I was more looking for training on how to do book keeping, and maintaining a functioning budget. something that teaches you to be able to identify where every penny of your money is either coming in or going out.There is always the chance that I'm overthinking it but I don't think so lol.

My think tank in smart living company name Forward Investments: is my internal group; no lets use you: Real Estate Investment office for example: accountant, bookkeeper, researcher, negotiator.

Anybody know of a good bookkeeper  or bookkeeper/CPA in Salt Lake county?

This is where the practice likely came about is that it was easier to keep the SD and call it even rather than go through the bookkeeping to come to the same answer.

Quickbooks is a software that helps you bookkeep.  

Crazy,,, you need a better grasp of accounting... any payment goes towards arrears.. so any rent that you credited towards June should have been towards May's balance..Simply give them another pay or quit,, NOT 30 day's it's your state landlord laws you should check.. but 3 days is the usual.. if no payment you file usually by the 7th for eviction.They have you wrapped around their pinkie and you need to get a better grip and take charge of your bookkeeping methods and confronting people that owe you money..

Just the added cost of compliance, tax return prep, bookkeeping, and entity fees can cost far more in dollars and time than a simple LLC. 

That would be more along the lines of doing book keeping, maybe recruiting, office work, etc.

Payroll, bookkeeping, etc can mostly be done remotely.Here is a great list of questions to ask a potential accountant:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/70447-questions-to-ask-a-cpaAlso check out the www.NAEA.org page in your search.

This did a lot of things: I increased my cash flow $300, that is a full extra payment a year, made book keeping easier because it a dollar/ dollar credit, and my people love me because we are able to get them financed at zero percent because they had such a great application.