Blue Water Development

As the accounting manager for a real estate development company, Christy Baer is responsible for the company’s multi-faceted portfolio, which includes hotels, RV resorts, residential real estate and attractions, including a waterpark, offshore fishing excursions and golf getaways, to name a few.

When it came to choosing a new accounting solution, it was imperative that Baer incorporate robust, yet customizable, tools to meet the diverse needs of Blue Water Development’s hospitality businesses. For years, Baer used QuickBooks for some of the company’s assets, but was not pleased with the lack of financial details and audit trails and its inability to be customized to their needs.

Furthermore, the hotel management company overseeing Blue Water’s hotel portfolio was using a different platform for its accounting needs. With multiple accounting products serving various aspects of the company, it was virtually impossible to compare reports and analyze data – let alone spot trends that impacted the organization.

They found this to be extremely difficult on their current platform and were urgently seeking a new way to collect and analyze their data. After much research, they heard about the product offerings at M3 and decided to make the switch.

In need of a comprehensive and customizable solution, Baer discovered that M3, the accounting software utilized by Blue Water’s hotels, could also service the company’s non-hotel entities. Baer knew of M3’s capabilities within the hotel industry but needed the solution to also support the company’s waterparks, amusement boats and campgrounds. As a powerful cloud-based financial platform serving the hospitality industry, M3 offers Baer all the ease of use of an off-the-shelf solution, like Quickbooks, but with many additional features and more robust reporting tailored specifically to her needs. M3’s platform standardized accounting and financial analysis across the board.

Using M3, Baer is now able to compare and consolidate financial reports for every business in her organization. “M3’s versatility has been a total lifesaver for us,” said Baer. “Instead of having two sets of reports from two different platforms, I’m now able to easily switch from a hotel to a waterpark with the touch of a button.” Not only is Baer now able to compare apples to apples with standardized reports, M3 also allows her to narrow each report with a tailormade database to view more detailed information for each individual business. “M3 is well-known for being the most widely-used and most recommended solution in the hotel industry, but for me, the platform’s most valuable asset is its ability to adapt and be just as efficient with amusement properties and campgrounds as it is for hotels.”