You can absolutely audit CAM charges yourself if you have your lease, your reconciliation, and a systematic process for checking both. Most CAM billing errors are not hidden; they result from applying the wrong percentage, wrong denominator, or wrong expense category. CAMAudit gives you the systematic process, doing all 14 checks automatically so you do not need a CPA or attorney to start.
TL;DR
Self-auditing with CAMAudit costs $79 and takes minutes; hiring a CPA costs $3,000 to $8,000 and takes months. Start with the automated scan and escalate to a professional only if the findings warrant it.
Who this is for
Tenants with a lease and reconciliation in hand who want to know whether they can run a meaningful audit without hiring a professional, or who want to screen for errors before deciding whether to involve a CPA.
Who this is not for
Tenants whose lease is highly complex, involves multiple properties, or includes unusual non-standard provisions that require legal interpretation before the audit findings can be evaluated.
Management Fee Overcharge
Automated percentage check against your lease cap.
Pro-Rata Share Error
Automated denominator verification from your lease.
Gross-Up Violation
Automated occupancy-level check.
CAM Cap Violation
Automated cap compliance check.
Common Area Misclassification
Automated classification of excluded expenses.
Upload two PDFs. 14 detection rules. Under 15 minutes. Free.
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.
Ready to skip the reading and document the overcharge directly?
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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