New Member invested in Portland, OR starting books on properties

[Anna Dube]

Hello!

I'm new to the Bigger Pockets community and look forward to learning a great deal from all of you! I've owned a rental property outside of Portland, OR for 10+ years but I was more focused on my career than on making it a profitable rental. Now that I'm between jobs, I'm becoming more involved in my properties.  

I would like to start keeping books on my properties vs having their financial information buried in my personal finances.

My questions for the community:

1) If my goal is to eventually seek financing from others and therefore I will need P&L Statements and other reports on my properties, what software should I use - Quickbooks, Buildium, etc?

2) For a complete view, should I attempt to recreate the last 10 years in my books or start from this point forward?

Thank you for the advice!

Anna