How to add property to the Investment Portfolio

Adding a new Property

By selecting New Property when Show Both is selected, or clicking on the New button with Show Properties selected, the Add/Edit properties window will appear

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To aid data entry the F2 key on your keyboard may be used to enable further selection to be made.

Fund

Shows which Fund the investment is to be added to. If a client has multiple funds, the F2 to select the relevant fund.

Class

Choose from the drop down e.g. Freehold Property.

Description

Enter e.g. the address of the property.

Capital a/c

Enter the nominal account for the book cost of the holding. F2 to select from the Client Chart.

Income a/c

Enter the default nominal account for income, this can be changed when entering a transaction. F2 to select from the Client Chart.

Expense a/c

Enter the default nominal account for expenses for this property, this can be changed when entering a transaction. F2 to select from the Client Chart.

Profit on disp a/c

To enter the nominal account for the capital profit or loss on disposal. The F2 to select from the Client Chart.

Maintain…

Extra user defined details relating to the property can be entered here.

Categories…

The property can be categorised using this option.

Click OK to add the property to the portfolio, if finished, press Cancel to return to the investment portfolio list, otherwise continue to add more properties. 

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