Owner statement
An owner statement is the periodic report, usually monthly, that a property manager sends each owner showing what their properties earned and where the money went: rent collected, management fees, expenses, reserves, and the resulting owner distribution.
What a good statement shows
- Beginning and ending balance for the period.
- Every rent payment received, by property.
- Fees, expenses, and reserve contributions, itemized.
- Distributions paid out, with dates.
- Numbers that tie to the actual bank activity.
The last point is the one that erodes trust when it fails: a statement that does not match what hit the owner’s bank account triggers the phone call every manager dreads. AXYS builds statements from the same ledger the money moved through and refuses to publish a statement that fails its reconciliation checks, so a published statement always ties out. Published statements are never rewritten; corrections post to the next period, the way a bank statement works. See Owner statements that reconcile.
How often do owners get statements?
Monthly is the norm, aligned to the distribution cycle. Year-end packages typically add tax summaries and 1099 reporting.
Why don’t owner statements match the bank?
Usually because the statement is assembled in an accounting system disconnected from where the money actually moved, with timing differences and manual entries in between.
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