How do you report a sale of a rental property in Quicken for Windows

Roy Rhino

We just sold a long term rental and are buying another one with the money. How do I enter that in Quicken?

Frankx

Hi Roy Rhino,

Presumably, you have entered your rental property into Quicken and it appears as an asset on your "Net Worth" report as an "Other Asset".  To record the sale, you need to enter the sale transaction into Quicken.

To use a simple example transaction, suppose that you had recorded original the purchase price as $100,000.00, and you had a mortgage the property on the that has a balance of $60,000.00 on the sales date.  And you recently sold it for $130,000.00.  The entry to record the sale (that you would enter in your bank account register in Quicken) would be:

Cash deposit to bank account             $70,000.00
Pay-off of mortgage balance               $60,000.00
Remove the Rental Property (asset account)                                  $100,000.00
Gain on sale of rental property (income account)                           $ 30,000.00

When you buy the replacement rental property, you will record it as a new asset at it's purchase price (as well as closing costs), record the mortgage payable on it, and the difference (including downpayment and fees/costs of purchase) as a deduction from your bank account.

Hope this helps.

Frankx