Know What That Lease Actually Costs You.
Tenant-side review of a commercial lease: the guaranty, the CAM, the exit, and the total over the full term.
What's at stake
The Commercial Lease clauses most people miss, and what they can cost you.
A personal guaranty can outlive the business
An unlimited guaranty with no burn-off puts your own assets behind every month of the term, even if the business closes.
Uncapped CAM is an open cheque
Common area charges set by the landlord’s future spending, with no cap and no audit right, are the cost most tenants never see coming.
The total is bigger than the rent
We add up base rent, escalations and pass-throughs across the whole term so you see one number before you sign, not after.
Why review it with us
Results in seconds
A full read in about 30 seconds, even 300-page contracts in minutes.
Tuned to your state
Analysis reflects your state’s laws across all 50 states + DC, with live citations.
A fraction of a lawyer’s fee
From $19 a review, versus $300–$1,000+ for a single attorney read.
Plain English + a redline
Every risk explained, with a downloadable suggested-fix document.
One plan covers all six analyzers, Employment, Freelance, NDA, SaaS, Lease and Commercial Leaseand Lease. Use your credits on any contract type.
Commercial Lease contract FAQs
Should I sign a personal guaranty on a commercial lease?+
Landlords routinely ask, and a small tenant often cannot avoid one entirely. What is negotiable is the shape: a cap on the amount, a burn-off after a period of on-time payment, or a good-guy guaranty that ends when you hand back the keys properly. We flag which of those your lease has.
What is a fair CAM cap?+
The cap matters less than whether it is cumulative or compounding, and what is excluded. A cap that resets annually is far weaker than one measured from the base year. We report the cap, its type, the admin fee, and whether you have an audit right.
This is general information, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified attorney before signing.
Check your commercial lease contract before you sign
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View plans & get startedWhat gets checked depends on what you do
The same clause carries different weight depending on who signs it. An exclusivity clause is close to existential for a restaurant and near-irrelevant for a warehouse. We run 40 checks and weight them by your business.
Restaurant, café or bar
Food service, including takeaway and ghost kitchens
- Exclusivity, so the landlord cannot put a competing concept next door
- Permitted use written narrowly enough to block a menu or format change
- Grease trap, venting, and hood responsibility
Medical or dental practice
Clinics, dental surgeries, physiotherapy, veterinary
- HVAC and plumbing replacement liability, which runs high with equipment
- Hazardous and biohazard waste handling and indemnity
- Exclusivity against a competing practice in the same building
Retail store
Shops, boutiques, showrooms
- Co-tenancy, so an anchor tenant leaving gives you an exit or rent relief
- Continuous operation and minimum trading hours
- Percentage rent and what counts as gross sales
Salon, spa or personal care
Hair, beauty, nails, barbers, massage
- Plumbing and water supply responsibility for wash stations
- Ventilation for chemical treatments
- Exclusivity against a competing salon in the same centre
Gym or fitness studio
Gyms, yoga and pilates studios, martial arts
- Noise and vibration covenants, and complaints from neighbours
- Floor loading limits for equipment
- Hours of access, since members expect early and late
Office
Professional services, agencies, back office
- CAM definitions and caps, the main variable cost
- Operating expense gross-ups and base-year manipulation
- Landlord relocation rights
Warehouse or industrial
Storage, light manufacturing, distribution
- Roof, structure and slab responsibility
- Environmental indemnity and prior contamination
- Loading dock and yard rights
Covers all 50 states and DC. Where a state rule has been verified against its statute we cite it; everywhere else we explain the general US position and tell you what to confirm locally. We never invent a citation. Pricing.