Real estate owners and partnerships
Common situations
- Your K-1s are due and the books aren't ready
- A lender or buyer is asking for clean financials
- Partners disagree about total capital contributions
Who I work with
Find the profile that fits your situation. Each one links to the relevant services.
Business owners and founders
Common situations
- You're a year or more behind on your books
- You're applying for a loan or raising money
- You're starting a company and want it set up right
CPA firms
Common situations
- A client arrived with no books at all
- The books don't match last year's return
- You need support tied to source documents
I don't prepare or sign returns. Your client stays your client.
I also work with owners who live outside Florida or outside the US.
Services
Open a service to see what I do and what you get.
Books rebuilt from scratch
For companies with no bookkeeping, or books you can't trust.
Books rebuilt from scratch
For companies with no bookkeeping, or books you can't trust.
What I do
- Start from the closing statement or formation documents
- Record every deposit and payment from bank, card and escrow statements
- Build a trial balance for each year
What you get
- Trial balance by year, in Excel
- A document index showing where each number came from
- A list of open items and who needs to resolve them
- A short summary for your CPA
Usually one to three weeks per entity once I have all the records.
Reconciliation and cleanup
For books that exist but don't match the bank, the lender or last year's return.
Reconciliation and cleanup
For books that exist but don't match the bank, the lender or last year's return.
What I do
- Match cash, loans, credit cards and escrow to their statements
- Compare the books to last year's tax return
- Find and fix the entries that don't belong
What you get
- A reconciliation for each account
- Correcting entries, each with support
- An updated trial balance
Ownership and capital records
For partnerships and LLCs that need to know who put in what, and who took out what.
Ownership and capital records
For partnerships and LLCs that need to know who put in what, and who took out what.
What I do
- Trace each contribution and distribution to the wire and the operating agreement
- Separate owner loans from owner investment
- Build the ownership table as of any date
What you get
- A cap table
- A capital account history for each owner
- Support your CPA can use for K-1s
New business setup
For new companies that want clean books from the first day.
New business setup
For new companies that want clean books from the first day.
What I do
- Form the LLC and get the EIN
- Set up accounting software, the chart of accounts and bank feeds
- Set up each owner's capital account correctly
What you get
- A working accounting file
- A one-page guide for monthly upkeep
- A handoff call with you or your bookkeeper
Interactive dashboard Optional add-on
For owners who want to see their numbers at a glance, not in a spreadsheet.
Interactive dashboard Optional add-on
For owners who want to see their numbers at a glance, not in a spreadsheet.
What I do
- Build a dashboard from your finished books showing cash, balances, ownership and trends
- Tie every figure on it back to the books
- Refresh it each month, if you choose
What you get
- A private, interactive dashboard you can open on any device
- A walkthrough of how to read it
- Monthly updates, if you opt in
Available with any service above.
How it works
A single entity takes 1 to 3 weeks once source documents are provided.
Free review
Send me what you have. Within two business days I confirm the scope and a fixed fee.
The work
I match every transaction to a document and rebuild the balances month by month.
The check
I tie the results to the bank, lender and escrow balances and explain any difference.
Handoff
You and your CPA get the files and a call to walk through them.
Pricing
Starting prices so you can plan. After the free review you get one fixed fee, and it doesn't change unless the scope does.
New business setup
LLC, EIN, accounting file and bank feeds. The $125 Florida filing fee is passed through at cost.
from$750
Reconciliation and cleanup
Per entity. Depends on how many accounts there are and how far off they are.
from$1,500
Books rebuilt, small business
Per year of records. Depends on transaction volume and what records exist.
from$2,500
Books rebuilt, real estate partnership
Per entity, per year. More investors, exchanges or missing records raise it.
from$4,000
Ownership and capital records
Depends on the number of owners and years. Lower when added to a rebuild.
from$2,500
Interactive dashboard, add-on
Built from your finished books. Optional monthly refresh from $250 a month.
from$1,000
How payment works
50% to start, the rest when you receive the files.
Tight deadlines
Work due in under two weeks carries a 25% rush fee.
Why it's affordable
Software handles the repetitive matching, so you pay for review and judgment.
About me
I'm Daniela Pierre-Toussaint. I started my career at a Big 4 firm in wealth and asset management, and for about ten years since I've run accounting and finance for real estate owners, investment managers and growing companies. A lot of that work started with records that were incomplete or missing.
I started Lastro to do that work for companies that need it done right the first time. I'm Brazilian, I work in English and Portuguese, and I'm based in Miami.
10 yrsin real estate accounting and finance
$2Basset manager, led finance
15,000apartment units across my career
2languages, English and Portuguese
Why "Lastro"In Portuguese, lastro is what backs a value, like gold behind a currency. Every balance I deliver has a document behind it.
Questions
Do you prepare tax returns?
No. I prepare the books and the support your CPA needs, and your CPA prepares and files the return. If you don't have a CPA yet, I can suggest a few.
What if I'm missing records?
That's normal. I start with what you have and, with your permission, request the rest from banks, lenders and escrow agents. Anything I can't support goes on the open items list so nothing is guessed.
How much does it cost?
See the starting prices in the Pricing section. After the free review you get one fixed fee, before any work starts.
Do you work with clients outside Florida?
Yes. The work is done remotely, and I work with owners across the US and abroad.
Do you work in Portuguese?
Sim. Atendo em português e em inglês.
Do you do audits?
No. I don't perform audits, reviews or other attest work. If you need one, the books I rebuild give your audit firm a clean place to start.