Take the guesswork out of
CAM reconciliations
Calculate, allocate, and recover with confidence.
Take the guesswork out of CAM reconciliations
Calculate, allocate, and recover with confidence.
CAM reconciliation fundamentals: How to prepare for, calculate, allocate, and recover commercial property expenses
Tuesday, October 15
8 am PT / 9 am MT / 10 am CT / 11 am ET
Presenter: Angela Gomez-Jones, CPM®, RPA
Your price: $129
Member price: $99
*approximate length: 4 hours
Confused about CAM reconciliations, expense recoveries, gross-ups, and base years?
Whether you’re new to Common Area Maintenance (CAM) reconciliations or looking to sharpen your skills, this workshop will help you create accurate, defensible reconciliations while minimizing risk and maximizing expense recovery.
This comprehensive 4-hour webinar provides a practical guide CAM reconciliations for commercial real estate professionals.
Register today to strengthen your CAM reconciliation process, reduce billing risk, and build confidence in expense recovery decisions.
By the end of this webinar, you’ll be able to:
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Explain the purpose of CAM reconciliation and identify the documents needed to prepare an accurate reconciliation.
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Interpret common lease recovery structures, including NNN, base year, and modified gross leases, and recognize how each affects operating expense recovery.
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Distinguish operating expenses from non-operating or non-recoverable expenses based on lease language and expense-recovery principles.
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Build and manage expense pools, then calculate tenant prorata shares and billing adjustments.
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Apply gross-up methodologies to variable expenses and explain the impact of occupancy assumptions on recoveries. Account for capital expenditures and amortization when permitted by the lease.
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Evaluate base year provisions and expense caps, including how they affect year-over-year tenant obligations.
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Prepare and review sample reconciliation statements using practical examples and defensible calculations.
Who should attend?
This half-day webinar is designed for anyone current working in the property management field including:
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Commercial property managers
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Assistant property managers
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Asset managers
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Accounting professionals
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Anyone responsible for lease administration or CAM recoveries
Why learn with IREM®?
IREM brings practical, real-world education to the people who manage properties every day. As a global home for property management learning, certifications, and professional connection, IREM helps commercial real estate professionals build the skills, confidence, and ethical foundation needed to manage complex operating expenses, communicate clearly with owners and tenants, and make better decisions for their properties and portfolios.
Meet your instructor
Angela Gomez-Jones, CPM®, RPA has over 20 years of experience in property management, in which she has managed or had oversight of almost every product type in numerous markets for a multitude of ownership groups.
Angela has since turned her career towards real estate focused recruiting and consulting with Endeavor Agency. Endeavor primarily serves the CRE space having recruited top talent for the leading property and asset management firms in the industry. Based in Irvine (CA), Endeavor’s deep network covers multiple markets including California, New York, Pacific Northwest, Chicago, Boston, Texas and Atlanta.
Angela is President of CREW Orange County and is also a member of IREM® OC having received her CPM® designation December of 2021. She obtained her RPA designation in 2016 from BOMI and was BOMA OC’s 2019 President.
Angela is also a member of Cal State Fullerton’s Real Estate Association (REA) board, which named her Commercial Real Estate Woman of the Year for 2025.
FAQs
What is CAM reconciliation?
CAM reconciliation is the process of comparing tenants’ estimated CAM payments with their share of actual recoverable property operating expenses, then determining whether a balance is due to the landlord or a credit is due to the tenant.
Who should attend this webinar?
This program is designed for commercial property managers, assistant property managers, asset managers, accounting professionals, and anyone responsible for lease administration or CAM recoveries.
What lease types will be discussed?
The webinar addresses how operating expenses are calculated, allocated, and reconciled under different lease structures, including NNN, base year, and modified gross leases.
Will the webinar include calculations and examples?
Yes. Participants will work through real-world examples and hands-on calculations, including expense pools, prorata calculations, gross-ups, capital expenditure amortization, tenant billing adjustments, and sample reconciliation statements.
Do I need prior CAM reconciliation experience?
No. The webinar is appropriate for participants who are new to CAM reconciliations as well as professionals who want to sharpen their skills or improve consistency in their reconciliation process.
Will gross-ups, base years, and expense caps be covered?
Yes. The webinar covers gross-up methodologies and calculations, base year provisions, and expense caps, with emphasis on how these concepts affect recoveries and tenant billing adjustments.
How long is the webinar?
The webinar is designed as a 4-hour, half-day program.
What will I be able to do after attending?
You’ll be better prepared to interpret lease language, organize source documents, allocate recoverable expenses, perform calculations, and create accurate, defensible CAM reconciliations.