Owner / assetThis close

Job brief

Close the month before the decisions leave

How and who for the hotel job—verified when attested.

When the P&L arrives on the 22nd and the owner already spent the month, I want a close I can steer with — PMS, bank, and a reconciling list with names.

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Scoped brief

Map the three places PMS and bank disagree. Tide & Ledger will name them. Folio One can emit the owner page after audit. Ledgerlight-shaped accounting only helps if the night audit is clean. Hide reimbursables and the owner will stop trusting the pack.

Outcome: A close by day 8, reconciling items owned, reimbursables visible, and a one-pager the same morning.
Catalog budget band: $4–8k / month or a sprint to reset the calendar. A worksheet range, not a quote.
Catalog timeline: One close to see it; three to trust it. Not a promise.

Step 1
Write the close calendar
Audit, bank, payroll, owner page. If any of those waits for a person who is on PTO, that absence is a finding.
Step 2
Name the three reconciling items
Not forty. The three that actually move cash. Each has an owner and a date.
Step 3
Keep reimbursables on the page
Hidden ‘other’ is how incentive fees and owner draws become a fight.
Step 4
Time the one-pager to the close
See the owner-one-pager job. This job is the books underneath it.

Provider shortlist

People
Tide & Ledger
Month-end close without a recon war
Catalog score 8.4. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id tide-ledger.
Software
Folio One
Owner one-pagers from PMS + bank
Catalog score 8.1. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id folio-one.
Software· demo
Ledgerlight Accounting
Hotel accounting & night audit export
Catalog score 7.8. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id ledgerlight.
People
Ashcroft Asset Advisors
Owner asset management
Catalog score 8.8. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id ashcroft.

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AdviceA close on the 22nd is archaeology. Day 8 is a wheel.

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Situation

What is actually on fire

The P&L arrives after the decisions. Reimbursables hide in other. Night audit and the bank disagree.

Approaches

Two or three paths — with the give

Day-8 close with names

When. A month you can still steer

You give. A closer who must stay honest

Wait for perfect USALI

When. Completeness

You give. The month

Who to involve

· Owner
· GM
· Controller
· Night auditor

First 7 days

YAML-shaped: day / theme / tasks / owner / risk / exit. Advice until a case is verified.

day: 1
Three disagreements
- · PMS vs bank vs reimbursables. Name the three.
owner:
Controller
risk:
A 40-tab file
exit:
Three-item list
day: 2
Close calendar
- · Day 8 is the target. Write who owns each item.
owner:
Owner + controller
risk:
Day 22 archaeology
exit:
Named calendar
day: 3
Night audit first
- · A dirty closer makes this a night-audit job.
owner:
Night auditor
risk:
Close on sand
exit:
Cleaner closer or a hold
day: 4
Owner-readable page
- · Occ, GOP, cash, three questions. Not 18 slides.
owner:
GM
risk:
A packet nobody opens
exit:
One page
day: 5
Vendor ask
- · Will they sign a close they have not seen?
owner:
Owner
risk:
Controller theater
exit:
Scored checklist
day: 6
One reconciling week
- · Every item has an owner and a due date.
owner:
Controller
risk:
Other
exit:
Owned list
day: 7
Publish day-of-close
- · If it is after day 8, that is the fail.
owner:
Owner
risk:
A shrug
exit:
Friday stamp

Decision worksheet

Questions, red flags, bands

Take this to a vendor call. Budget bands are Advice — a Harbor shape, not a quote.

Ask the vendor

1. Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?
2. What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?
3. Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.
4. What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?
5. What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Red flags

· A dashboard that does not see the bank.
· Letting the manager pick the story.
· Closing from a dirty night audit.

When not to buy. A dashboard that skips the bank. If it does not reconcile, it is a story.

Do it in-house

Time and a named owner. No vendor. Use the 7-day plan first.

$4–8k / month or a sprint to reset the calendar

Typical Harbor band for this job — advice, not a quote.

Full program

People + system + 90-day proof. Only if the 7-day plan already failed.

Vendor checklist

Score the call. Keep it on this browser.

Weighted questions — yes/no, scale, or text. Must-pass ids persist on this browser. Pass threshold 70. A no on a must-pass is a walk-away — not a maybe.

Keys

Brand

Stack shape — not a partnership

property context · weight 2 · must pass
Can they name your key count and whether you are independent, soft-brand, or major — without a discovery theater?
property context · weight 2 · must pass
Do they treat your PMS as a shape (Opera-class / Mews-class / Cloudbeds-class) — not a fake partnership slide?
control · weight 3 · must pass
Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?
vendor · weight 2
What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?
vendor · weight 2
Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.
vendor · weight 2
What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?
vendor · weight 2
What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Does not clear

0 / 100

must_pass: close-books-without-recon-war-ctx-rooms, close-books-without-recon-war-ctx-stack, close-books-without-recon-war-q1

A must-pass failed. Walk away.

How

The brief

Step 1
Write the close calendar
Audit, bank, payroll, owner page. If any of those waits for a person who is on PTO, that absence is a finding.
Step 2
Name the three reconciling items
Not forty. The three that actually move cash. Each has an owner and a date.
Step 3
Keep reimbursables on the page
Hidden ‘other’ is how incentive fees and owner draws become a fight.
Step 4
Time the one-pager to the close
See the owner-one-pager job. This job is the books underneath it.

