Why Choose Alpha Office Escalations?
Discover why thousands of real estate professionals trust AOE for accurate, reliable, and BOMA-compliant office escalation calculations.
ALPHA Office Escalations (AOE) vs Excel©
| Factors | AOE | Excel© | How does AOE compare to an excel schedule? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ✓ | x | AOE clients rave about its intuitive layout and how quick & easy it is to enter information. Just follow the sequence in the Sidebar Menu - enter lease data, expenses & gross up info, and the rest is automatically prepared for you (Tenant Invoices, Expense Pools, Expense Caps and 20+ Reports). |
| Value Received | ✓ | ? | Pay a one-time subscription fee per building, plus a modest annual Service Contract (includes free support, free upgrades, and 2 free semi-annual training seminars). Volume discounts are available. And Excel? Well, you decide… |
| Methodology | ✓ | x | Only AOE grosses up each variable expense using BOMA-approved methodology. In fact, we wrote the book that’s become the industry standard. Is your Excel’s methodology consistent? Will it survive an audit? In-house Excel schedules are prone to errors and corrupted formulas, so they often don’t work well. |
| Compliance w/Leases | ✓ | x | AOE is flexible enough to capture 99.9% of all unique OpEx lease clauses. Excel schedules? Who really knows what’s in them and if they comply with all leases? AOE accepts all charts of account and unlimited leases and expense pools. |
| Support | ✓ | x | AOE’s Service Agreement provides users with 2 free training seminars per year, automatic upgrades and quick responses to your support questions from the team that designed the system. |
| Reliablity | ✓ | x | AOE formulas cannot be modified, so calculations are consistent 100% of the time. When did you last check your ancient Excel formulas? Do your's calculate Expense Caps for you? |
| Expertise | ✓ | x | AOE was designed by office building industry experts who have managed and accounted for millions of square feet of multi-tenant office buildings across the U.S. |
| Stable & Secure | ✓ | x | AOE on the Cloud houses your data on IBM's smartcloud platform, using a secure IBM Softlayer server and comes with the full protection provided by an SSL certification. |
| Client Satisfaction | ✓ | x | Real User quotes: “AOE not only simplifies escalations, it makes you virtually audit proof” and “We swear by the program – escalations are so easy for us” |
| Data Integrity | ✓ | x | Each year’s info is automatically saved and carried forward to the next year, so there’s no need to reenter data. Leases automatically roll on and off, Expense Caps are updated automatically, and CapEx amortizations carry forward until expiration. And all past data is immediately available, so no searching storage for old files. |
| Invoices & Reports | ✓ | x | Only AOE provides you with 20+ management reports that help you maximize expense recoveries (Operating Expenses & Capital Amortizations). All invoices and reports have the BOMA logo & endorsement. |
Only ALPHA Office Escalations gives you tools to manage the entire expense recovery process.
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(Formerly known as ARGUS Office Escalations and BOMA's Escalation System for Office Buildings)