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QuickBooks For Real Estate Investors
QuickBooks For Investors America's Only Complete System For Real Estate Investors using Quick Books Pro
WARNING! Do NOT Upgrade!
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Recently I have received many requests from Registered Users –
“Should I Upgrade my QuickBooks?”
After many hours and days, seriously, spent with Intuit and QuickBooks support, tech team and their research and development, I am sad to report and warn you NOT to Upgrade to newest version of QuickBooks PRO Desktop.
Why? In the past year, QB has gone bonkers on their pricing structures and product bundles.
They try to force you buy their online version in the cloud which costs, last time I checked, $80 per month and you can only use 1 company file. Therefore, 2 company files would require you to pay $160 every month.
I only recommend using QuickBooks Pro Desktop version, which is a stand alone software program you install on your PC. In the past, you could purchase or upgrade to a new version and use it forever; but, I recommended to upgrade every 3 or 4 years.
QB has gone bonkers. Earlier this year, they began selling this product with an “annual license” forcing us to buy an upgrade every year. At the time, this was acceptable because it worked out to be about $20 per month and you get to use unlimited company files.
Yesterday, in helping a Registered User, I discovered QB no longer sells QB Pro Desktop Plus 2023 with a 1 user license. It has completely disappeared from their website.
From what I gathered, they are trying to force us to buy QB Pro Essentials, a 5 user license, for $799 for an annual license. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS and Unacceptable.
If you’re like me, i can get by with a 1 user license.
So what should you do? If you have older versions, go to ebay or somewhere else and try to find and buy QB Pro Desktop 2019 or older. Do NOT buy 2020 or newer versions because you will get wrapped up in their hamster wheel and blackmailing your data until you sign up for auto-payments.
I hope QB finds this and makes some changes to be more user friendly for all of us. Until this happens, I am searching for a reasonable, affordable alternative.
Mike Butler
QUESTION from Becky:
Hi Mike,
I just joined as an annual member today and have a few questions. I'm trying to get through as many videos as possible as quickly as possible in order to get the books done for a client of mine who has 25 LLCs, each with multiple rental properties and properties he has bought and sold. Unfortunately I don't have time to watch the full series as I am in a major crunch at the moment.
I'm specifically looking for videos that will explain how to enter a HUD from a purchase when there is a loan involved and a line item referring to "improvement escrow account" as well as "down payment reserve account" when a loan is involved with a line item "improvement escrow account"
Mike - i assume this appears on your HUD 1 Settlement Statement and I also assume that your client has borrowed money from a lender.
Also, what I am seeing him do on a regular basis, is take out a loan with the line items mentioned above, and then refinance a few months later. So i am looking for the refinance side of that as well.
Could you point me in the right direction on where to find this information?
Thanks!
QUESTION from Steve:
Hello Mike,
I looked through the Investor Books Manual and did not see this ...
When doing a flip, the repairs will be a capital expense versus an ordinary expense.
How are you booking the repairs?
Steve
QUESTION from Sharon:
Hi Mike
I am the owner of your Investor Books PRO System software and have attended one of your seminars in KY a few years ago. Â I did have a girl doing my books who is no longer helping me and I am STUCK! Â I have a couple of questions that I can not seem to find the answer...
I would appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction....
Thank you
Sharon B.