What are CAMAudit's 13 detection rules?

CAMAudit runs 13 forensic checks on every CAM reconciliation statement: 6 math-based rules that calculate exact dollar overcharges for management fees, pro-rata share, gross-up, CAM cap, base year, and estimated payment true-up; and 7 classification rules that use AI to identify excluded expenses, insurance overcharges, tax errors, utility misallocations, capital cost misclassification, and controllable expense cap violations.

How are math rules different from classification rules?

Math rules compute a deterministic dollar figure: given the fee cap in your lease and the fee billed in your reconciliation, the overcharge amount is exact and reproducible. Classification rules use AI to categorize expense types and compare them against your lease exclusions. Findings from classification rules identify the charge and the lease clause that prohibits it, but the dollar impact depends on reviewing the backup documentation.

Can the rules run without a lease?

Some rules can run on the reconciliation statement alone, but most require your lease to function correctly. The math rules need specific lease provisions: a management fee cap percentage, a pro-rata share definition, a CAM cap clause, or a base year amount. Without those, the rules are skipped rather than producing inaccurate results.

How accurate are the classification rules?

Classification rules use Claude Sonnet 4.6 to evaluate expense type and cross-reference your lease's exclusion language. Accuracy depends on document quality and how clearly your lease defines excluded categories. CAMAudit notes when a classification confidence is lower, so you know which findings to review more carefully.

What happens when a rule triggers a finding?

Each finding includes the rule that triggered it, the specific lease clause involved, the line item from your reconciliation, and for math rules, the exact dollar calculation. The free report shows the total and finding count. The full report (unlocked with one credit) shows every detail, including the evidence and math proof for each finding.

13 Detection Rules: What CAMAudit Checks in Your CAM Statement

Every CAM reconciliation statement runs through 13 forensic checks. Errors appear in roughly 30% of commercial reconciliation statements reviewed, according to data from tenant-side auditors. Six rules perform deterministic math calculations against your lease terms: they compute exact dollar overcharges for management fees, pro-rata share, gross-up, CAM cap, base year, and estimated payment true-up. Seven rules use AI classification to identify charges that violate lease exclusions or exceed permitted categories. Together they catch the overcharge patterns that most tenants miss entirely.

Math-Based Rules

Five of these rules calculate exact dollar overcharges using your lease terms and reconciliation figures. Results are deterministic: given the same inputs, the calculation always produces the same answer. The sixth, Gross-Up Violation, is advisory: CAMAudit identifies whether gross-up was applied incorrectly, but quantifying the dollar impact requires the landlord's internal cost allocation data.

Math-Based Rule

Management Fee Overcharge

Calculates the maximum management fee your lease permits and flags the exact dollar overage when the actual fee exceeds that cap.

Math-Based Rule

Pro-Rata Share Error

Verifies your pro-rata share fraction against your lease and calculates overcharges caused by an incorrect denominator or numerator.

Math-Based Rule

Gross-Up Violation

Checks whether required gross-up adjustments were applied to variable expenses when building occupancy fell below your lease threshold.

Math-Based Rule

CAM Cap Violation

Compares year-over-year CAM charges against your lease cap and calculates the exact dollar amount charged above the permitted increase.

Math-Based Rule

Base Year Error

Detects understated base year expenses that inflate every subsequent CAM reconciliation charge for the life of your lease.

Math-Based Rule

Estimated Payment True-Up Error

Verifies the reconciliation true-up matches expected amount after subtracting estimated payments already made.

That covers the math. Here is where classification comes in.

Classification Rules

These seven rules use AI to classify expense types and compare them against your lease exclusions and permitted categories. Findings identify charges that violate your lease terms and require documentation review to confirm.

Classification Rule

Gross Lease Charges

Flags CAM charges billed to tenants whose gross lease already covers those costs in their all-in rent.

Classification Rule

Excluded Service Charges

Identifies expense categories your lease explicitly prohibits from CAM pass-through, such as capital costs, executive compensation, and bad debt reserves.

Classification Rule

Insurance Overcharge

Classifies insurance line items and flags specialty or executive coverage types that are not eligible for CAM pass-through under your lease.

Classification Rule

Tax Overallocation

Checks whether real estate taxes were allocated to the correct parcel and flags special assessments not authorized by your lease.

Classification Rule

Utility Overcharge

Detects utility costs for individually-metered tenant spaces or non-common areas that should not appear in the shared CAM pool.

Classification Rule

Common Area Misclassification

Uses AI classification to identify capital improvements, leasing costs, and construction work disguised as routine maintenance in CAM.

Classification Rule

Controllable Expense Cap Violation

Identifies controllable expenses per your lease definition and flags both reclassification tricks and annual increase overages.

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