Expert Yardi Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Newark
Newark's rental stock runs from large multifamily buildings layered with subsidized units to older residential properties with commercial ground-floor space, and each type lands on a different side of Yardi's product split. Voyager's enterprise chart of accounts and CAM handling fit the larger, mixed-use and subsidized portfolios; Breeze fits the smaller residential operators, but only if its reporting limits are managed deliberately. Our team builds Newark's Yardi books around whichever side of that split a property actually sits on.
We work with accountant access inside your own Yardi instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
New Jersey rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- statutory timeline
- Statute
- NJSA 46:8
Why Yardi Operators in Newark Come to REA
Voyager for enterprise, Breeze for smaller portfolios
Voyager vs Breeze, decided first
Before we touch a Newark client's books, we confirm which Yardi product they're actually running, because Voyager's enterprise chart of accounts and Breeze's lighter residential setup produce different books, different reporting capability, and different failure points. A portfolio mixing subsidized units with market-rate ones on Breeze needs a different remediation plan than the same mix on Voyager.
CAM handling for mixed-use buildings
Several of Newark's older buildings pair ground-floor retail or office space with residential units above, and that mix only works cleanly in Yardi if CAM charges are tracked and reconciled against the commercial leases, a capability Voyager carries and Breeze does not. We set up CAM schedules inside Voyager so commercial recoveries reconcile against actual books, not guesswork.
Keeping Breeze operators off spreadsheets
Smaller residential operators running Breeze in Newark often hit its reporting ceiling and start tracking subsidized-unit compliance, deposit ledgers, or unit-level detail in spreadsheets outside the system, which is exactly where NJSA 46:8 deadlines get missed. We rebuild that detail inside Breeze's native reporting wherever possible, and flag when a portfolio has genuinely outgrown it.
Yardi and New Jersey Deposit Rules
NJSA 46:8
Yardi Voyager can track security deposits as a dedicated sub-ledger with interest accrual, which matters in New Jersey because NJSA 46:8 requires landlords to return deposits or provide an itemized statement of deductions within the statutory window, and often to pay accrued interest. Voyager handles this natively when configured correctly. Breeze users managing Newark's older residential buildings often lack that sub-ledger depth, pushing deposit tracking into spreadsheets where a missed itemization deadline becomes a real liability under NJSA 46:8.
NJSA 46:8 requires deposits to be held as segregated funds with the correct interest accrual and written itemizations, and commingling or inadequate deposit accounting creates forfeiture risk.
All New Jersey requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in Yardi, so a statutory timeline 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 Newark 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
Newark 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
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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
Following a series of erroneous financials from my previous bookkeeper, who lacked expertise in real estate, it's been truly remarkable to receive not only accurate financials on a consistent basis but also proactive advice without prompting. The REA team is a game-changer in real estate accounting!
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!
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Yardi track New Jersey's security deposit interest requirement?
Voyager can, through its security deposit sub-ledger, which supports interest accrual and itemized deduction statements aligned to NJSA 46:8's return timeline. Breeze does not carry the same sub-ledger depth, so operators on Breeze usually need a supplementary tracking method we set up and reconcile monthly, rather than relying on the software to generate a compliant itemization automatically.
We manage a mix of subsidized and market-rate units in one Newark building. Can Yardi handle that in one set of books?
Yes, but which product matters. Voyager's multi-entity structure lets us track subsidized and market-rate units under one property while keeping their reporting requirements separate at the ledger level. On Breeze, that separation is harder to maintain natively, so we typically build a parallel tracking structure to keep subsidized-unit reporting accurate without corrupting the rest of the books.
Our building has ground-floor commercial space. Does that change how you set up the books in Yardi?
It does. Ground-floor retail or office space next to residential units is common in Newark's older buildings, and it means the property needs CAM tracking and commercial lease accounting alongside standard residential ledgers. We set this up in Voyager, since Breeze isn't built for commercial lease complexity, and keep the two revenue types reconciled separately so neither reporting stream contaminates the other.
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Yardi Bookkeeping for Newark
Schedule a call and we will review your Yardi setup, your New Jersey deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.