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Forensic CAM audit software for commercial tenants. Find the money you're owed.

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Recovery of past CAM overcharges depends on your specific lease terms, including any audit rights deadlines or ‘binding and conclusive’ provisions, and on applicable state law.

State statute of limitations periods apply to written contracts and range from 3 to 10 years. Your actual lookback window may be shorter based on your lease.

CAMAudit is a document analysis platform, not a law firm, and nothing on this site constitutes legal advice. Consult a licensed real estate attorney before initiating any dispute or legal proceeding.

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CAM Overcharge Detection Playbook

A systematic playbook for finding CAM overcharges in reconciliation statements

What you will learn

  • The 8 most common CAM overcharge types and how to spot them
  • How to verify management fee calculations against your lease
  • What a pro-rata share error looks like in a reconciliation statement
  • How to check gross-up calculations
  • Red-flag line items that signal a billing error
  • A quick-scan checklist you can run before uploading to CAMAudit

CAM reconciliation statements are designed for landlords, not tenants. This playbook gives you a repeatable process for reviewing each statement line by line, so errors stop slipping through. I built CAMAudit because manual detection was taking tenants hours for work that should take minutes.

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By Angel Campa, Founder

I built CAMAudit after seeing how many tenants overpay on CAM reconciliations without realizing they have the right to audit.

Frequently Asked Questions

What information do I need to start an audit?
At minimum, you need your lease (including all amendments), the landlord's annual reconciliation statement, and a record of your monthly estimated CAM payments. Supporting backup such as vendor invoices or the building's operating expense ledger is helpful but not required to identify most overcharge types.
How do I know if my pro-rata share is correct?
Your pro-rata share is your leased square footage divided by the total leasable area of the building or property as defined in your lease. The denominator is where errors most often appear. Landlords sometimes use a different total area than what the lease specifies, or exclude anchor tenants to inflate your share.
What is a gross-up clause and why does it matter?
A gross-up clause lets landlords calculate variable operating expenses as if the building were fully occupied (usually at 90 or 95 percent). It prevents tenants from benefiting when occupancy is low. The error occurs when landlords gross up fixed costs that do not vary with occupancy, inflating the total well above what the lease allows.
Are capital expenditures ever allowed in CAM?
Sometimes, but only if your lease explicitly permits them. Most well-drafted leases exclude capital expenditures or limit them to improvements that reduce operating costs, amortized over the useful life of the asset. When a landlord includes a one-time capital expense in a single year's CAM without amortization, that is almost always a violation.

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