Notes

Field notes from the between-the-chairs work.

Real engagements, real numbers, written up so you can use them.

How to track money between your companies →

Transfers between your own companies aren't income or expenses — they belong in a due to/from account. The bucket, the mirror rule, and a real example that distorted the numbers by $33,000.

What is TICAM? Taxes, insurance + CAM, explained →

The three costs your commercial tenants owe you under an NNN lease — why small landlords never bill them, and the 120-day clause that cost one landlord $95,000.

How to record sales tax for contractors in QuickBooks →

Sales tax is a liability, not income or an expense. A deposit-splitting walkthrough from a real Housecall Pro + QuickBooks engagement.

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