Quickbooks or something else?

[William Huston]

Hello All, 

So i am in this ever learning adventure to better my investments, i recently asked about managing the properties myself, i have always hired PM in the past so far and one very detailed post mentioned that she recommend that i purchase Quickbooks Pro and start learning the software now before i start self managing so i could do things right from the start. Since this would be all new to me, is there truly a better alternative or a reason i would really need to use quickbooks? Just curious as i have spent some time learning Podio and i am thinking i may be able to do the functions i need to do with quickbooks with podio for free or is there something specific i need the quickbooks for that i am unaware of since this is all new to me. 

Also if there is something better please give suggestions, i use an accountant to do my taxes on my current properties, i just send them the info.