# Initial acquisition and costs

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**Category:** Tips & Tricks\
**Created:** [October 15, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/initial-acquisition-and-costs/132 "2019-10-15T14:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![macioceproperties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@macioceproperties](https://community.stessa.com/u/macioceproperties)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/initial-acquisition-and-costs/132/4 "2019-10-17T18:09:45Z")

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> [@How to categorize mortgage principal: Transfer?](https://community.stessa.com/t/how-to-categorize-mortgage-principal-transfer/137/7):
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> As an update, my thoughts are this: Stessa is not designed to track investments, calculate ROI or CoCR, rather, it is designed to track single cash-based transactions for a property. Therefore, it does not delineate between personal cash and property cash.
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> For example, I have a property that I just acquired with zero tenants. Since I have acquired the property, I have replaced locks, paid for utility transfers and usage, and covered the cost of miscellaneous repairs. I am paying for these costs out of a personal checking account because I am not generating any income from this property. This account is not linked to Stessa, and I do not want it to be linked.
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> Since I want to track these costs (expenses) against the property, I must add a transaction to record the expense. On the reports, Stessa will reflect these costs as operating expenses, which is correct. However, as I mentioned above, Stessa only tracks cash-based transactions, therefore, Stessa will show that my property is generating negative net cash flow (no income - expenses = negative cash flow). That is not necessarily correct. As the owner, I am pumping more money (investing) into the property to cover working capital needs.
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> I should be able to record those expenses as contributions; however, I do not think Stessa supports that at this time.

Copying something over I wrote in another thread. Am I accurate in what I am reporting? It is not complaint, because I love using Stessa. However, it is an important question because it will dictate what I will need to track outside of Stessa.

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