Expert Yardi Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Austin
Austin's build-to-rent pipeline has spread single-family portfolios across dozens of scattered addresses, and without a zoning code separating uses, many of those same management companies also run commercial space under the same roof as residential blocks. That combination pushes most serious Austin operators toward Yardi Voyager rather than Breeze, because Voyager's multi-entity consolidation and CAM reconciliation are built for exactly this mix. We start every Austin Yardi engagement by confirming which product is actually running the books, because that answer determines what we can fix and how fast.
We work with accountant access inside your own Yardi 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 Yardi Operators in Austin Come to REA
Voyager for enterprise, Breeze for smaller portfolios
We Diagnose Voyager Versus Breeze
Every Austin engagement starts with the same question: is this property on Voyager or Breeze. Voyager runs enterprise portfolios with commercial CAM and multi-entity consolidation. Breeze runs smaller residential operations and reports thinner. A misconfigured Voyager chart of accounts propagates through every entity, so we audit the setup before touching a single reconciliation.
Consolidated Reporting For BTR Portfolios
Austin's build-to-rent pipeline puts single-family homes under one ownership structure across dozens of addresses and often several legal entities. On Voyager, we consolidate those entities into one clean set of financials without losing property-level detail. On Breeze, that consolidation does not exist natively, and we see operators bolt on spreadsheets that drift from the actual ledger within a quarter.
Reconciling High Student Turnover
Austin's university population turns leases over faster than most metro submarkets, pushing more move-in and move-out transactions through the books each month. Each one carries a security deposit that has to reconcile against a specific unit and date. We build our reconciliation cadence around that volume instead of treating deposit accounting as a once-a-month afterthought.
Yardi and Texas Deposit Rules
Texas Property Code Ch. 92
Texas Property Code Chapter 92 gives landlords 30 days to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions after move-out. Neither Yardi product enforces that clock on its own. Voyager tracks move-out dates and deposit ledgers accurately across every entity once the chart of accounts is set up correctly, but it will not flag day 29 for you. Breeze tracks the deposit itself but leaves the countdown to whoever remembers to watch it. We build that follow-up into the books directly.
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 Yardi, 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
Yardi Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
For Austin 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
Austin 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
Learn moreAccounts Payable & Receivable
Bills paid, rent collected, owners paid
Learn moreBookkeeping Cleanup & Catch-Up
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
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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you support Yardi Voyager, Yardi Breeze, or both?
Both, but we treat them as different engagements. Voyager is built for enterprise portfolios with commercial CAM reconciliation and multi-entity consolidation, and most errors we find there trace back to a chart of accounts set up wrong at onboarding and never corrected. Breeze is built for smaller residential operators, and the usual problem is reporting depth, teams outgrow what Breeze can show and start tracking numbers in spreadsheets that drift from the real ledger.
How does Yardi handle the Texas 30-day security deposit deadline?
It doesn't, on its own. Texas Property Code Chapter 92 requires landlords to return a deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions within 30 days of move-out, and that is a legal deadline, not an accounting feature. Yardi holds the deposit ledger and move-out date accurately if the setup is correct, but neither Voyager nor Breeze alerts anyone as day 30 approaches. We track that clock outside the platform and flag it before it becomes a compliance problem.
Do you work with build-to-rent and student housing portfolios in Austin?
Yes, and they're two of the more common portfolio types we see here. Austin's build-to-rent pipeline scatters single-family homes across many addresses and entities, which is a consolidation problem more than a bookkeeping problem, Voyager handles it well and Breeze usually doesn't. Student housing near the university runs on a much faster lease cycle, with more move-ins, move-outs, and deposit transactions hitting the books every month. We size the reconciliation schedule to whichever of those two you're actually running.
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Yardi Bookkeeping for Austin
Schedule a call and we will review your Yardi setup, your Texas deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.