KBA Gets Landlords to doWhat’s Fair

The KBA process recovers what others can’t

Four Ways KBA Finds & Fixes What Others Can’t

Commodity firms stop at the surface, KBA digs through every stratum.

Only KBA’s multidisciplinary review can resolve overcharge issues other firms overlook, especially in situations where the lease offers no protection or actually permits the charge.

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Claim Type

Where typical audit firms stop

Administrative & Arithmetic

Pro-rata share and formula errors, wrong totals, dates or indices

Where typical audit firms stop

Accounting

Improper accruals, amortization and allocations, cap miscalculation, excludable charges, opportunistic cost categorization

Only KBA works here

Subjective

Lease language misaligns with the deal’s intent; one-sided billing methodologies; interpretive expense inclusions; CapEx redefining; non-arms-length costs

Only KBA works here

Fairness & Equity Claims

The landlord isn’t wrong — but the cost isn’t fair

KBA’s legal acumen and unparalleled length of tenure puts you at peer level with landlords and real estate counsel.

The nation’s top leasing lawyers and brokers turn to KBA when it comes to OpEx, CAM and additional rent questions.

Of course, we have forensic CPAs to analyze landlord books and records for accuracy and accounting fitness, but only KBA adds a focus on how well your liabilities track the intent of the parties, not just the ledger entries and invoices.

* KBA does not act as your attorneys.

Treat your landlord like a business partner

Books and records audits do not resolve claims; they are just an optional method of collecting and researching documentation when it isn’t available through more amicable means. KBA’s less aggressive approach is better suited for congenial, business partner relationships and for situations where the issue isn’t correctness, but rather fairness of complex financial decisions.

There are two ways to resolve a dispute — only one keeps your landlord an ally

The KBA Advisory Route

90%+ of KBA’s cases

Research quietly, no audit invoked: Faster, focused on what matters
Raise issues peer-to-peer: Merits and fairness, not accusations
Pursue every layer of savings: Errors, methodology, and equity claims
Time saved: Avoid formal inspections, arbitration and/or litigation

4–10x the savings · landlord relationship preserved

The Formal Audit Route

CPA & commodity firms

Invoke audit rights formally: Tension starts on day one
Inspect books & records: Tight deadlines, narrow lookback
Myopic focus on only objective errors: Equity claims off the table
Protracted back-and-forth: Months of friction over red herrings

Modest recovery, strained relationship

When a formal inspection is genuinely needed, KBA performs it — fully compliant with your lease’s audit provisions.

The brokerage/CPA approach risks your audit compliance and leaves money on the table.

Most lease audit providers do not understand how flexible research and solutioning can be. They accept every limitation as written — forfeiting your savings, service quality and sometimes your compliance along with them.

Lease audit “rights” are really restrictions — but most firms treat them like scripture

The lease says…	KBA	Typical firms
“Only last year’s expenses may be reviewed”Drastically limited lookback	Expands the years in play for resolution	Forfeit value from past years
“Audit and dispute must finish fast”Very tight time limits	Works the process so deadlines don’t cost you claims	Acquiesce to the clock
“Only certain parties may audit”Party & process limitations	Keeps experienced, zealous experts on your side	Settle for more expensive and less experienced resources with more downside risk

YES — we are fully compliant with your lease requirements. Tenants get what they deserve, despite any apparent limitation.

Optimize your Process with KBA.

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KBA Gets Landlords to doWhat’s Fair

Four Ways KBA Finds & Fixes What Others Can’t

01Go beyond the black & white

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