Guides & resources
What is lease abstraction? Guides for CRE teams
Practical, CRE-literate explainers on lease abstraction: what it is, what a lease abstract contains, what it costs, and how to read the rent, CAM, option, and critical-date terms that drive value and risk across a portfolio. Each guide is written for the people who actually work the leases.
What is lease abstraction? A guide for CRE teams
What is lease abstraction: the process of pulling the key terms out of a commercial lease into a structured summary, why CRE teams do it, and how AI changes the work.
What is a lease abstract and what does it include
What is a lease abstract: the one-sheet summary of a commercial lease, the standard fields it contains, and how it differs from the full lease document.
How much does lease abstraction cost in 2026
How much does lease abstraction cost: a breakdown of offshore per-lease pricing, AI tools, and software plans, with the hidden costs of doing it by hand.
CAM reconciliation explained for commercial leases
CAM reconciliation explained: how common-area maintenance charges work, base year vs net, caps and exclusions, and how to keep true-ups defensible.
Lease critical dates checklist for CRE teams
A lease critical dates checklist: every deadline to track in a commercial lease, from renewal and termination notices to escalation steps and option windows.
Commercial lease key terms every CRE team should know
Commercial lease key terms: a plain-language glossary of the rent, escalation, CAM, option, and clause terms that drive value and risk in a lease.
Rent roll: what it is, what it includes, and an example
Rent roll explained: the row-per-tenant report of who occupies a property and what they pay, the columns it should include, a worked example, and how to build one straight from the leases.
CAM charges: what common area maintenance includes and what it costs tenants
CAM charges explained: what common area maintenance covers in a commercial lease, how the charges are calculated and billed, typical caps and exclusions, and how to check yours against the lease.
Percentage rent: how percentage leases work, with the breakpoint formula
Percentage rent explained: how retail percentage leases work, the natural breakpoint formula with a worked example, what counts as gross sales, and how to track the clause across a portfolio.
Triple net lease (NNN): what it is and who pays what
Triple net lease explained: what an NNN lease is, who pays taxes, insurance, and CAM, how NNN charges are calculated with a worked example, and how it compares to gross and modified gross leases.
Modified gross lease: what it means and who pays what
Modified gross lease explained: what a modified gross lease is, how expenses split between landlord and tenant, the base year mechanic, and how it compares to full service and triple net leases.
Holdover tenant: what it means and a landlord's options
Holdover tenant explained: what a holdover tenancy is, the holdover rent premium most commercial leases impose, the difference between holdover and a month-to-month tenancy, and how a landlord ends it.
Stop reading, start abstracting
Turn your next lease PDF into a source-linked abstract
Upload a commercial lease and get the dates, rent, escalations, options, CAM, deposit, and key clauses extracted and traced to the page and clause they came from. Export to Excel or PDF.