In the Account Details window, expand the drop-down list next to the Mortgage Account option to view the liability accounts in this data file. From the drop-down list, select the loan account that tracks the loan for this property.
Quicken has the ability to keep track of all of your loans — not just how much you owe, but how much you pay each month, how much of that payment is interest, and how much of that payment reduces the amount you owe.
To set up an existing loan or a new loan in Quicken, follow these steps:
1Click on Property & Debt Center on your Account Bar, and then click Add Loan.
A Loan Setup wizard pops up onscreen.
2With the EasyStep tab selected, click Next to open the Loan Setup wizard.
Quicken asks questions about your loan. If you don’t have the loan documentation at your fingertips, you change your information later.
3Indicate if you are borrowing money or lending money, and click Next.
Quicken sets up loan accounts and classifies them as a receivable or payable. For this example you’re borrowing money.
4Give this loan a name and click Next.
Think of something meaningful, such as Auto Loan or Mortgage or Loan to Sister.
5Let Quicken know if you’ve already made payments on this loan and then click Next again.
If you coordinate starting a loan with setting up Quicken, the setup process is a bit less messy. If you already had a loan when you decided to set the loan up in Quicken, you enter information like how much you’ve already paid on the loan so that Quicken can keep up with you from now until the payoff day.
6Enter the starting date of the loan and the original amount you borrowed, and click Next.
Enter the starting date, or a close approximation of when you borrowed the money and then enter the initial amount of the loan.
7Answer the Balloon Payment question, and then click Next.
Often balloon loans are structured so that you pay only interest for your monthly loan payments, and then pay the entire principal at the end of the loan.
8Enter the length of the loan.
Your options here are years, months, weeks, and payments. Use payments if your loan is based on the number of payments you’re going to make.
9Enter the payment period.
Even if you plan to make extra payments, enter the frequency that the lender expects for your payments.
10Enter the compounding period.
Your loan document should specify the compounding period, and your lender should certainly be able to tell you.
11Enter the current balance of the loan.
If you know the current balance of your loan, answer Yes and then enter the balance as of today’s date. If you don’t enter the balance, Quicken does the calculations and tells you what your balance is within a few pennies.
12Enter the date of your next payment and the amount.
Enter the date your next payment is due, even if that is not when you actually plan to make the payment.
13Enter your interest rate.
The loan papers or your lender can tell you what rate of interest you are paying on this loan.
14Review the summary and click Done when you are finished.
Clicking Next after you enter your interest rate takes you to the Summary tab, where you can review all of the information you just entered. Click Next a couple of times to get through the summary screens. Make any changes that might be necessary if you entered information incorrectly, and then click Done to save your loan information.
Thank you for choosing to bank with BBVA using your financial management software. In an effort to ensure we are providing you with the latest technology and security, we are upgrading our Online Banking system. The update will require you to modify your financial management settings and possibly update your software to ensure a smooth transition of your data. If your financial management system is not disconnected and reconnected to our Online Banking services as instructed below, it may lose information and cause transactions to fail.
The letter and email you received informed you of the dates you must disconnect and reconnect your financial management software. Please schedule approximately one hour of your time on both days to properly disconnect, update (if needed) and re-sync your financial management software to BBVA Online Banking. If you are uncertain of the dates or any other information related to this process, please call us at 1-800-603-3579, M-F (7am-10pm) and Sat (10am-4pm).
Action Needed:
It is important that you update your software before reconnecting to BBVA. If you are using Quicken or QuickBooks Windows 2014 or older, please upgrade to a newer version of software prior to reconnecting, as Intuit is discontinuing support of these versions.
If you choose not to upgrade your Quicken or QuickBooks software, you should consider using the BBVA Online Banking service via the Web. It offers many of the same benefits of Online Banking with QuickBooks without separate money management software and can be accessed with your Online Banking Username and Password. For more information about our Online Banking service, go to www.bbvausa.com
You will need to sign in to Online Banking and confirm your username prior to the upgrade. Today, we allow you to sign-in with various credentials, after the upgrade you will be required to sign-in with your Online Banking Username.
If you have scheduled recurring Bill Payments set up through your financial management software, you will need to set these up under Bill Payments in our Online Banking after the upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience as we work to restore this functionality back to your financial management software.
Additionally, if you had outside accounts at other financial institutions linked to your BBVA Online Banking. You will not be able to see those accounts for a short period of time, beginning November 28, 2016, until your Online Banking is upgraded.
Please choose the set of disconnect and reconnect instructions that pertain to your software connection and operating system.
These instructions do not apply to the online cloud sync of Quicken and QuickBooks. These instructions only apply to the installed versions of Quicken and QuickBooks that utilize Direct Connect to download transactions and balances.