So far, we've pieced along different elements of this (different tax person each year, no LLC to one to now 2 this year, haven't yet used a bookkeeper...)trying to streamline systems and have a solid foundation for our fairly new and growing real estate portfolio. 

He had 20yrs experience in corporations, business management, and now runs a business offering CFO consulting services, accounting, tax advising, and book-keeping. 

last thing I need to set up is book keeping, QUickbook desktop good? 

Baselane is a banking and bookkeeping platform build specifically for real estate investors by real estate investors so I find that it provides everything I need and nothing I don't.

If you are buying in your own name, then obviously you won't have this as a formally separate entity.But the bookkeeping will be so much easier at tax time if you set up bank accounts for the rental property separate from accounts you use for your personal expenses.

What do you use for bookkeeping, accounting and filing taxes, as you start up?

One of our clients right from Biggerpockets had no idea about bookkeeping, reports and accounting, QuickBooks.

@Mary Ciccarelli You actually do not need 2 QBO subscriptions to do the bookkeeping for all of your deals even if you have a separate partner on each one.

Bookkeeping questions:I purchased a property with cash flow, according to my calculator, on day 1, but knew it was a value-add opportunity.

The other softwares were good for property management but both lacked accounting or bookkeeping capabilities.