RaquelMangual.com » accounting http://www.raquelmangual.com Not trying to make a killing, just trying to make a living Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Slowdowns and pickups http://www.raquelmangual.com/2010/03/slowdowns-and-pickups/ http://www.raquelmangual.com/2010/03/slowdowns-and-pickups/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:53:59 +0000 Raquel http://www.raquelmangual.com/?p=30 March is starting out to be a profitable month:

  • Just when I thought the fragrance business was going kaput, I got a few orders this week.
  • I had a real estate settlement yesterday, I have a rental commission check coming in the mail, and I’ll be receiving a referral commission next week. I also got a new buyer approved who appears to be very serious.
  • A new notary service customer requested their third appointment in less than two weeks yesterday.

I like having inflows (money coming in).  My challenge for this month is to automate those inflows as much as possible. I’m not sure how automated the real estate and notary businesses can get, but I know I can automate the products I sell. I woke up early today just to start making notes about what I can change.

Since I’m streamlining and committing to keeping better records, I finally downloaded GNUCash to maintain my books. It’s a free accounting program (very similar to Quickbooks), and it’s awesome. Thank God for open source software.

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