Excel or accounting software?

[Anna Buffkin]

As I have experience in both bookkeeping and accounting, I should probably by answering this question rather and asking it, but when did others outgrow Excel for bookkeeping?  

I have 8 properties and plan to grow a little each year.  My Excel spreadsheet is probably more sophisticated than most, but is still starting to become cumbersome.  Should I start updating my spreadsheet for 2018 or upgrade to some type of Quickbooks-esque program?