Behind on the books? Don’t trust your numbers?
That’s where we come in.
Main Street Ledger is your outsourced accounting department — everything an in‑house bookkeeper or staff accountant would do, without the hire. Clean books, bills paid, invoices out, and numbers you can finally trust.
Eric Hempler · QuickBooks ProAdvisor · Certified CFO
Sound familiar?
These are the things business owners say right before they call us.
My bookkeeper quit, and I do not want to hire another one.we’re the department
My wife has been doing the books — and she is done.no judgment
I have no idea if that job actually made money.profit per job
I’m profitable on paper, but my bank account says otherwise.cash picture
My CPA charges me extra every year because my books are a mess.tax-ready books
The bank asked for financials, and I had nothing to show them.bank-ready
What we handle
Plain-English services. No jargon, no surprises — just the accounting work your business needs done every month.
Monthly bookkeeping, done right
Every transaction recorded and your books matched to the bank — to the penny, every month.
Bill pay & getting you paid
Bills captured and paid on a plan you control. Invoicing on autopilot, plus a weekly “who owes you what” list.
Payroll, booked right
Your payroll service runs it — we make sure every run lands correctly in your books.
A monthly scorecard you can read
Profit per job, cash picture, and the handful of numbers that actually tell you how the business is doing.
Tax-ready books, all year
A clean year-end package and 1099s handed to your tax accountant. No cleanup fees, no extensions, no surprises.
Books rescue
Months behind? QuickBooks a mess? Brand-new LLC with no books at all? That’s where most clients start.
Built for businesses like yours
We work with small businesses across Minnesota, with deep experience in two industries where the books get complicated fast.
Construction & trades
Know what every job actually made — while it’s still running, not months later. Job costing, bid-vs-actual reviews, and financials your bonding company will accept.
Real estate investors & operators
Clean, separate books for every property and every LLC. Per-property profit reports your partners and lenders can rely on, set up right from day one.
Getting started is simple
Three steps from “I think my books are a mess” to numbers you trust.
Book a free financial assessment
A no-pressure conversation about where your books stand today. Messy is fine — messy is normal.
Get your plan
A clear, fixed-scope plan: what gets cleaned up, what runs monthly, and what it costs. No open-ended hourly billing.
Run your business
We close your books every month and hand you a scorecard you can actually read. You get your evenings back.
- QuickBooks ProAdvisor
- Certified CFO
- Construction & real estate focus
- Based in Minnesota
Who you’re working with
Most accounting help comes in two flavors: a bookkeeper who records what happened, or a high-priced advisor who tells you what to do but doesn’t do the work. Main Street Ledger is built to be the third thing — the accounting department small businesses need but can’t justify hiring.
That means the work gets done — transactions, reconciliations, bills, invoices, payroll entries — and then the insight gets delivered on top of it: what your jobs really made, where your cash is going, and what the numbers say to do next.
You’ll work directly with me. Find me on LinkedIn.
Ready for numbers you can trust?
Start with a free financial assessment — a straightforward look at where your books stand and what it would take to get them right.
Book a free financial assessment