Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread David Cousens
I think the difficulty is that in the gnucash structure at present, a transaction does not have a vendor or customer identity associated with it direcctly. It is the invoice/bill structure which provides the link between a customer/vendor and the particular associated transactions. There is an

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Jediator
Not exactly.  If using QuickBooks in which you can assign a transaction to a vendor/customer, I don't have to create invoices and bills just for the sake of tracking the payment sources and targets.  So the workflow does depend on the tool you are using... On 9/25/23 4:08 PM, Adrien

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yeah, AI is not presently a danger, precisely because it doesn't exist. That's just marketing hype. The danger is that people *think* it exists and are trusting those algorithms as if it does. Like any tool, the danger lies not in the tool itself, but with the user who doesn't understand

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This is an accounting question more than a GnuCash question, but I did notice something that trying to do this in GnuCash, may help with the caveat that you need to discuss this with a local CPA. This is not accounting advice, but a starting point for questions to ask the CPA. I'll make

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2023-09-25 12:40, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > ChatGPT cannot give you an answer. > > It is designed to spit out sentences that plausibly sound like a human > answered your question. > > There is a universe of difference between the two. > > One implies accuracy, the other is B.S. that appears

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Jean Laroche
"to those who don't know better" Bit eye roll there. On 9/25/23 12:40 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: ChatGPT cannot give you an answer. It is designed to spit out sentences that plausibly sound like a human answered your question. There is a universe of difference between the two. One

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
ChatGPT cannot give you an answer. It is designed to spit out sentences that plausibly sound like a human answered your question. There is a universe of difference between the two. One implies accuracy, the other is B.S. that appears accurate to those who don't know better. Regards,

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-22 Thread flywire
Also, https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-June/107567.html would probably readily adapt for commission. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

[GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-22 Thread flywire
* https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Using_GnuCash#Printing_a_Rental_Report * https://github.com/dawansv/gnucash-custom-reports JC wrote: > I really wished that GC would have the option to link Vendor/Customer to a > transaction without creating a bill or invoice. Any future development > plans for

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-22 Thread Jediator
Thanks Mark for your response.  Very interesting answers.  Nice try Mr. ChatGPT.  This seems to be a typical ChatGPT response, overwhelmed with words (no picture), mixing different subjects together (accounting workflow and management workflow), and not answer the questions specifically to GC. 

Re: [GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-22 Thread Mark at Lorimark
well... I don't know how to answer your question, but considering what I would do if I were asking the same questions... I went to ChatGPT and asked the big AI. Here is what it said; My Prompt (from you): I am trying to set up GC for a small property management business. There are three

[GNC] Using GC for Property Management

2023-09-22 Thread Jediator
Dear GC users, I am trying to set up GC for a small property management business. There are three actors involved:  Renter, Property Owner, and Property Manager.  Renter pays rent on a monthly basis to property management, and the manager pays the property owner after taking out certain