If tenants in the same building are paying different effective CAM rates per square foot, the difference should be explainable by lease-specific terms like different pro-rata shares, cap provisions, or base years. If it is not explainable, one or more tenants may be overbilled. CAMAudit analyzes your specific lease terms and reconciliation to identify whether the difference is legitimate or the result of a billing error.
TL;DR
Understanding why your CAM rate differs from neighbors gives you leverage to identify errors in your billing or negotiate better terms at renewal.
Who this is for
Tenants who have compared CAM costs with neighboring tenants in the same building and found significant differences that cannot be explained by obvious factors like space size.
Who this is not for
Tenants comparing CAM costs with tenants in different buildings, which have different expense pools, or tenants whose higher costs are explained by a documented lease provision like a different base year.
Pro-Rata Share Error
CAMAudit verifies your pro-rata share calculation to determine whether the difference between your CAM rate and your neighbor rate stems from an incorrect share percentage.
Base Year Error
Different base years between tenants produce different escalation amounts. CAMAudit checks whether your base year is correct and applied consistently.
CAM Cap Violation
If your neighbor has a cap that limits their increases but the landlord is not applying your cap correctly, the difference in charges could result from a cap violation on your reconciliation.
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Next Best Step
Scenario pages should bridge from diagnosis into the dispute path and audit proof.
Use the audit process if you still need to validate the billing error.
Use the dispute playbook if the issue is already active.
Run the free audit once you are ready to quantify the overcharge.
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Find My OverchargesNeed to extract lease terms before your audit?
A CAM audit is only as accurate as your lease data. lextract.io extracts 126 structured fields from any commercial lease PDF: CAM definitions, pro-rata share, caps, base year, and audit rights. So you have the exact terms your landlord is supposed to follow.
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