Service charges
The Most Common Errors in Commercial Operating-Cost Statements
An overview of the typical sources of error in commercial operating-cost statements – and how you, as a tenant, can spot and check every single one.
8 min read
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Dr. Ron van de Sand
Co-founder, Boomerent
Co-founder of Boomerent, PhD (University of Tor Vergata, Rome) in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Over 10 years of experience in automation, AI and software, across business and research — at TH Wildau and as an AI consultant at adesso and Sixt; he has also founded startups such as notivo and markencheck.ai. At Boomerent he builds the AI that extracts and analyzes contracts, costs, and deadlines. Writes about what that analysis surfaces in real leases — service charges, clauses, and deadlines.
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Service charges
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