Coastal Accounting & Bookkeeping

Janine is a very nice lady and knowledgeable. However, I find that she is spread very thin and wasn’t able to keep up with the demands of our business. I believe for simple bookkeeping, she may be able to handle the additional business, but for full service bookkeeping she wasn’t able to complete the basic monthly closing documents. I had only 2 or 3 reports ever, payables weren’t managed well, and deliverables were late. Janine has a heart of gold as she will agree to take on any work you throw her way. I would just go slow until you know she has the bandwidth to manage all of it.

I was really excited to work with Janine and the crew after reading all the Unilocal reviews. Unfortunately this was one of the least responsive companies I have ever worked with. When I first engaged them at the end of 2014, they said it would talk about two weeks to get my account up to date. It took over two months. Then basically after January 30^th when they went into tax season, the book keeping completely fell through the cracks. I understood that with April 15^th, things might be busy. But as of the middle of May, I still had not heard from them and had not had any work done on my books since month end of January. I emailed them at the end of May and was told my books would be brought up to date by June 17^th. I heard nothing. I emailed them again the beginning of July and Janine said she would check on it. I again heard nothing. I emailed them to terminate our services, and again heard nothing. It’s disappointing, because it seems like a nice team of people. But their follow through is beyond lackluster — not ideal for an accountant or book keeper.

Helpful, Patient and Knowledgeable. Coastal has been key to maintaining the finances of my small business.

Janine is amazing! Bookkeeping and taxes are not my strong suit, but very necessary to stay on top of as a small business owner. I came to Janine with a mess and not only did she sort it out on a tight deadline, she got me organized to succeed next year. The best part: there was no judgement, or tsk tsk, only a smile and «don’t worry about it, I’ll take care of it!» Very knowledgable, professional, speedy, and a joy to work with– Janine gets 5 stars and a double thumbs up!

I have had the pleasure of working with Janine for over 3 years and I recently brought her on to do bookkeeping for one of the companies I currently work for. She’s reliable, thorough, friendly, available, knowledgeable, trustworthy and honest. She’s the complete package and always with a smile and reassurance. I highly recommend her services and continue to recommend her to people/​businesses I know. She will not disappoint!

I had the pleasure of working with Janine for over 4 years while I was with
and she was our Accountant. She is an excellent accountant who made sure all our accounts were always in order. We got our bills paid on time and kept our many important partners very happy. I cannot recommend her and her group highly enough. I will definitely hire her again.

Janine is amazing! Year after year we get continue to get an awesome tax return. I don’t know how she does it, but we are so happy she does. We are located in Northern California and she does our taxes remotely via web, email and FedEx which makes it super easy and convenient for me. She is very reliable, knowledgeable and quick to respond. Thanks for all of your hard work Janine!

Janine is the best. She is so incredibly knowledgable and helpful. She always goes the extra mile, answers your call or gets back to you right away if you need her or have questions. She will come on site and help you out. I have been impressed with her work at every turn. I recommend her to anyone who is in need of a bookkeeper.

Janine Burke really goes the extra mile with her clients. I am constantly impressed with her professionalism. She is highly trained, can answer any of my questions, and is reasonably priced. She will also go to her clients’ places of business, which is a huge convenience. I would recommend her to anyone that wants to get their business finances organized.