Rental Property

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Hi,

Our company has built a rental property. The property will have one unit as a rental and the lower unit will be used for staff traveling at no expense to them. My question is how do I set up the accounts to keep track of the expenses for both the rental and the staff unit. 

I have the ability to use projects to keep them separate, but do I also need to set up accounts, hydro, telephone etc. or can I use the existing ones and just allocate to the the individual house projects. 

I assume I will need to set up a assets account for purchases we make for the house, furniture, blinds etc. ? What would the entry look like in sage for the initial house purchase?

Any advise would be appreciated!

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    Hi Janchristie:

    You could setup Projects for both. You would not need any other accounts unless you wanted to identify something not in your chart of accounts.

    Yes, if you do not have assets setup for the rental property (Buildings), Land, Furnishings and Equipment, and Minor Equipment (Items of minor value but needed for the rental property as a one time cost E.G. Kitchen items, bathroom items, etc.).

    An example entry could be the following:

    Dr  Land             $50k

    Dr  Building          100k

    Cr   Mortgage payable        $150k

    Hope this helps!