Leasing
Common area maintenance (CAM) is the shared operating cost of a commercial property, often estimated monthly and reconciled annually.
Updated Sep 12, 2026
CAM is where commercial trust is won or lost. Tenants will ask which costs are included, how they are allocated, and why the estimate changed.
Keep a clean chart of accounts for recoverable vs non-recoverable expenses. Unitz supports that split in the ledger. See Financial Intelligence.
Budget vs actual (BVA) compares planned income and expenses to what actually posted, by account and period.
A gross lease is a lease where the landlord pays most operating expenses and the tenant pays a single rent amount.
A triple-net (NNN) lease passes property taxes, insurance, and common-area maintenance through to the tenant, usually in addition to base rent.
See this in the product: Financial Intelligence
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