Expert RealPage Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Dallas
Dallas portfolios rarely stay in one lane. The same management company might run a garden-style multifamily community, a commercial strip center, and a master-planned HOA under one roof, and RealPage's portfolio-level roll-up reporting was built for exactly that kind of institutional scale. We handle the bookkeeping layer underneath the roll-up: property-level ledgers, owner statements, and reconciliations for each asset type feeding into RealPage. A roll-up report can look clean at the portfolio view while individual property books underneath carry errors. Our job is making sure that never happens.
We work with accountant access inside your own RealPage 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 RealPage Operators in Dallas Come to REA
Enterprise multifamily with portfolio-level roll-ups
Property-Level Detail That Holds Up
RealPage's roll-up reports pull from every property ledger in the portfolio, so an error in one HOA's dues account or one strip center's CAM reconciliation shows up in the consolidated owner package. We reconcile at the property level first, multifamily units, commercial leases, HOA assessments, before anything feeds the roll-up, so the summary reflects the books underneath.
Mixed Asset Types, One Chart
A Dallas management company running multifamily, retail, and HOA assets often forces all three through the same chart of accounts. RealPage can handle the volume, but generic account mapping blurs CAM reconciliations against apartment operating expenses. We set up asset-specific coding within your RealPage chart so commercial, residential, and association books stay distinct even when management sees them together.
Closes That Meet Institutional Deadlines
Institutional owners on RealPage expect reporting packages on a fixed schedule, and a slow close on even one property in a mixed Dallas portfolio can hold up the whole roll-up. We keep property-level closes on pace across every asset type in your portfolio so the consolidated package goes out on time, not two days late waiting on one commercial ledger.
RealPage and Texas Deposit Rules
Texas Property Code Ch. 92
Texas Property Code Chapter 92 requires returning a tenant's security deposit, or an itemized statement of deductions, within 30 days of move-out. RealPage tracks deposit ledgers at the unit level, but it does not calculate or flag the deadline itself, that is a bookkeeping function, not a system default. We monitor move-out dates against deposit accounts across every multifamily property in your Dallas portfolio and generate the itemized statement before day 30, regardless of how many other properties are closing that same week.
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 RealPage, 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
RealPage 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 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
- 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
How do you handle security deposit deadlines under Texas law?
Texas Property Code Chapter 92 gives you 30 days from move-out to return a deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions. We track every move-out date against its deposit ledger in RealPage and prepare the itemized statement well before that deadline, property by property, so a busy month with multiple move-outs across your portfolio never causes one to slip past day 30.
What does RealPage handle well, and what does it not do on its own?
RealPage is strong at portfolio-level roll-up reporting and institutional owner packages, which is why enterprise multifamily operators lean on it. What it does not do is catch errors sitting inside individual property ledgers before they roll up into that summary. We reconcile each property's books first, so the roll-up your owners see is built on numbers that were already checked, not just totaled.
We manage multifamily, retail, and an HOA under one company. Can you keep those separate on RealPage?
Yes. That mix is common in Dallas, where one management company often runs a garden-style community, a strip center, and a master-planned HOA together. We set up distinct coding for each asset type within your RealPage chart so commercial lease accounting, multifamily operating expenses, and HOA assessments never blend into each other, even when the portfolio-level report combines them.
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RealPage Bookkeeping for Dallas
Schedule a call and we will review your RealPage setup, your Texas deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.