Bookkeeping built for life on the lake — vacation rentals, restaurants, galleries, and seasonal businesses that crank in July and breathe in January. We keep your numbers clear through the busy summer and the quiet off-season, run by an operator who's actually run businesses.
Running a business in Bigfork means making most of your money in a few intense summer months — and that puts a particular kind of pressure on your books. AJM Consulting takes the bookkeeping off your plate so you can focus on the season while it's here.
Bigfork sits on the northeast shore of Flathead Lake (ZIP 59911), a village known for its galleries, its summer playhouse, the restaurants and shops along Electric Avenue, and the marinas and lakefront homes that draw visitors all summer long. We understand how money moves through a town like this: it floods in during peak season and you have to make it stretch through the shoulder months and winter.
Whether you manage a handful of short-term vacation rentals, run a restaurant or cafe, own a gallery or boutique, or work in real estate and property management around the lake, we tailor your bookkeeping to how your business actually earns and spends. And because our founder spent years running construction and roofing crews, contractors building lake homes get genuine job-costing too.
Per-property income and expenses, payout reconciliation, and lodging-tax tracking for your Flathead Lake rentals.
POS and merchant deposits reconciled, tips and inventory tracked, and margins by category for cafes and eateries.
Reporting built around the summer peak so you set aside enough to coast through the quiet winter months.
QuickBooks Online set up right for a seasonal, multi-property business — or cleaned up if it's drifted.
Every account and merchant deposit reconciled monthly so the numbers match reality.
P&L, balance sheet, and cash-flow reports explained in plain language you can act on.
If the summer rush left your books a mess — rental payouts uncategorized, merchant deposits unreconciled, receipts piled up — that's exactly where we shine. We'll catch you up, sort out the season, and put a simple monthly process in place so next summer doesn't bury you.
A national app or a 1-800 service doesn't know what Memorial Day weekend does to a Bigfork restaurant, or why your rental income disappears in October. They can't picture the marinas, the gallery walk, or the difference between a peak-season week and a slow one. AJM Consulting can — we're a short drive away in Kalispell and we work with businesses up and down the northeast shore of Flathead Lake.
You work directly with a local consultant who understands the seasonality, the vacation-rental economics, and the realities of running a small business in a Montana lake town. When you call, you get a real person who knows your business — not a ticket number.
Based in Kalispell, serving Bigfork and small businesses throughout the valley and all of Montana — in person locally and remotely statewide.
Free 30-minute consultation. No pressure, no commitment — just a real conversation about your Bigfork business and how to make the season work for you all year.