Expert RealPage Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Atlanta
Atlanta owners running RealPage typically hold Class A towers in Midtown or Buckhead, scattered-site single-family rentals spread across the metro, and LIHTC communities in Fulton and DeKalb. RealPage's portfolio roll-up reporting is built for the first asset type and stretched thin by the other two: a scattered single-family book doesn't aggregate the way one multifamily tower does, and LIHTC compliance layers add reporting requirements RealPage's standard owner packages don't generate on their own. We reconcile each property individually before it feeds the roll-up your owners see.
We work with accountant access inside your own RealPage 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 RealPage Operators in Atlanta Come to REA
Enterprise multifamily with portfolio-level roll-ups
Property-level detail feeds the roll-up
RealPage rewards a clean portfolio summary, but auditors and institutional owners look underneath it. We close each property's ledger first, Midtown high-rise, scattered single-family unit, or LIHTC community, and only then let RealPage's roll-up reflect it. A roll-up that balances on top of an unreconciled ledger is a liability we won't hand you.
Institutional deadlines, no slack
RealPage's owner packages are built for institutional review cycles, and those cycles don't move for a slow close. Atlanta portfolios mixing Class A multifamily with scattered-site rentals create more line items to close each month, not fewer. We build the close calendar around RealPage's reporting deadlines instead of discovering them the week a package is due.
LIHTC layered on RealPage
LIHTC communities in Fulton and DeKalb carry compliance requirements RealPage wasn't built to generate on its own, tenant income certification tracking, restricted rent schedules, and set-aside reporting sit outside its standard multifamily owner package. We track that layer separately and reconcile it against the same property ledger RealPage rolls up, so nothing gets lost between the two systems.
RealPage and Georgia Deposit Rules
O.C.G.A. Title 44
Georgia's O.C.G.A. § 44-7-34 requires landlords to return a tenant's security deposit or send an itemized statement of damages within the statutory window after move-out. RealPage tracks deposits at the portfolio level by default, which is fine for a single Midtown tower but leaves scattered single-family move-outs easy to miss inside a larger roll-up. We reconcile move-out dates and deposit dispositions property by property so the itemized statement goes out inside the window, not after RealPage's monthly close catches up.
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 RealPage, 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
RealPage 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 RealPage 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
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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
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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 RealPage handle Georgia's security deposit itemization requirement automatically?
Not on its own. O.C.G.A. § 44-7-34 requires an itemized statement of damages or full refund within the statutory window, and that clock starts at the unit level on move-out day, not at RealPage's portfolio close. We flag each move-out against the statute's deadline directly, then let RealPage's roll-up reflect the disposition once it's confirmed, so the deadline never depends on when the portfolio report runs.
What's the biggest RealPage limitation you run into with Atlanta portfolios?
RealPage's roll-up reporting is built for large multifamily communities, and it can make a portfolio look clean even when individual ledgers underneath have errors. That's a real risk on a mixed Atlanta portfolio where a scattered single-family book sits next to a Buckhead tower in the same owner package. We close and reconcile each property before it feeds the roll-up, so a clean summary actually means a clean summary.
Can REA support LIHTC properties alongside market-rate multifamily on RealPage?
Yes. Several Atlanta portfolios we work with combine market-rate Class A buildings in Midtown or Buckhead with LIHTC communities in Fulton and DeKalb, and those two asset types carry different compliance requirements even inside the same RealPage instance. We track LIHTC-specific items like income certifications and set-aside compliance separately from standard multifamily accounting, then reconcile both into the same property-level ledger before roll-up.
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RealPage Bookkeeping for Atlanta
Schedule a call and we will review your RealPage setup, your Georgia deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.