Expert Yardi Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Jacksonville
Jacksonville's rental market runs on a mix of single-family scattered-site portfolios and multifamily communities near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and that combination shows up directly in the chart of accounts. Before we open a Jacksonville engagement, we ask whether you're on Voyager or Breeze, because the two products handle that mix differently. Voyager's commercial-grade structure can absorb both property types if configured correctly from the start. Breeze, built for smaller residential books, often can't, which is why we check platform first.
We work with accountant access inside your own Yardi instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
Florida rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- 30 days for notice
- Statute
- Florida Statutes Ch. 83
Why Yardi Operators in Jacksonville Come to REA
Voyager for enterprise, Breeze for smaller portfolios
Platform Diagnosis Before Anything Else
We start every Jacksonville Yardi engagement by identifying whether you're on Voyager or Breeze, since the two have different accounting depth and different failure modes. Voyager's flexible chart of accounts can misconfigure across a whole commercial portfolio if it's wrong from day one. Breeze users often outgrow its reporting and patch the gap with spreadsheets we then have to reconcile.
Books Built For Mixed Portfolios
Naval Air Station Jacksonville keeps both single-family rentals and multifamily communities in steady demand, so most property managers here run a blended portfolio, not one asset type. On Voyager, we set up entity structures and CAM reconciliations that hold across commercial and residential units in the same book. On Breeze, we keep reporting honest about what the platform can produce.
Monthly Books That Keep Pace
Jacksonville's rental market moves fast, driven by steady turnover near the base and multifamily leasing, so stale reconciliations show up in owner reports within weeks. We close Voyager books using its multi-entity consolidation so owners with several Jacksonville properties see one clean set of numbers, not several disconnected ones. On Breeze, we reconcile manually where the platform's reporting stops short.
Yardi and Florida Deposit Rules
Florida Statutes Ch. 83
Florida Statutes Chapter 83 gives landlords 30 days to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions after written notice. Voyager tracks deposit liability by unit and can generate the itemized statement directly from the ledger, which keeps Jacksonville portfolios inside the deadline even at volume. Breeze tracks the deposit balance but doesn't generate that statement automatically, so Breeze clients need us to build the itemization manually every time a tenant moves out, or the 30-day clock runs out first.
Florida Statutes Chapter 83 requires deposits to be held in a separate Florida bank account or covered by a surety bond, with written notice to the tenant within 30 days of receipt and strict timelines for return or itemized claim.
All Florida requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in Yardi, so a 30 days for notice 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
Yardi Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
For Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville operators use REA for the full monthly close or for the single function that has become a bottleneck. Each one is performed inside your Yardi instance.
Trust Accounting
Compliant, audit-ready trust funds
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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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Yardi handle Florida's 30-day security deposit deadline automatically?
It depends on which Yardi you run. Voyager can generate an itemized deposit statement straight from unit-level liability accounts, which helps Jacksonville property managers meet the 30-day window Florida Statutes Chapter 83 requires after written notice. Breeze tracks the deposit balance but doesn't produce that statement on its own, so the itemization has to be built manually, and we handle that build for Breeze clients so the deadline doesn't get missed.
What's the difference between Yardi Voyager and Breeze for bookkeeping?
Voyager is built for enterprise and commercial portfolios, with a deep chart of accounts, CAM reconciliation, and multi-entity consolidation. Breeze is a lighter residential product with a simpler chart of accounts and thinner reporting. We diagnose which one a Jacksonville client runs before we touch the books, because a misconfigured Voyager chart of accounts propagates errors across the entire portfolio, while Breeze limitations usually show up as owners falling back on spreadsheets outside the system.
Do you handle both single-family and multifamily properties in Jacksonville?
Yes. Jacksonville's rental market, driven partly by steady demand near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, is a mix of single-family scattered-site rentals and multifamily communities, often inside the same owner's portfolio. On Voyager, we set up entity and property structures that keep those asset types cleanly separated in reporting even when they share an owner. On Breeze, we watch for the point where that mix outgrows the platform's residential-focused reporting.
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Yardi Bookkeeping for Jacksonville
Schedule a call and we will review your Yardi setup, your Florida deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.