Built for Serious
Real Estate Investors
PaperWorking provides professional project management centered on the Real Estate Investment LifeCycle (REIL). We track every document, dollar, and deadline across all phases of your projects, replacing fragmented spreadsheets with a single high-tech operating system.
The Problem
Your spreadsheet doesn't care
if you miss a deadline.
Contingency windows close while you're not watching.
Your inspection period, financing deadline, and earnest money date are buried in a contract PDF. Miss one by a day and you lose your deposit — or the deal entirely.
Contractor draws eat your margin one invoice at a time.
Invoices pile up in email. By the time you reconcile them against the budget, you're $40k over — three weeks from close, with no good options left.
Tax time is three spreadsheets and a shoebox of receipts.
You spend weeks pulling costs from text threads, bank statements, and email chains. Your CPA bills by the hour. You still miss deductions.
The Solution
Four phases. Every deal. One system.
Every deal has four chapters: you find it, you buy it, you manage it, and you exit. PaperWorking is built around those four phases — not generic project stages. Every field, alert, and export is designed for exactly where you are in the deal.
Research, acquire, and connect.
Manage all the research and acquiring steps of purchasing an investment property in one central dashboard. Once your numbers are organized, post your projects directly to our Deal Marketplace to secure capital, discover new opportunities, and connect with other active real estate investors.
- calculateResearch & Underwriting — Evaluate cap rates, cash-on-cash, and IRR with live deal models
- storefrontDeal Marketplace — List your project to source capital, JV partners, or secondary buyers
- groupsSyndicate & Network — Find active investors, secure capital commitments, and connect with peers
Never blow a contingency. Not once.
Track every deadline tied to your contract — inspection, financing, appraisal — with alerts that fire before your money goes hard. Your diligence checklist lives in the platform, not a separate doc nobody updates.
- scheduleDeadline Tracker — Every contingency date on a live timeline with automated alerts
- checklistDiligence Checklist — Title, insurance, inspection — all tracked in one place
- notifications_activeEarnest Money Alerts — Know exactly when your deposit becomes non-refundable
Watch your margin in real time — not at the end.
Log every contractor draw against your approved budget by trade and milestone. Approve draws only when the work is verified, and see exactly where you stand on margin at any point during the renovation.
- bar_chartBudget vs. Actual — Renovation costs tracked line by line, updated as invoices come in
- receipt_longContractor Draw Log — Approve draws per milestone — not per invoice stack
- task_altMilestone Sign-off — Verify completion before releasing funds to your contractors
Close the deal. Close the books.
Track your carrying costs through the hold period, log the closing disclosure, and generate a clean cost-basis export when you sell. Your CPA gets one organized file — not a folder of scanned receipts.
- receiptClosing Cost Tracker — Commissions, transfer taxes, seller credits — all captured
- insightsROI Summary — Actual return vs. projected — calculated automatically at close
- table_chartCPA Export — One-click P&L with all costs organized by category
Why not a spreadsheet
Spreadsheets track the past.
PaperWorking tracks the deal.
Deadline-aware
vs. a static doc
PaperWorking tracks contingency windows and fires alerts automatically. Your spreadsheet has no idea what month it is.
Always current
vs. a quarterly snapshot
Every cost, every draw, every receipt is attached to the deal as it happens. The P&L is never a weekend project.
Exit-ready from day one
vs. tax-time chaos
Because costs are tracked as they occur, your CPA export is ready when you close. Tax prep takes hours, not weeks.
Common questions
Straight answers.
Is this just a project management tool for real estate?add
No. Generic PM tools (Asana, Monday, Notion) don't know what a contingency period is, can't calculate IRR, and don't generate a cost-basis export for your CPA. PaperWorking is built specifically around the REIL lifecycle — every field, every alert, and every export is designed for the way real estate deals actually work.
What if I only do 2–3 deals a year? Is this worth it?add
Especially then. When you're doing a handful of deals a year, each one carries more risk. Missing one contingency deadline or losing track of a contractor invoice can wipe out your entire margin on that deal. The free tier covers one active deal — try it with your next acquisition and see how much cleaner the process is.
Does PaperWorking replace my CPA or attorney?add
It replaces the disorganized data they hate dealing with. PaperWorking tracks your costs, documents, and timelines — then hands your CPA a clean, organized P&L export instead of a folder of scanned receipts. Your professionals spend less time on admin and more time on the work that actually requires them.
Can I use this for buy-and-hold rentals, not just flips?add
Yes. The Hold phase covers both renovation projects and long-term rentals. You can track tenant leases, monthly carrying costs, STR/LTR revenue, and property valuations. The Exit phase then handles the eventual sale — or if you refinance and hold, it continues tracking your ongoing performance.
How long does it take to set up a deal?add
Most investors have their first deal live in under 15 minutes. You enter the property address, purchase price, target ARV, and rehab budget — the system generates your deal analyzer, creates your deadline timeline from your contract date, and sets up your budget tracking. No configuration wizard, no template library to navigate.
Stop running your deals
out of a spreadsheet.
PaperWorking tracks every document, dollar, and deadline from acquisition to exit — in one dashboard built for the way deals actually work.
Free for one active deal · No credit card required