In the end, we decided that I would get some training on Quickbooks Premier desktop, which includes most of the charts of accounts necessary for both the rental property business and the building/remodeling businesses.

They are not really versed in the intricacies of tax preparation.Strongly suggest you purchase the desktop version versus the online version.CPAs are not infallible, they make mistakes too. 

The lender will perform a desktop appraisal but they will typically have a short view on the value of the property to protect the company’s investment which means you will be coming out of pocket more.

I have used Desktop and if you don't need payroll you can just buy any version of Desktop and use it for a very long time. the Updates for it are for new features and new Payroll Updates. 

I'm still a QuickBooks Desktop version loyalist, but the online version works well also. 

I have decided to use Propstream (because during my dealmachine trial I was unable to access the website on a desktop for three consecutive days...), and would like to know suggestions on good skip tracing service and direct mail service.2.

There are a couple often used accounting software such as Quickbooks, Stessa, Xero etcI personally prefer quickbooks desktop as its normally cheaper(in the long haul) vs the online version, especially if you need to use the class function.

Accounting, bookkeeping, and tax is never going to be 100% automated, too many variables in the tax law, your tax bracket and the list goes on....Neither is QuickBooks Desktop going away.For each property do you:estimatebudgetforecastrecord what you ordered or subbed?

I use QuickBooks the 2018 desktop version and it's relatively cheap compared to the online version.

Now I've been informed by Intuit desktop version is going away.