Looking for design input

[Gary62]

I am in the process of taking several excel spreadsheets and moving them into an access database and I am looking for suggestions as to how the experts here would do so. The spreadsheets I have are for a homeowners association with approximately 700 homes (low budget or we would buy a program that has already been created) and the following information is being tracked:

Owner 1 Full Name
Owner 2 Full Name
House Number
Street Name


Mail Street
City
State
Zip
Primary/Rental
Status - Active/Past/Foreclosure/

In addition to those fields I need to be able to have an accounts payable section where charges are added and payments (along with details) are recorded and finally a section that would have form letters that can be sent out to homeowners noting violations, approval on exterior changes, etc..

My thoughts are to create the following tables unless someone can suggest a better way to do this:

Property

Owners

Letters

Accounts Payable

Reports

Thanks in advance

Gary

[orange]

Try writing a description of your "Business" in 5 or 6 lines. That will help us understand your issue/opportunity and to respond with focused advice.

Here's a sample description from RogersAccessLibrary to help you with level of detail etc.

ZYX Laboratories requires an employee tracking database. They want to track information about employees,
 the employee's job history, and their certifications. Employee information includes first name, middle initial, last name, 
social security number, address, city, state, zip, home phone, cell phone, email address. Job history would include job 
title, job description, pay grade, pay range, salary, and date of promotion. For certifications, they want certification type
 and date achieved. 
An employee can have multiple jobs over time, (ie, Analyst, Sr. Analyst, QA Administrator). Employees can also earn 
certifications necessary for their job. 

[Gary62]

Thanks for the response Orange! Here goes:

Mid size homeowners association requires a property tracking database. We need the ability to track information on approximately 700 homes in our associations.
The property information would included current and past owners, charges to their account such as annual dues, fines and lawyer fees, payments to their account that would include amount, date, check # and category,
purchase price, purchase date, sell date and whether the property is their primary residence or a rental.

The database also needs to hold all of the data for covenant violations so that we can use the database to track violators and to print violation notices using this information.

[orange]

Here's a tutorial that will show you the process. It's step by step and will lead you to proper tables and relationships.

[Gary62]

Thanks for the information Orange!