Tradeoffs

Day-8 close with names
You get. A month you can still steer
You give. A closer who must stay honest
Wait for perfect USALI
You get. Completeness
You give. The month

Choice	You get	You give
Day-8 close with names	A month you can still steer	A closer who must stay honest
Wait for perfect USALI	Completeness	The month

Pitfalls

· A dashboard that does not see the bank.
· Letting the manager pick the story.
· Closing from a dirty night audit.

Success criteria

· Close by day 8 for three consecutive months.
· Every reconciling item has an owner.
· Owner page the morning of the close.

Who

Ranked for this job

Rank is post-job score, then listed order. Not for sale. Software marked demo is an archetype.

Agencies & contractors

#1People

Tide & Ledger

Closes the month from PMS and bank with a reconciling list the owner can read — not a 40-tab fight.

$4.2–7.5k / month close

8.4

Post-job

13 reviews

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#2People

Ashcroft Asset Advisors

Independent owner advisors for GOP, management agreements, and capex sequencing — not a brand desk.

$25–60k engagement or $8k/month retainer

8.8

Post-job

22 reviews

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Systems

#1Software

Folio One

A Saturday owner sheet: occupancy, GOP, cash, and the three questions the GM must answer.

$180–$320 / month

8.1

Post-job

16 reviews

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#2Software· demo

Ledgerlight Accounting

Demo-labeled hotel ledger that sits cleanly on a PMS export — not a generic SMB book tool.

Demo · $250–600 / month

7.8

Post-job

9 reviews

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AI agents

None ranked in AI agents yet. Harbor will not invent a provider.

Compare up to three

Fit first. Then the contract.

Default sort is fit, high to low. Unpublished SLA / term / switch cost is labeled ask — not invented. Demo software is a shape.

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Ashcroft Asset Advisors
Highest fit
8.7
People
Price
$25–60k engagement or $8k/month retainer
Impl
7–21 (advice)
SLA
Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.
Support
On-property hours
Term
Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.
Switch
Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.
Verified
None on Harbor
Folio One
8.2
Software
Price
$180–$320 / month
Impl
14–45 (advice)
SLA
Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.
Support
Ask — not published
Term
Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.
Switch
Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.
Verified
None on Harbor
Tide & Ledger
8.2
People
Price
$4.2–7.5k / month close
Impl
7–21 (advice)
SLA
Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.
Support
On-property hours
Term
Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.
Switch
Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.
Verified
None on Harbor

Side-by-side vendor compare. Fit is Harbor’s published score. Unpublished contract fields are labeled ask.
Vendor	Fit	Price band	Impl days	Integrations	SLA / uptime	Support hours	Contract term	Switch cost	GM rating	Last verified
Ashcroft Asset Advisors Highest fit People	8.7	$25–60k engagement or $8k/month retainer	7–21 (advice)	GOP, management agreements, capex, owner reporting	Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.	On-property hours	Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.	Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.	8.8	None on Harbor
Folio One Software	8.2	$180–$320 / month	14–45 (advice)	owner reporting, GOP, cash	Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.	Ask — not published	Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.	Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.	8.1	None on Harbor
Tide & Ledger People	8.2	$4.2–7.5k / month close	7–21 (advice)	month-end, reconciliation, owner reporting	Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.	On-property hours	Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.	Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.	8.4	None on Harbor

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When to pick whom

People do the work beside the desk. Software is a system — demo-labeled when it is a category shape. Agents draft; they do not post money or mark a room clean.

Provider	Kind	Score	Fee	Pick when	Walk away when
Tide & Ledger	People	8.4	$4.2–7.5k / month close	Owners tired of a P&L that arrives after the decisions.	Branded hotels whose management company already closes on a calendar.
Ashcroft Asset Advisors	People	8.8	$25–60k engagement or $8k/month retainer	Owners who want a second set of books that is not the manager's.	Branded flags looking for a PIP vendor.
Folio One	Software	8.1	$180–$320 / month	Owners who want the truth on one page, not a deck.	Asset managers who need a branded investor portal.
Ledgerlight Accounting	Software· demo	7.8	Demo · $250–600 / month	Owner-operators tired of a generic bookkeeper file.	Multi-brand portfolios with a shared-service finance team.

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Evidence

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Owner / asset

8.5

Day 8, with names on the items

Iron Bridge · 110 keys · Pittsburgh, PA

Claim.: A month you can still steer.
Evidence.: Close calendar, bank vs PMS, owner-page timestamps.
Caveat.: Month one was a night-audit job. The books were not the first problem.

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Scoped brief

Write the close calendar

Name the three reconciling items

Keep reimbursables on the page

Time the one-pager to the close

Tide & Ledger

Folio One

Ledgerlight Accounting

Ashcroft Asset Advisors

The next hotel starts from what you leave

Describe your job

Join as a supplier

Record a result

What is actually on fire

Two or three paths — with the give

Day-8 close with names

Wait for perfect USALI

Three disagreements

Close calendar

Night audit first

Owner-readable page

Vendor ask

One reconciling week

Publish day-of-close

Questions, red flags, bands

Score the call. Keep it on this browser.

The brief

Write the close calendar

Name the three reconciling items

Keep reimbursables on the page

Time the one-pager to the close

Tradeoffs

Ranked for this job

Agencies & contractors

Systems

AI agents

Fit first. Then the contract.

When to pick whom

Hotels on this job

Peer case studies

Day 8, with names on the items

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Fit first. Then the contract.