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CAM Reconciliation Deadlines Loom Large

A sinking feeling hits many people this time of year as tax time creeps closer. But for landlords in retail real estate, it can be a bit of a double-whammy: Not only are their taxes due, but the deadline for CAM reconciliations looms large as well. Generally speaking, retail tenants’ reconciliations for common area maintenance…

Why Retail Landlords Lose Tons Of Money To Faulty Expense Calculations

CAM recs article, originally appeared on Forbes.com by Mike Harris Retail real estate has an underappreciated problem: Year after year, incorrect or incomplete tenant expense reconciliations cost landlords an enormous amount of money. Erroneous common area maintenance and other reconciliations (generally referred to by the catchall term “CAM recs”) can account for hundreds of thousands…

Case Study: Streamlining CAM Reconciliation

Process for CAM reconciliation puts an end to annual ‘all nighters’ once endured by a Retail Landlord’s property management and accounting teams. Download as PDF Incorrectly or never-completed Common Area Maintenance (CAM) and other reconciliations can cost retail landlords tens of thousands of dollars over the life of a single tenant’s lease. In extreme cases, that figure…