Expert Rent Manager Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Albany
Albany property managers run Rent Manager across a mix that's unusual in itself: rent-stabilized multifamily buildings dating back decades, student housing turnover tied to the SUNY Albany calendar, and market-rate units built for state employees and healthcare workers. Rent Manager's multi-entity structure lets one company file separate those portfolios, but the custom GL mappings and fee schedules built for one property type have a way of getting copied into the next. Our bookkeeping starts by tracing which customizations belong where.
We work with accountant access inside your own Rent Manager instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
New York rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- 14 days
- Statute
- GOL 7-103
Why Rent Manager Operators in Albany Come to REA
Deeply customisable, which cuts both ways
Multi-entity setup, property by property
Rent Manager's multi-entity structure lets managers separate rent-stabilized buildings, student housing tied to SUNY Albany, and market-rate units built for state employees under one company file, but that separation only holds if GL mappings are built per property type from the start. We audit each entity's chart of accounts against what the property is, not what it was copied from.
GL mappings that drift
A chart of accounts built for a market-rate building in Albany doesn't hold up when copied onto a rent-stabilized property, where legal rent history has to stay accurate for years. Rent Manager's custom fields make that copying easy, and across staff turnover those clones drift from what each building actually requires. We rebuild the mapping property by property.
Historical depth hides old balances
Rent Manager retains transaction history further back than most platforms, which Albany's older multifamily stock and long-tenured state-employee leases put to full use. That same depth hides unreconciled balances built up over years of staff turnover. Before we take over bookkeeping, we run a full historical reconciliation instead of picking up wherever the ledger happens to sit.
Rent Manager and New York Deposit Rules
GOL 7-103
New York General Obligations Law 7-103 gives Albany property managers 14 days to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions. Rent Manager doesn't calculate that deadline on its own; it depends on move-out dates and deposit ledgers being entered consistently across every entity in the company file. When those entries are customized differently by different staff over time, common in Albany's multi-entity portfolios spanning student housing and market-rate units, the 14-day window gets missed. We standardize deposit tracking across entities before it becomes a problem.
New York General Obligations Law section 7-103 requires the deposit, and an itemized statement of any deductions, within 14 days of the tenant vacating. Deposits must sit in a separate interest-bearing account located in New York State, used exclusively for tenant deposits. Missing the deadline forfeits the right to withhold any part of the deposit.
All New York requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in Rent Manager, so a 14 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
Rent Manager Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
For Albany 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
Albany operators use REA for the full monthly close or for the single function that has become a bottleneck. Each one is performed inside your Rent Manager 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
Learn moreBookkeeping Cleanup & Catch-Up
Back books fixed and current
Learn moreCAM Reconciliation
Annual commercial true-ups
Learn moreExperts 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
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 Rent Manager help us meet New York's 14-day security deposit deadline?
General Obligations Law 7-103 gives Albany landlords 14 days after move-out to return a deposit or send an itemized statement. Rent Manager tracks deposit balances by entity, but it won't flag the deadline unless move-out dates are entered the same way across every property in the file. We set up a standard move-out workflow so the 14-day clock is visible, not buried in a custom field only one property manager remembers to check.
We inherited a Rent Manager file with years of custom fields. Can you work with it?
Yes, and that's usually where we start. Rent Manager's flexibility means custom fields, GL mappings, and fee schedules pile up as staff change, and a configuration built for one property type often gets copied onto a property it was never designed for. We audit what exists, document why each customization was made, and clean up the mappings that no longer match the property they're attached to.
Does Rent Manager handle a mix of student housing and rent-stabilized buildings well?
It can, through its multi-entity structure, but Albany's mix of student housing tied to SUNY Albany, older rent-stabilized multifamily buildings, and market-rate units for state employees needs each entity set up on its own terms. A single template applied across all three tends to misstate legal rent history or miscode security deposits. We configure and reconcile each property type separately rather than relying on one shared setup.
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Rent Manager Bookkeeping for Albany
Schedule a call and we will review your Rent Manager setup, your New York deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.