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Lease Administration Cost Calculator

Lease administration covers tracking critical dates, maintaining lease abstracts, monthly billing, CAM reconciliation, and audit/dispute support. ASC 842 increased the work for tenant-side admin (every lease over 12 months goes on balance sheet). This calculator builds the total annual cost so portfolio managers can decide between in-house, outsourced, and lease-admin software solutions.

Active leases

Lease admin cost / lease / yr

Tracking, abstracts, billing

New lease abstracts / yr

Cost / abstract

CAM audit / dispute legal budget

Total annual lease admin cost

$76,200

Per active lease / yr

$318

Ongoing admin

$43,200

New lease abstracts

$21,000

Audit / dispute legal

$12,000

How the math works

Lease administration covers tracking critical dates (renewal options, expirations), maintaining abstracts in lease-administration software (LeaseQuery, Yardi), monthly tenant billing, CAM reconciliation, and dispute support. $150-300/lease/yr for in-house; $80-200/lease/yr outsourced.

ASC 842 lease accounting standard increased lease admin burden — every operating lease over 12 months requires balance-sheet treatment and ongoing reporting.

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How this calculator works

What this page estimates

This Lease Administration Cost Calculator is built to give a quick, browser-based estimate for lease administration cost. Lease administration covers tracking critical dates, maintaining lease abstracts, monthly billing, CAM reconciliation, and audit/dispute support. ASC 842 increased the work for tenant-side admin (every lease over 12 months goes on balance sheet). This calculator builds the total annual cost so portfolio managers can decide between in-house, outsourced, and lease-admin software solutions. The inputs stay on the page during normal use, and the result should be treated as an estimate for planning, comparison, or education rather than professional advice.

Calculation approach

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How to Use

Enter active lease count and per-lease ongoing admin cost.
Enter new lease abstracts per year and cost per abstract.
Enter CAM audit / dispute legal budget.
Read total annual cost and per-lease average.

Frequently Asked Questions

In-house vs outsourced?

In-house $150-300/lease/yr; outsourced $80-200/lease/yr. Crossover around 200-400 leases — small portfolios outsource, large portfolios in-house.

Software cost?

Yardi, LeaseQuery, Visual Lease, and CoStar Lease Manager run $50-200/lease/year. Replaces some headcount but doesn't eliminate.

ASC 842 impact?

Every operating lease over 12 months now goes on balance sheet. Doubled the work for tenant-side lease admin — most large tenant portfolios now use lease-admin software.