A retail crossroads on the I-10
Montclair Place anchors more than a million square feet of shopping, dining, and entertainment right off the freeway, and around it sits a deep base of independent retailers, restaurants, and service businesses — many of them rooted here for decades. High transaction volume is the local reality, and high volume is exactly where the books quietly drift.
What I do for local businesses
What I see in local books
Retail and restaurants live on card and cash, and that's where the trouble hides: sales recorded off the bank deposit instead of the day they happen, a POS clearing account nobody reconciles, and cash-drawer drift nobody measures. Reconciling every payment platform to zero each month is my sharpest case →
The service businesses and small independents have the other half of it: business and personal expenses sharing accounts, and sales tax that has to be right. Monthly bookkeeping keeps both clean →
However the money comes in, the books show exactly where it went.
Most monthly engagements run $225–$900/month · one-time books review $275–$800 by business size (credits in full toward your first month) · the 15-minute call ends with a real number, not "it depends."
"He cleaned up my books and continues with the monthly bookkeeping service so I can concentrate on other aspects of my business."
FAQ
We take a lot of card and cash — can you keep up?
That's the specialty. Sales get recorded daily, every payment platform reconciles to zero monthly, and cash short/over gets measured so drawer drift shows up in week two, not at year-end.
What does it cost?
Most monthly engagements run $225–$900/month depending on volume and accounts. The free 15-minute call ends with a real number.
Our books are behind — what's that look like?
That's the cleanup step. Fixed quote before any work starts, and the books review fee credits toward it.
Industries I focus on: restaurants · contractors · retail & e-commerce · salons
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