How a Real Estate Investment Firm Hired a Bookkeeper for $1,200/ month

Editor’s note: Some customers prefer not to be named, so we’ve purposefully removed their company name from this article. We’re their secret weapon. :-) Name of the hired applicant has been changed for privacy purposes.

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What does this client’s business do?

Focused on helping families in need of quality affordable housing, our client is a real estate investment firm that invests in overlooked properties and turns them into liveable homes. 

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Who was hired and what was their role?

Here at Shepherd, we helped them hire Cherry, their Bookkeeper. Cherry is busy with the following tasks:

• Tracking property-level financials
• Generating regular financial reports for each property 
• Collaborating with accounting firms for annual financial statements and tax returns
• Reconciling bank accounts and updating accounts payable and receivable

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What is the salary of the individual they hired?

Cherry now works full-time in the client time zone for $1,200 per month.

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What was the candidate’s background before being hired?

Cherry has seven years of bookkeeping experience, four years of which was for a real estate company. She handled twelve properties where she worked on general ledgers, bank reconciliation, cash management, and financial reports. Cherry has a degree in Accountancy and is a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines. 

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