Author Archives: Gita Faust

About Gita Faust

Gita Faust is a principle of Fast Trac Consulting and has authored series of courses Manage Properties with QuickBooks providing step-by-step guidance for real estate and property management industry. Gita is an Intuit Solutions Provider, an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and a member of Intuit’s Trainer/Writer Network. She is also certified in Intuit’s QuickBooks Enterprise and QuickBooks Point of Sale. Find us on Google+

How to Create a Progress Invoice from an Estimate

Not using progress invoices? Maybe you should be.

The U.S. economy may be picking up, but your customers are probably still being very careful with expenditures. If your company’s finances will allow it, you can help them out on sizable jobs by using progress invoicing, also known as partial billing Continue reading

Shape QuickBooks POS to Reflect Your Workflow

Unused features, navigational aids and display columns can slow you down. Accelerate your workflow with some modifications.

You’ve experienced it before: software that is capable of doing much more than you need. With an application like word processing, you learn to ignore the extra features.

But when you have a Continue reading

10 Tips to Perfect Check-Printing in QuickBooks

But be sure that you’ve established all the right settings and understand the process.

If you used small business accounting products in the early days, you know how frustrating it was to print checks correctly from your software. Pre-printed checks weren’t cheap, and you probably printed at least a few Continue reading

Tennessee Realtor Chart of Accounts

Tennessee realtor chart of accounts TNQ: I am from Tennessee where realtors can only be classified as self-employed. No corporations can receive commissions as they do in other states. I am interested in a sample for a real estate agent and/or team of agents that I can use.  I did find a chart of accounts Continue reading

Creating Recurring Store Rental Expenses and Electric Bills

Q: How do I enter recurring rental expenses? 

A: Create a bill or a check and right click to memorize them to enter into QuickBooks automatically

Use a bill if you are recording the expense when it is incurred or you can create  a check if you paid the expense Continue reading

Receiving and Depositing Credit Card Payments in QuickBooks

Receiving and Depositing Credit Card Payments in QuickBooks

It’s not an instant transfer, but it doesn’t take long to capture your funds.

You know by now that you can accept credit cards as payment for products and services in QuickBooks. But do you know how the funds get into your Continue reading