Recoup | Verified Contract Recovery for Commercial Real Estate

Clause	Finding Category	Billed	Per Contract	Verified Recovery
Sec. 4.2(b)	Payroll Burden & Benefits Markup (>24.0% Cap)	$198,640	$160,200	$38,440
Sec. 5.1(c)	Incentive Fee Base Miscalculation (Taxes/CC Included)	$74,950	$46,800	$28,150
Sec. 4.4(a)	Unapproved Off-Site Corporate Allocations	$22,800	$0	$22,800
Sec. 3.1 & 6.2	Unremitted PARCS & Event Validation Revenue	$1,412,300	$1,431,920	$19,620
Sec. 7.3	Liability & GK Insurance Surcharge ($2.20 vs $1.66)	$39,600	$29,880	$9,720

The Economic Opportunity · Why Audits Recover Six Figures

Contracts are negotiated carefully at signing—and quietly overridden on monthly statements.

Across third-party operated parking assets, billing slippage is tied to the operator—not the physical property. Regardless of asset type, leakage compounds monthly across three structural gaps between the executed agreement and the operator’s billing system.

SLIPPAGE DRIVER 0131.2% vs. 24.0%

Inflated Payroll Burden & Benefit Pools

Operators routinely bill flat corporate burden pools of 30%–36% despite contractual caps of 22%–26% and statutory FICA/FUTA/SUTA wage ceilings that reset mid-year.

Avg. Slippage: $18,000 – $45,000 / asset

SLIPPAGE DRIVER 026.48% vs. 4.45%

Gross-vs.-Net Incentive Fee Drift

Quarterly incentive fee true-ups frequently leave municipal parking taxes, merchant processing fees, or excluded pass-throughs inside the NOI base—inflating operator take rates by 150–200 bps.

Avg. Slippage: $15,000 – $40,000 / asset

SLIPPAGE DRIVER 03$25k – $60k / yr

Silent Corporate Overhead & Insurance Markups

Off-site IT, regional supervision, HR allocations, and per-space insurance surcharges get embedded into monthly operating statements without required carrier renewal declarations or owner sign-off.

100% Disallowed Under Standard PMAs

Every recovered dollar does double duty: immediate cash back + permanent NOI expansion. Stopping $59,365/year in recurring operator billing leakage on a single parking asset adds over $913,000 in property value at a 6.5% cap rate — alongside the immediate $118,730 historical credit.

+$913k Asset Value

Audit Methodology & Chain of Custody

Every finding links an immutable source record, an exact contract clause, and reproducible math.

Recoup audits are built for CFOs, controllers, and legal counsel. Every exception is tied directly to the executed agreement and the operator’s own monthly statements—never unverified estimates.

STAGE 01 · SOURCE RECORD INGESTION

Immutable document & ledger intake.

Operating agreements, amendments, general ledger exports, monthly settlement statements, and PARCS revenue logs are SHA-256 fingerprinted at intake and indexed to the exact page and line item.

Executed Agreement · 12–36 Mos GL & Statements · Payroll Registers

STAGE 02 · DETERMINISTIC RECONCILIATION

Every clause tested with reproducible math.

Each fee formula, burden ceiling, space-count denominator, and expense cap is reconciled line-by-line against actual operator charges. Zero black-box estimates or unverified AI output.

100% Reproducible Arithmetic · Full Monthly Variance Schedules

STAGE 03 · COURT-READY EVIDENCE PACKET

Findings built to survive dispute.

Every exception ships with the exact contract section, source statement excerpt, and variance formula — packaged for an immediate operator credit offset or formal legal enforcement.

Executive Findings Report · Exhibit A Chain of Custody

Available Now · Parking Operator Agreements

Six billing areas tested against every contract clause and ledger line.

AUDIT SCOPE 01

Base & Incentive Management Fees

Gross vs. net revenue definitions, space-count denominators, and incentive tier thresholds.

AUDIT SCOPE 02

Payroll & Benefit Burden Caps

Contractual burden ceilings vs. billed rates, FICA/SUTA/WC resets, and multi-site labor splits.

AUDIT SCOPE 03

Overtime & Staffing Authorizations

Unapproved overtime pass-throughs and contract staffing schedules vs. payroll registers.

AUDIT SCOPE 04

Insurance & Liability Allocations

Per-space vs. portfolio allocations and duplicate liability or policy surcharge pass-throughs.

AUDIT SCOPE 05

Merchant & Card Processing Fees

True interchange pass-through compliance vs. processor markups and statement fees.

AUDIT SCOPE 06

Revenue & Validation Leakage

PARCS transaction logs vs. monthly remittance statements and uncollected validations.

Multi-Vendor Expansion Pipeline

The same deterministic audit engine rolls out across high-leakage CRE service contracts.

Built for labor-intensive, cost-plus & pass-through vendor agreements

NEXT PIPELINE · 01

Security Services Contracts

Unfilled post hours & ghost shifts billed at full guard rates, unapproved holiday/overtime multipliers, wage-to-bill rate spread creep, and supervisor vehicle pass-throughs.

NEXT PIPELINE · 02

Janitorial & Day-Porter Agreements

Contracted FTE hours vs. badge/timeclock logs, payroll burden markups on cost-plus contracts, consumable supply overbillings, and unperformed periodic floor/window scope.

NEXT PIPELINE · 03

Property Management Agreements

Gross receipt fee base inflations, construction/project management fee tiers, allocated off-site corporate payroll, and non-reimbursable overhead pass-throughs.

Pages 2–4 & Exhibit A Chain of Custody Page 1: Executive Summary & Recovery Schedule

Sample Findings Packet · 4 Pages

See the exact report delivered to ownership.

Preview Page 1 on the left, or enter your work email below to unlock the complete 4-page sample report and Exhibit A chain-of-custody schedule.

PAGE 01Executive Recovery Summary ($118,730 Principal + $59,365/yr Forward Savings)
PAGE 02Clause-by-Clause Findings & Contract Citations (F-01 to F-03)
PAGE 03Market Benchmark Comparison & 3-Step Recovery Plan
PAGE 04Exhibit A — Source Document Chain of Custody

Common Questions

Straight answers for owners, asset managers, and CFOs.

What does it cost?

Nothing upfront. Recoup works strictly on contingency — our fee is an agreed share of amounts actually refunded or credited to ownership. Many agreements also require the vendor to reimburse audit costs when errors exceed 3%.

What is the typical recovery on a single property?

Because slippage is tied to operator billing practices rather than asset type, third-party operated parking assets typically leak 3% to 7% of gross revenue. On a property generating $1.5M–$4M annually, a 24-month audit typically uncovers $55,000 to $160,000 in historic overcharges plus $35,000–$80,000/year in ongoing run-rate savings.

What records do you need?

The operating agreement and amendments, monthly operating statements, general ledger detail, and payroll registers for the 12-to-36-month lookback period.

How much staff time is required?

Typically one brief kickoff call and a secure records transfer. We handle the full reconciliation and deliver the finished evidence packet.

Will this damage our vendor relationship?

Findings are strictly factual, tied directly to the contract section and the operator's own statements. Most resolve cleanly as routine billing offsets against upcoming monthly remittances.

What vendor agreements do you audit?

Parking operator agreements are available today. Security services, janitorial & day-porter contracts, and property management agreements are next in our rollout pipeline.

Third-party operators leak 3% to 7% of gross revenue in contract slippage.