About iARELA
iARELA is a professional membership organization created with three central goals:
1) Develop best practices and standards for the lease audit industry
2) Train and educate professionals looking to become professional lease auditors
3) Certify qualifying individuals who exhibit a superior level of knowledge and expertise in lease auditing
Membership is open to both current and hopeful lease audit professionals. However, the professional designations can only be awarded to those who meet the stringent requirements for certification.
iARELA is headquartered in Washington, DC and was originally founded as ARELA (Association of Real Estate Lease Auditors) in January 2000 by a group of dedicated lease audit professionals. ARELA is considered one of the pioneers of the modern lease audit industry and was a leader in enterprise-wide lease audit services.
Today, iARELA has experience with tens of thousands of lease audits and has successfully resolved countless landlord-tenant disputes. We’ve worked with virtually every major landlord and property manager type, major tenant occupants of the commercial real estate space, and all building and lease types.
iARELA is setting the pace and laying the foundation for the effective regulation of the commercial real estate lease audit industry. We aim to establish alliances with other leading commercial real estate institutions and organizations to provide broader resources and encourage an equal level of buy-in from landlord and property managers.
Certified Lease Auditor®
International Association of Real Estate Lease Auditors
Educating and empowering commercial real estate lease auditors
Our focus is on topics relevant to the industry today
Our courses are developed by industry experts and certified lease auditors
High-quality video lessons are used to enhance courses and lessons
Professional audiolessons are used to augment instructional materials
Paths to Certification
- CPA: Add commercial real estate knowledge, 2 or more years of lease audit experience – CLA
- Attorney: Add commercial real estate and accounting knowledge, 2 or more years of lease audit experience – CLA
- Administrator: Add accounting knowledge, lease audit training, 2 or more years of lease audit experience – CLA
- Others: Add a college degree, commercial real estate and accounting knowledge, lease audit training, and 2 or more years of lease audit experience – CLA
Process: iARELA’s certification process includes technical training for aspiring lease auditors by placing them with approved lease auditing organizations in the USA. The objective of this hands-on training is to ensure that applicants get the opportunity to apply both their technical and theoretical knowledge. iARELA can effectively assess the applicant via direct feedback from their immediate supervisors. Certifications are awarded to the individuals who meet the educational and experience qualifications and demonstrate high proficiency in all critical areas of the lease audit process.
Objective: iARELA’s guiding objective is to elevate a commercial lease auditor’s professional profile. We do this by establishing and implementing appropriate guidelines, a code of ethics, and best practices for commercial real estate lease auditing.
Offering: iARELA offers continuing education services in lease auditing to ensure that all iARELA certified professions remain abreast of the current developments, analytical tools, and processes necessary for effective and efficient lease auditing practices.
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