In another county in NY they list the deaths in the local law journal so you may want to try that but that did cost me money so you have to weigh if it will work for you or if it even exists where you are.Just keep in mind that more is better.

Accounting classes will only teach how to make journal entries and balance your books if you work at a company (nothing wrong with that).

When making a journal entry, accounting practice is to use one JE (so as to anchor the JE number) and post to whatever T-accounts are necessary, meaning it's accepted to have multiple pairs of DB,CR entries in one JE. 

Check out the wall street journal article today which reports appraisers being asked for tighter comps in the neighborhood, six months reserves and "permit" information on remodeling.

Keep emails or a journal that you could use in court if you ever had to

Last time I called into Buildium support with an accounting question 3-4 years ago the rep commented that customers rarely use their software to do the accounting (at least in their experience and she was surprised I had figured it out or something like that)  Just self taught myself though some journal entries for last year with sales, 1031 exchanges, etc are screwing me up - so I need the accountants help to enter them.If you've never used Buildium's accounting features or any other PM software accounting features please do not respond. 

We there's a memorized Journal Entry for Home Depot, with the Debit and Credit entries already set up.

I thought it would be cool to see what tactics people use to stay motivated and engaged in real estate.I like to write my goals (short, long, middle-long term) in a journal at night before bed, than I wake up and read them.

For those of you who are keeping your own books do you typically count your principal, interest, and escrow as operating expenses for income statement purposes or do you just do a journal entry?

I just did a quick display of a journal entry.