs In-House

Every month

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Frequently Asked Questions

We're on Yardi Voyager already, why would we need REA if the software handles CAM?

Voyager calculates CAM correctly against whatever pool definitions, exclusions and caps were entered when the lease was set up. It has no way to check that setup against the actual lease document. If a category was excluded incorrectly or a cap was coded wrong when the lease was abstracted, Voyager has been computing a precise number off a wrong instruction the whole time. REA's abstraction work checks the Yardi setup against the lease itself, not just against what the ledger already shows.

We run our commercial properties in Breeze. Is that a problem?

Breeze is built for residential operators and handles basic commercial billing, but it does not have Voyager's CAM reconciliation, lease abstraction tools or expense pool logic. Portfolios that grow into more commercial tenants often end up tracking CAM math in spreadsheets outside the system, which is exactly where reconciliation errors hide. REA flags this early in an engagement and can help determine whether a move to Voyager makes sense for your portfolio's size and lease complexity.

How does REA prevent a CAM true-up from surprising a client?

By checking lease setup in Yardi against the actual lease document before it goes live, not after. We verify that expense pools, exclusions, caps and base years match what was actually negotiated, not just what was typed into the system. We also review CAM calculations on a periodic basis rather than waiting for the annual true-up to surface a full year of accumulated errors as one large adjustment nobody saw coming.

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Schedule a call with our team to talk through your Yardi instance, what it is doing to your commercial real estate financials, and what REA would take on.