[GNC] Suggestions for personal use of GnuCash

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019, rrowan at pdsconnect.me wrote:

> I ran dual last year with MMEX (using since 2013) and GnuCash for personal
> finances. Today I tried to set up loans/mortgages that I have lent, not
> borrowed, but could not select from assets.

Richard,

I am not an accountant but my off-hand idea is to your loans/mortgages as
accounts receiveable assets. Set up A/R and as many sub-accounts as you
need. Your accountant has the final say, of course.

> Also, personal use does not require vendors and customers as distinct
> entities.

So, ignore them. For contacts use a Palm Pilot.

> 	To simplify the development of such a feature, consider a common
> contact list such as from gmail as most every user would have access to
> that file. Later releases could add other databases such as Apple's.

Except not all of us use gmail, Apple products, or Microsoft's stuff.

Why don't you set up your mortgagees and loan recipients as customers and
put their information in that table?

Be innovative and make GnuCash work for you rather than asking the devs to
fulfill your specific needs.

Rich