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REA - Real Estate Accounting

REA provides scalable outsourced bookkeeping solutions to large property investors and managers.

05/26/2026

The best accountants in any industry are actually in the industry.

More importantly, they have lived it. They have felt the pain of getting it wrong.

When you try to explain a complex transaction to an accountant who has never done it, you spend an hour explaining something they should already know.

Stop hiring people who do not know this industry. You are leaving money on the table every single year that you do so.

05/21/2026

The spreadsheet that got you to 10 doors will not get you to 100.

Most operators find this out at the worst possible moment. A refinance. A partnership conversation. A tax filing where the numbers do not add up. Three years of work and no clean record of any of it.

The system was never the problem at 10 doors. It felt fine because it was fine. But somewhere between 30 and 50 doors it stopped being a system and started being a liability.

Save this before your next acquisition.

05/19/2026

Your time is the most expensive asset in your portfolio.

Every hour spent on bookkeeping, reconciliations, and month-end close is an hour you did not spend on deals, relationships, or the things that actually matter to you.

The investors who scale fastest are the ones who figured out what to stop doing.

Delegate the books. Protect your time.

05/14/2026

We watched the interviews and read the articles so you don’t have to. Here is everything you need to know about Brett Hundley’s story. 🏈➡️🏠

He started studying real estate during evening practices, learning from teammates who had already started building wealth through property. Tried short-term rentals, new construction, and flips before going all-in on house flipping as his core model.

The discipline that made him a quarterback is the same discipline running his business today.

Swipe through to see how he built it and what every operator can take from his playbook.

05/07/2026

Most bookkeepers don’t understand property management software. Our team lives in it.

AppFolio. Yardi. Buildium. Entrata. Rent Manager. 💻

We know all of them, and we run them every day for clients managing 90,000+ units nationwide.

05/02/2026

Not all CPAs are created equal. Most have never seen a trust account reconciliation or a cost segregation study.

Before you hire anyone to handle your real estate books, ask these 4 questions. Swipe through to see them.

If they can’t answer all 4 confidently, keep looking.

At REA, we answer all 4 every day. DM us to learn how we work.

04/28/2026

Getting this wrong means paying back taxes, penalties, and interest to the IRS. 😳

Here is the simple rule:
🔨A repair restores something to working condition. Expense it now.
🛠️A capital improvement adds value or extends useful life. Depreciate it over time.

💰When in doubt, ask your accountant before you categorize anything over $2,500.

04/25/2026

Behind every number is a team that shows up every day to get it right.

We are proud of what we have built and even more focused on where we are going.

We are so grateful for our clients who trust us and our team that makes it all happen!

04/12/2026

Your generalist CPA is costing you money every single year. Here is the math.

A generalist CPA knows a little about everything. They handle W-2 employees, small business owners, dentists, and real estate investors. They are competent. They keep you compliant.

But competent and compliant is not the same as optimized.

A real estate-specific CPA knows about cost segregation studies, the Real Estate Professional Status election, bonus depreciation, 1031 exchanges, and the pass-through deduction. They know how to structure your entity to maximize deductions and minimize exposure.

The average real estate investor with a $500,000 portfolio who switches from a generalist to a specialist saves between $8,000 and $20,000 per year in taxes.

That is not a rounding error. That is a vacation, a down payment, or a year of property management fees.

The question is not whether you can afford a specialist. The question is how much longer you can afford not to have one.

When did you last ask your CPA about cost segregation?

04/05/2026

Month end isn't supposed to take weeks.

If you’re using , this is the exact checklist our team follows to close the books quickly and accurately for our clients.

If your month-end is dragging on or constantly getting pushed, it’s usually a systems problem.

We fix that.

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San Diego, CA

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+18583586008

Website

https://www.rea.co/

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