Expert MRI Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Dallas
Dallas property managers often run large multifamily communities, commercial strip centers, and HOA master-planned developments under a single management umbrella, and MRI was built for exactly that kind of mixed commercial and residential book, particularly its strength in commercial lease administration and CAM reconciliation. But MRI is assembled from separate modules, and on portfolios this size the gaps between them, a lease abstracted in one module and billed from another, are where reconciliation actually breaks. We reconcile across those seams so CAM recoveries and lease terms match what's billed.
We work with accountant access inside your own MRI instance, exactly as you would grant an internal hire.
Texas rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- 30 days
- Statute
- Texas Property Code Ch. 92
Why MRI Operators in Dallas Come to REA
Enterprise and modular, strong on commercial
CAM Reconciliation, Not Just Booked
MRI's CAM module and lease administration module don't always agree, a lease can be abstracted with one recovery structure and billed with another. We reconcile CAM pools against the actual lease abstracts every period, not just against whatever MRI's billing run spits out, so Dallas commercial and mixed-use owners see recoveries that match what tenants actually owe.
Bookkeeping That Matches Your Configuration
MRI's modularity lets one instance handle multifamily, commercial, and HOA books, but that flexibility means implementations vary widely, no two MRI setups are configured the same. We work inside your specific instance's configuration rather than assuming a standard setup, so a portfolio that spans garden-style multifamily and strip center retail gets bookkeeping that matches how your modules are wired together.
Where Lease Data Actually Breaks
Dallas's complexity is scale and commercial lease accounting, not compliance entanglements, since Texas stays landlord-friendly. The real MRI risk is a lease term abstracted correctly but billed wrong when it crosses from lease administration into the general ledger. We check that handoff on every commercial lease, not just renewal, so escalations and CAM caps post the way the lease reads.
MRI and Texas Deposit Rules
Texas Property Code Ch. 92
Texas Property Code Chapter 92 gives you 30 days to return a resident's deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions. MRI can track that timeline in its residential ledger, but on the commercial-weighted instances we typically manage in Dallas, that module gets less attention than CAM and lease admin. We run deposit aging as its own check every cycle, so a 30-day deadline never slips just because the commercial book is busier.
Texas Property Code Chapter 92 requires the deposit to be returned within 30 days of lease termination, with itemized written deductions.
All Texas requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in MRI, so a 30 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 Dallas 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
Dallas 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 track Texas's 30-day security deposit deadline automatically?
MRI's residential ledger can hold deposit balances and dates, but it won't flag Texas Property Code Chapter 92's 30-day return or itemized-statement deadline on its own, that's a manual pull unless someone builds the alert. On a Dallas MRI portfolio where the module setup leans commercial, we don't rely on MRI to catch it. We track deposit aging separately every cycle so the 30-day window never gets missed.
Why does CAM reconciliation break in MRI when it didn't in our old system?
MRI splits lease abstraction and billing into separate modules, so a CAM cap or escalation clause entered during abstraction doesn't always carry forward cleanly to the billing run. Small transposition errors between the two show up as recovery shortfalls or overbilling months later. We reconcile CAM pools against the original lease abstracts every period instead of trusting the billing module's output on its own, which is where most MRI CAM errors actually originate.
We manage multifamily, commercial, and an HOA book in one MRI instance, can REA handle all three?
Yes, that combination is common among the Dallas portfolios we work with, MRI's modularity is exactly what makes it possible to run garden-style multifamily, strip center retail, and a master-planned HOA off one instance. The bookkeeping challenge isn't any single property type, it's making sure data entered for one module (a lease abstract, an HOA assessment schedule) posts correctly to the modules that bill and report off it.
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MRI Bookkeeping for Dallas
Schedule a call and we will review your MRI setup, your Texas deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.