Every contractor you pay, on the record.
Keep vendor details, W-9s, and payment history in one place — so you know exactly who you paid, how much, and out of which entity.
Want the full details? Read step-by-step guides, workflows, and tips in the docs.
The people you pay, organized
One Record Per Payee
Business or individual, trade, contact details, and legal address. Create them as you go or add them up front.
W-9s On File
Upload a contractor's W-9 and keep it attached to their record, so you're not chasing paperwork in January.
Tax IDs, Encrypted
EINs, SSNs, and ITINs are encrypted with AWS KMS and only the last four digits are ever displayed.
Payment History by Entity
Every payment to a contractor, with year-to-date totals tracked separately for each of your entities.
- Contractor and vendor records with trade, contact, and legal address
- Business and individual payees, each with the right tax ID type
- W-9 upload stored against the contractor record
- Encrypted EIN, SSN, and ITIN storage — only the last four are shown
- Full payment history per contractor
- Paid year-to-date totals, tracked per entity
- Assign a contractor to any transaction as you enter it
- Duplicate detection when contractor names nearly match
- Archive inactive contractors without losing payment history
Get organized before January
Every feature in RealBooks is purpose-built for the way real estate investors actually work — not adapted from generic accounting software.
$18K+
avg. tax savings
per investor
1,000+
investors
nationwide
5 min
avg. weekly
bookkeeping time
1099-NEC generation is on the roadmap — RealBooks captures the W-9s, tax IDs, and per-entity payment totals you'll need for it today.
Stop reconstructing your contractor payments in January
Add each vendor once, attach the W-9, and assign payments as you go. When your CPA asks who you paid and how much, the answer is already there — entity by entity.