When a landlord swaps property management companies, the transition often comes with higher management fees, new administrative charges, and vendor contract changes that inflate CAM. The fee structure of the new PM company may exceed your lease cap, and new line items may appear that were never billed under the previous management. CAMAudit flags the specific overcharges introduced by the transition.
TL;DR
A PM transition is a high-risk moment for billing errors that often get carried forward into every future year; catching overcharges now prevents them from compounding.
Who this is for
Commercial tenants who received a CAM reconciliation showing a noticeable increase coinciding with a property management company change and want to verify that the new charges comply with their lease.
Who this is not for
Tenants on a gross lease where property management costs are absorbed by the landlord, or tenants whose lease does not cap or define management fees.
Management Fee Overcharge
CAMAudit compares the management fee percentage billed by the new property management company against the cap defined in your lease. New PM companies frequently apply their standard fee schedule without checking tenant-specific lease caps.
Landlord Overhead Pass-Through
The scan flags transition-related costs like PM onboarding fees, software migration charges, and administrative overhead that the new management company may have passed through as CAM expenses.
Excluded Service Charges
CAMAudit cross-references new line items introduced after the PM change against your lease exclusion list to identify charges that were never permitted under your lease.
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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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