Expert Yardi Bookkeeping Services For Scaling Property Investors & Managers In Dallas
Dallas portfolios rarely stay in one lane. A single management company might run a multifamily community, a commercial strip center, and a master-planned HOA under one roof, and each asset type books differently. Yardi complicates that further by splitting into two products with different accounting depth: Voyager, built for enterprise commercial portfolios, and Breeze, built for smaller residential rosters. Before we touch a ledger, we confirm which one you're on, because that answer determines what CAM reconciliation, multi-entity consolidation, and reporting can even look like in your books.
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 Dallas Come to REA
Voyager for enterprise, Breeze for smaller portfolios
Voyager or Breeze first
Every Yardi engagement starts with one question: Voyager or Breeze. Voyager's commercial lease and CAM tools fit Dallas strip centers and mixed-use assets; Breeze was not built for that load. We confirm your edition and chart of accounts setup before touching a single reconciliation, so a misconfigured account does not misstate commercial income.
CAM reconciliation across asset types
Dallas books commonly mix multifamily rent rolls with commercial CAM reconciliations and HOA assessment tracking in the same portfolio. Voyager's chart of accounts is built to carry that mix, with separate treatment for CAM pools, percentage rent, and common area recoveries. We reconcile CAM pools against actual expenses and post recoveries to the right lease line, not into miscellaneous income.
Chart of accounts discipline
Voyager's flexibility is also its risk: a miscoded account or bad entity mapping propagates through every report tied to it, and at Dallas's portfolio scale that means dozens of properties inheriting the same error. Breeze accounts that outgrow their reporting tend to spill into side spreadsheets we cannot audit. We standardize the chart of accounts and keep books inside Yardi.
Yardi and Texas Deposit Rules
Texas Property Code Ch. 92
Texas Property Code Chapter 92 gives landlords 30 days after move-out to return a security deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions. Neither Voyager nor Breeze tracks that deadline on its own; both hold deposit liability balances but leave the clock and the itemization to whoever runs move-out accounting. We set up a deposit liability sub-ledger tied to each move-out date and reconcile deductions against actual invoices before the statement goes out, so the 30-day window never depends on someone remembering it.
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 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 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
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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
Does Yardi track the Texas 30-day security deposit deadline for us?
No. Texas Property Code Chapter 92 requires landlords to return a deposit or send an itemized deduction statement within 30 days of move-out, and that clock is not something Voyager or Breeze enforces natively. We build a deposit sub-ledger that flags each move-out date, matches deductions to real invoices, and pushes the statement out before day 30, so the deadline is met without anyone tracking it by hand.
What's the difference between Yardi Voyager and Breeze for a Dallas portfolio?
Voyager is built for enterprise-scale, multi-entity portfolios with real commercial lease and CAM functionality, the kind Dallas operators need when a strip center or mixed-use asset sits in the same portfolio as multifamily. Breeze is a lighter residential product, and portfolios that add commercial assets on Breeze usually hit its reporting ceiling fast. We confirm which edition you're on before we scope the engagement, because it changes what bookkeeping work is even possible inside the system.
How do you handle Dallas portfolios that mix multifamily, commercial, and HOA properties?
Each asset type books differently even inside one Yardi instance. Multifamily needs rent roll and unit-level reconciliation, commercial strip centers need CAM pools and percentage rent tracking, and HOA assets need assessment and reserve accounting kept separate from operating funds. We map each property to the right accounting treatment in your chart of accounts rather than forcing one template across the whole portfolio, which is where mixed Dallas portfolios usually break in Yardi.
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Yardi Bookkeeping for Dallas
Schedule a call and we will review your Yardi setup, your Texas deposit handling, and what it takes to close clean every month.