Real Estate Owners & Investors

Your Portfolio May Be Growing Faster Than Your Accounting System

Reliable real estate accounting requires more than recording rent and expenses. As a portfolio grows, owners must manage multiple properties, entities, loans, improvements, partners, and tax strategies.


Additional properties may be held in separate LLCs. Partners may contribute or distribute funds. Loans are refinanced. Renovations create capitalization questions. Property managers provide reports that do not always align with the books.

Without a consistent accounting process, it becomes difficult to determine how each property is performing or whether the portfolio is prepared for tax season, financing, or a future sale.

Mercaldi Accounting helps rental and commercial property owners maintain clean records, understand property performance, and plan for the tax impact of acquisitions, operations, and dispositions.

Problems we commonly help solve

Common Real Estate Accounting Challenges

  • Income and expenses are not tracked by property
  • Multiple LLCs are mixed together
  • Loan principal and interest are recorded incorrectly
  • Repairs and improvements are not classified consistently
  • Depreciation schedules are incomplete or outdated
  • Security deposits and management activity are unclear
  • Partner contributions and distributions are not tracked properly
  • Financial statements are not ready for lenders
  • Owners cannot clearly explain where portfolio cash is going

How We Support Real Estate Owners

Services

We maintain records by property and entity so owners can see the financial performance of individual investments and the portfolio as a whole.

Support may include bank reconciliations, loan accounting, property-level reporting, fixed assets, security deposits, and coordination with property-management reports.

We prepare applicable business and individual tax returns and help owners plan for estimated payments, acquisitions, renovations, refinances, distributions, and sales.

We review property basis, capital improvements, depreciation schedules, and potential cost-segregation opportunities.

We assist with capital accounts, ownership activity, partner reporting, related-party transactions, and accounting across property-holding entities.

We help qualifying property owners evaluate, coordinate, and implement cost-segregation studies as part of a broader tax strategy.

Reliable property-level financials can make it easier to respond to lender requests and evaluate the impact of a new acquisition.

Who We Serve Best

Our real estate services are best suited for:

  • Rental property owners with growing portfolios
  • Small and midsize commercial property owners
  • Owners managing several LLCs or entities
  • Multifamily and mixed-use property owners
  • Partnerships holding income-producing property
  • Operating businesses that also own their facility

Make Your Portfolio Easier to Understand and Manage

Clean property-level records and proactive tax planning help owners evaluate performance, prepare for financing, and make better decisions as the portfolio grows.