Just noticed that Home Depot puts your Lifetime Purchases (or at least, made during the lifetime of your commercial account) on your account page. While the total looks a little shocking, when averaged out per unit per year it's really pennies compared to the rental income. That's nice to know!

Of course it doesn't include everything by a long shot - contractors aren't in there, of course, or Amazon, or Lowes - but still, a majority of our rental repair/renovation dollars are spent at Home Depot. They were the first to grant us a commercial account back in the day, and so earned our business over Lowe's right there. And they keep your records for years and will provide emailed invoices and receipts, and other major record-keeping conveniences.

Where are you seeing it?

That's good to know. However, I just look at my spread sheet for each property.

6x6, no cost and it's very helpful. In fact you get Early Pay Discounts (not much but everything helps) and they send you Pro coupons and things. They used to have lunches and Pro meetings but haven't had one in a while, probably since 2020...

wnH Thanks for the extra info.

So I went back and looked. Seems my problem is we dont have a actual HD credit card. Never seen my benefit. For the hassle of carrying around an extra credit card.

I just use one of the visa cash rewards cards I have. So I get some discount with that. I just have the pro account and then add a couple of my visa credit cards linked to the account.

I get all the pro perks and get my cash rewards this way. I do carry a Lowes american express since that give a discount at Lowes. It is a American express card so you can even add it to the list of cards in your home depot account. And use that at Home Depot as well. But dont get the cash discount. But do get all the other pro perks.

The biggest reason we use the HD cards not and not one of our personal, point-gathering cards is paperwork and trackability. I don't have shoeboxes full of receipts, I have digital receipts in searchable folders. They email me the receipts right from the cashiers terminal, so I get them in real time every day. I download statements in excel format monthly and don't have to separate personal from business.

I have never had them email the receipts. Reading this makes a lot of sense in doing that. I just bring them home, code them and enter them into excel.

No HD close by me. I have an account, no card, and rarely buy from them. They did have a much better deal on a gas cook top over Lowes so I went with them on that. Saved me hundreds.

We also have Menards around here. Not as close as Lowes. I don't get the service from them like I do with Lowes.

I like the idea more now.

Using the Lowes AmEx card I have it set for PO number as well. Most times I just say N/A. Especially if I am buying for more than one project.

Truth be told I need to see if Lowes does the same thing with their email or print feature.

I have a small pile of receipts sitting here right now that I plan on entering in the morning. Wouldn't it be so simple to just copy/paste them directly into the excel file.

Wow, that is amazing.