@Mason CarterUsing Excel while you start out is perfectly fine.You have an option from your bank to export the monthly statement into excel.Once this is done create a column to the right of the transaction and categorize it.If the amount is a contribution, list it as a contributionif the amount is insurance expense, list it as insurance expenseIf the amount is a monthly mortgage payment, break it between principal, interest, taxes, insurance.You should be able to do a sumif formula once you captured all the transactions.Let me know if you try to set it up in excel and run into issues.Some investors will argue that doing your own bookkeeping provides little value(you are doing $10/hour work) while you should really focus on doing work that generates you $1000/hour(searching deals, networking etc).However, I think it's at least important to understand the numbers.

Boston is also a great hub for import/exporting of goods and has decent to good financial institutions.Dallas has SMU, DBU, UNT, UTD, UTA and TCU all within 75 mile radius three of these schools rank nationally for science and tech degrees desirability.

Also I don't know that TrueRent provides API access which will make it easier to export your data to use in other tools that are better at analysis.

I remember there being a feature that allows you to export your data to an Excel spreadsheet.

It might be a good idea to export your data every few months just in case you need a backup.

Would be nice to have a program that is able to automatically extract the info from craigslist or other and export it to an excel file to sort (beds, baths, sf, rent).Thanks again for the response.

@Lauren Bishop for really simple you can use the app Everlance to track mileage, expenses, and revenue. it's free and very basic, but for 1 property its not bad, especially if you use a PM because they should send you a statement every month that covers most of your expenses and you just plug that until the app. then when you need to send a report to your accountant, or just generate one for yourself, you can export to an excel file.

@Meg SchlesmanHi Meg,Here's an export from a spreadsheet I built.

Full capability to export as CSV file and chop the data.

When I did taxes I just exported all of our rent history  from there.