Expert MRI Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Atlanta
Atlanta's rental stock runs from Class A multifamily towers in Midtown and Buckhead to scattered-site single-family portfolios and LIHTC affordable housing across Fulton and DeKalb counties, often inside the same management company. MRI's module-based architecture fits that range because lease administration and CAM modules can flex commercial while a separate residential module handles deposits, but the modules don't always talk to each other cleanly. We reconcile the handoffs so a lease abstracted in one module and billed from another doesn't drift apart.
We work with accountant access inside your own MRI instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
Georgia rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- statutory window
- Statute
- O.C.G.A. Title 44
Why MRI Operators in Atlanta Come to REA
Enterprise and modular, strong on commercial
CAM Reconciliation Across Modules
Atlanta's mixed commercial-residential portfolios put CAM reconciliation at the center of the work, not deposit accounting. When a lease is abstracted in MRI's lease administration module but billed through a separate commercial module, the CAM pool and the actual charge can diverge. We reconcile both sides against the lease abstract every cycle instead of trusting whichever module posted last.
Module Handoffs, Not Guesswork
No two MRI instances behave the same because implementations vary by module choice and configuration history. Rather than assume your setup matches a template, we map exactly which module owns lease data, which owns billing, and which owns the general ledger for your Atlanta portfolio, then build reconciliation checkpoints at each handoff instead of after the fact.
LIHTC and Commercial in One Book
Fulton and DeKalb LIHTC communities carry compliance layers, tenant certifications and income limits, that sit outside MRI's commercial-strength modules entirely. When those properties share a portfolio with Midtown office or retail assets, we keep the affordable housing compliance calendar separate from the CAM and lease administration workflow so one deadline never gets lost inside the other.
MRI and Georgia Deposit Rules
O.C.G.A. Title 44
O.C.G.A. Title 44 requires Georgia landlords to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions within the statutory window. MRI has no Georgia-specific timer built in, and on mixed portfolios the deposit ledger can sit in a residential module while disbursement runs through a different module entirely. If those two don't sync on move-out date, the clock starts without anyone noticing. We track move-out dates against the statute manually, outside whichever module happens to hold the ledger.
Georgia law under O.C.G.A. Title 44 requires deposits to be held in escrow and returned with itemized deductions inside the statutory window.
All Georgia requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in MRI, so a statutory window 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 Atlanta 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
Atlanta 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
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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does REA make sure MRI meets Georgia's security deposit deadline?
O.C.G.A. Title 44 sets the window for returning a deposit or sending an itemized statement, and MRI doesn't flag that deadline on its own. We log the move-out date the moment it's entered anywhere in your instance, whichever module that happens to be, and check it against the statute independently of the module's own disbursement workflow, so a lagging module handoff never becomes a missed deadline.
Why do CAM numbers in MRI sometimes not match the lease abstract?
It happens when the lease is abstracted in MRI's lease administration module but CAM charges post through a separate commercial module. The two don't automatically reconcile against each other, so a change to the lease abstract, a new cap or exclusion, doesn't always carry over to the billing side. We reconcile CAM pools against the abstract every cycle rather than assuming the modules stayed in sync.
Do you handle LIHTC properties alongside commercial assets in the same MRI instance?
Yes. Many Atlanta portfolios mix Fulton and DeKalb LIHTC communities with Midtown or Buckhead commercial assets in one MRI setup. Since MRI's strength sits in commercial lease administration, the affordable housing compliance layer, tenant certifications and income recertification dates, needs its own tracking rather than relying on the modules built for CAM and lease admin to catch it.
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MRI Bookkeeping for Atlanta
Schedule a call and we will review your MRI setup, your Georgia deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.