Documentation
Everything you need to know about CAMAudit and how it works
Product Overview
What is CAMAudit.io?
CAMAudit.io is a specialized financial operations platform designed for commercial real estate professionals. We automate Common Area Maintenance (CAM) reconciliation, helping property managers and landlords recover 3-5% of revenue that's typically lost to manual calculation errors.
Revenue Recovery Platform
Manual CAM reconciliation using spreadsheets leads to systematic revenue leakage. Industry data shows that landlords lose hundreds of thousands of dollars annually due to calculation errors, missed expense inclusions, and misapplied lease terms. CAMAudit.io replaces fragile Excel spreadsheets with a deterministic calculation engine that ensures every dollar of recoverable expenses is accurately billed.
Works with Your Existing Systems
CAMAudit.io seamlessly integrates with your existing property management system without requiring expensive API integrations or vendor fees. Simply export your General Ledger and Rent Roll data (CSV or Excel files you already generate), upload them to CAMAudit, and let our platform handle the complex calculations. No integration projects, no IT overhead.
Who Uses CAMAudit?
Our platform is designed for mid-market property management firms, lease audit consultants, and CPA firms performing CAM reconciliation. Whether you manage office buildings, retail centers, or industrial properties, CAMAudit provides the accuracy and transparency needed for effective financial operations.
Key Features
CAM Reconciliation Automation
Automate the entire CAM reconciliation workflow from data ingestion to tenant billing packets. Eliminate manual spreadsheet work and reduce reconciliation time by 80%.
Gross-Up Calculations
BOMA 2024-compliant gross-up calculations that correctly adjust variable expenses for occupancy. Ensure tenants pay their fair share even when your building isn't fully occupied.
Base Year Analysis
Accurately track and apply base year provisions and expense stops. Our engine normalizes base years for low-occupancy periods to prevent unfair spikes in tenant charges.
Expense Cap Tracking
Handle all cap types: cumulative, non-cumulative, and cumulative compounding. Track historical cap capacity year-over-year to maximize recoverable revenue.
AI-Powered Lease Extraction
Upload PDF lease documents and let AI extract key financial terms (base year, pro-rata share, caps). All extractions require human verification before being committed to your database.
Audit-Proof Calculations
Every calculation is deterministic and traceable with full audit trails. Generate transparent reconciliation packets that tenants can verify, reducing disputes and audit requests.
How It Works
Upload Your Data
Export your General Ledger and Rent Roll from your existing property management system (Yardi, MRI, AppFolio, or any system that produces CSV/Excel exports). Drag and drop the files into CAMAudit's upload interface. Our intelligent file detection automatically recognizes formats from major systems.
Automated Validation
CAMAudit validates your data and maps columns to our standardized schema. The system flags anomalies such as negative expenses in positive-only accounts or dates outside the reconciliation period, helping you catch data quality issues before they affect calculations.
Deterministic Calculation Engine
Our calculation engine processes your data using industry-standard methodologies. Gross-up calculations follow BOMA 2024 standards. Base years, expense caps, and pro-rata shares are all applied exactly as specified in your lease agreements. The engine is 100% deterministic - same inputs always produce identical outputs.
Export Reconciliation Packets
Generate professional reconciliation packets for each tenant showing detailed expense breakdowns, calculation methodologies, and billable amounts. Export to PDF for tenant delivery, Excel for further analysis, or Journal Entry files for posting back to your accounting system.
Security & Compliance
Bank-Level Encryption
All data is encrypted at rest and in transit using industry-standard AES-256 encryption. Your financial data is protected with the same security measures used by major financial institutions.
Multi-Tenant Isolation
Your organization's data is completely isolated from other users. Our database implements strict row-level security policies ensuring that your data remains yours and is never accessible to other organizations.
BOMA 2024 Standard Compliance
All area calculations and gross-up methodologies comply with ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2024 standards for office buildings. This ensures your calculations are defensible in audits and consistent with industry best practices.
Immutable Audit Trails
Once a reconciliation is finalized, it becomes immutable and cannot be modified. All changes are logged with timestamps and user information, providing a complete audit trail for compliance and dispute resolution.
AI with Mandatory Human Review
AI is used only to extract lease terms from uploaded PDFs. Every extracted field goes through a human verification screen before it can affect any calculation. Anthropic does not use API inputs to train their models.
Supported Systems
CAMAudit.io works with standard CSV and Excel exports from all major property management systems. No expensive integrations or vendor fees required.
Yardi Voyager
Supports General Ledger exports, Rent Roll reports, and custom financial statements. Our parser handles Yardi-specific formatting including merged cells and multi-row headers.
MRI Commercial
Supports MRI Rent Roll exports, GL transaction reports, and tenant billing data. Compatible with both MRI Software and RealPage MRI platforms.
AppFolio
Works with AppFolio's standard GL and Rent Roll exports. Handles both commercial and residential property data formats.
Generic CSV/Excel
For systems not explicitly supported, use our column mapping wizard to define how your data maps to CAMAudit's schema. Works with any system that can export tabular data.
No Integration Required
Unlike traditional software that requires expensive API connections, CAMAudit works with the exports you're already generating. This means no integration projects, no vendor approvals, and no ongoing API fees. You own your data - use it how you want.
Technical Specifications
ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2024 Compliance
All area calculations follow the latest BOMA standard for office buildings. This includes proper handling of:
- Rentable Area vs. Usable Area distinctions
- Load Factor (R/U Ratio) calculations
- Outdoor amenities measurement per 2024 standard updates
- Building and floor common areas allocation
Gross-Up Methodology
Our gross-up calculations follow industry-standard methodology:
- Variable expenses (janitorial, utilities) are grossed up based on occupancy
- Fixed expenses (taxes, insurance) are never grossed up
- Gross-up factor = Target Occupancy ÷ Average Physical Occupancy
- Safety valve: Grossed amount never exceeds theoretical 100% occupancy cost
Expense Cap Types
CAMAudit handles all standard cap calculation types:
Non-Cumulative Caps
Resets each year. Unused capacity is lost. Maximum billable = Previous Year × (1 + Cap Rate).
Cumulative Caps
Unused capacity carries forward with linear growth from base year. Tracks historical spending to maximize recoverable amounts.
Cumulative Compounding Caps
Base grows exponentially: Maximum = Base × (1 + Cap Rate)^Years. Unused capacity compounds year over year.
Base Year Normalization
When base years occur during low-occupancy periods (below 95%), CAMAudit automatically normalizes the base to prevent unfair expense spikes in future years. This ensures tenants aren't penalized when building occupancy returns to normal levels.
Pro-Rata Share Calculations
Tenant shares are calculated using BOMA-compliant rentable square footage. The system tracks area changes over time (remeasurements, renovations) and applies the correct square footage for each calculation period.
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