I am thinking of starting a corporation to hold all of our investment properties, I like the idea for liability reasons and business bookkeeping accounting reasons.

For example, some property management software is more geared towards the accounting and bookkeeping side of things, so the features in this area are more advanced.

Each cell has its own books, not a big deal really thanks to tech savvy bookkeepers.

You can use it to track expenses and export to quickbooks, but I have a bookkeeper and simply give her access to propertyware so she can see how to allocate the deposits.  

It's the most flexible solution I've found and it makes the bookkeeping process so elegant, I just can't imagine doing it any other way.

My bookkeeper and I self-manage 15 properties.

Open a business checking account, hire a firm to do the bookkeeping and file the partnership returns annually. 

Step 1 - PM books contractor for date to have work done at job siteStep 2 - PM contacts tenant to NOTIFY them of when the work is scheduled to be performedStep 3 - Contractor does work, PM handles the bookkeeping and bills back to ownerThis "chokepoint" with the contractor and the tenant seems like a red herring. 

I know this has probably been asked a 100 times but what is everyone useing to keep track of financing and book keeping on their properties? 

I use google sheets and docs every day, is there a bookkeeping app free that i can use instead of paying $25 a month for quick books ?