Expert MRI Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Minneapolis
Minneapolis's 3% rent stabilization ordinance requires clean, defensible numbers, and the commercial-weighted portfolios common here, mixed-use buildings in Uptown and Northeast, workforce housing near the University of Minnesota, lean on MRI for lease administration and CAM reconciliation more than residential deposit tracking. That's where MRI earns its keep and also where its module handoffs get tested: a lease abstracted in one MRI module and billed from another can drift out of agreement with the numbers your ordinance compliance depends on. We close that gap.
We work with accountant access inside your own MRI instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
Minnesota rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- 21 days
- Statute
- Minnesota Statute 504B
Why MRI Operators in Minneapolis Come to REA
Enterprise and modular, strong on commercial
CAM reconciliation that holds up
Uptown and Northeast carry a mix of ground-floor retail and multifamily, the kind of commercial-weighted book MRI's CAM module was built for. We reconcile common area charges against the actual lease terms in MRI's lease administration module, not just the recovery pool MRI calculates on its own, so your CAM billing matches what tenants actually owe.
Lease data that stays in sync
Workforce housing near the University of Minnesota often means high unit turnover on a lease abstracted in MRI's lease module and billed through a separate accounting module. When those two disagree, a renewed lease can bill at the old rate for months. We check both against each other every close, before the gap reaches your statements.
Adapted to your specific setup
No two MRI instances in this market run the same modules the same way. Before we touch your books we map exactly which modules your Minneapolis portfolio uses for lease admin, CAM, and general ledger, then build reconciliation around that actual configuration instead of a generic MRI checklist that assumes modules you don't have.
MRI and Minnesota Deposit Rules
Minnesota Statute 504B
Minnesota Statute 504B gives you 21 days to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions. MRI's residential functionality sits behind its commercial-lease strength, deposit ledgers often live in a module that wasn't the reason you bought MRI, and turnover timing can slip through the cracks between that module and general ledger. We track every Minneapolis deposit against its move-out date inside MRI, not on a separate spreadsheet, so the 21-day clock never depends on someone remembering to check a module they rarely open.
Minnesota statute 504B requires the deposit to be returned within 21 days of lease termination, with penalties for non-compliance and interest obligations in defined cases.
All Minnesota requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in MRI, so a 21 days 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 Minneapolis 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
Minneapolis 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
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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
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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does MRI handle Minnesota's 21-day security deposit deadline automatically?
Not on its own. MRI can track a deposit balance, but Statute 504B's 21-day clock for returning it or sending an itemized statement isn't something the platform flags by default, especially when deposit records sit in a module separate from move-out processing. We calendar the deadline against each Minneapolis lease's actual move-out date and confirm the itemized statement goes out inside that window, we don't rely on MRI to surface it.
Why does our CAM reconciliation not match what MRI's recovery module calculates?
Because MRI's recovery calculation and the actual lease terms in the lease administration module don't always talk to each other automatically, especially after a lease amendment or a mid-year CAM cap change. We pull the lease language directly and reconcile it against what MRI billed, rather than trusting the recovery pool figure alone. On commercial-weighted Minneapolis portfolios that discrepancy is usually where CAM disputes with tenants start.
We manage a mix of Uptown retail, Northeast multifamily, and workforce housing near the U. Can MRI handle bookkeeping across all three?
MRI can, but it wasn't built with any one of those in mind specifically, it's assembled to run commercial lease admin and residential property management side by side, and the accounting logic for each doesn't merge on its own. We keep the commercial CAM and lease books separate from the residential deposit and turnover books inside your instance, then reconcile both up to one set of financials so your mixed Minneapolis portfolio reads as one picture, not three disconnected ledgers.
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MRI Bookkeeping for Minneapolis
Schedule a call and we will review your MRI setup, your Minnesota deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.