Are Your Books In Order or in A Box
Bookkeeping may be unavoidable—but it doesn’t have to be miserable.
Most real estate entrepreneurs didn’t get into this business because they love tracking transactions, reconciling accounts, or thinking about tax season. But ignoring your books creates real problems: stress, confusion, missed opportunities, higher tax prep costs, and lenders who hesitate because the numbers aren’t clear.
This one-time MAREI pop-up is designed to put you on the right path—without overcomplicating things.
What This Pop-Up Covers
In this practical session, Jerry Fink will walk through the bookkeeping fundamentals real estate investors actually need, including:
How to track assets, liabilities, equity, debt, and cash flow in a way that makes sense
What a chart of accounts is—and why it’s the foundation of your entire bookkeeping system
Which bookkeeping system is considered the “gold standard” for rehabbers, wholesalers, housing providers, and note investors
How clean, organized books make it easier to borrow money and significantly reduce tax-time stress and costs
This is not accounting theory. It’s practical education, taught byJerry Fink, a long-time rental owner and rehabber—and a self-described “recovering CPA.” That combination gives him a systems-oriented perspective most investors don’t have, and a talent for explaining bookkeeping in plain language real estate entrepreneurs can actually use.
This session is open to members and non-members at all experience levels, including:
Newer investors trying to get organized from the start
Active investors who know their books could be better
Experienced operators who want simpler systems and cleaner numbers