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Master your CRE budgeting with precision and ease

The industry’s leading CRE budgeting and reforecasting software — trusted by property and asset managers for 30 years.

30
Years of CRE budgeting expertise
10,000+
Properties budgeted on Kardin
100%
Cloud-based, GL-independent
“Our CEO said this is the best the budgets have ever looked.”
Emily Racciatti, RPA — Associate Vice President of Property Management, Vanderbilt Office Properties

Trusted by leading CRE firms nationwide

Vanderbilt Office Properties PGIM Real Estate Colliers JLL CBRE Cushman & Wakefield

Purpose-built for CRE budgeting

Unlike generic spreadsheets or bolted-on GL modules, Kardin is designed from the ground up for commercial real estate budgeting and reforecasting.

 

30 Years of Expertise

Decades of CRE budgeting knowledge built into every workflow, template, and calculation.

 

Built-in Workflows

Automated processes for budget creation, approvals, reforecasts, and variance reporting.

 

Dynamic CAM Recovery

Automated recovery calculations that update dynamically as expense budgets change.

 

GL-Independent

Works alongside any accounting system — Yardi, MRI, RealPage, or any GL — no rip-and-replace required.

Every stakeholder, one platform

From property managers in the field to asset managers reviewing portfolio performance, Kardin serves every role in the budget process.

Property Managers

  • Intuitive budget and reforecast creation
  • Lease data imports and tenant schedules
  • Management fee and recovery calculations
  • Variance analysis with drill-down detail
  • Previous year data rollover

Asset Managers

  • Portfolio-level reporting and dashboards
  • Year-over-Year budget comparisons
  • Executive summary reports with Excel export
  • Real-time visibility across all properties
  • Performance benchmarking

Administrators

  • Centralized user and property management
  • Role-based permissions and access controls
  • License monitoring and reporting
  • GL system interface configuration
  • Rapid deployment and onboarding tools

Everything you need, nothing you don’t

Kardin replaces fragile spreadsheets and clunky GL bolt-ons with a purpose-built budgeting engine.

Portfolio Reporting

Pull property management fees, construction management fees, building improvements, and tenant improvements across your entire portfolio in a single consolidated report — no more building-by-building data gathering.

Explore Features
Kardin budgeting dashboard on laptop

Reporting & Auditability

Drill down to base rent per tenant per month, recovery amounts, and Commercial Recoveries Calculation Reports showing base year, pro-rata share, and monthly billing. Every number is traceable.

Kardin budget reports on desk

Customer Center & Support

Searchable knowledge base, step-by-step guides, Budget Bites training videos, and page-sensitive help built right into the Kardin Portal. Your team finds answers independently — no bottlenecks.

Kardin Customer Center knowledge base

Trusted by CRE professionals

Hear from property managers and asset managers who rely on Kardin every budget season.

“I love the software. I hope that I can use it forever for budgeting. I will take it with me wherever I go. The improvements made to the software over the years have been pretty incredible.”

Emily Racciatti, RPA
AVP Property Management, Vanderbilt Office Properties

“It’s night and day. I don’t have to be ‘Kardin Support’ for my team anymore. You can literally type in a keyword and find an article. It’s amazing that all of that information is out there.”

Emily Racciatti, RPA
AVP Property Management, Vanderbilt Office Properties

“Those interface reports made life a lot easier. We could type in our property codes, download one large file with all the data, and send it right over. I didn’t have to make manual updates or delete columns and rows like I used to.”

Emily Racciatti, RPA
AVP Property Management, Vanderbilt Office Properties

Ready to transform your budgeting?

See why leading CRE firms trust Kardin to deliver cleaner budgets, faster reforecasts, and complete auditability.