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BizLeaseCheck

About BizLeaseCheck

Our Mission

BizLeaseCheck was founded to solve a simple but expensive problem: Commercial leases are designed to protect landlords, not tenants.

For decades, large corporations have had teams of lawyers to negotiate favorable terms, while small business owners were left to sign complex contracts they didn't fully understand. We believe that legal transparency should be accessible to everyone, not just those with a $5,000 retainer budget.

BizLeaseCheck Editorial Team

Editorial team focused on AI contract review and negotiation tactics across 15 small-business document types — from commercial and residential leases to personal guaranties, SBA loans, franchise FDDs, MSAs, purchase agreements, MCAs, equipment finance, employment / NDA, LLC operating agreements, construction subcontracts, insurance, and assumed-lease assignments. Jurisdiction-specific guidance is layered on top where law differs by state or country.

Articles, state guides, the clause library, the glossary, and our analysis methodology are written and reviewed by the BizLeaseCheck Editorial Team. We favor specific, tenant-side guidance over generic legalese, and we revise pages as case law, market practice, and pricing benchmarks change.

We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice. Our content is intended to help small business tenants identify issues to discuss with their own counsel. Where a topic touches on jurisdiction-specific law, we link to the relevant state or provincial source rather than paraphrasing.

Founder

Gregory Gavin — Founder, BizLeaseCheck.

Gregory Gavin founded BizLeaseCheck after watching first-time commercial tenants — small business owners without a CRE attorney on retainer — sign retail, office, and industrial leases packed with clauses they had no realistic way to evaluate beforehand. BizLeaseCheckexists to put that "first read" in their hands instantly, with the kind of plain-language risk explanation a tenant-rep broker would offer.

How It Works

We use large language models tuned per document type — fifteen specialist analyzers, each calibrated to the risk framework a real reviewer would use on that contract. The lease analyzer knows the practical difference between a Modified Gross and a Triple Net (NNN); the SBA analyzer knows Form 148 unconditional-guaranty scope vs. 7(a) collateral requirements; the FDD analyzer is keyed to FTC Items and state franchise registration rules; and so on. Every finding is tied to page-level evidence pulled from your own document. For a step-by-step walkthrough of the analysis methodology, see how it works.

Our sourcing & methodology standards

  • Specialist analyzers, not a generic scanner. Each of the 15 document types — commercial & residential leases, personal guaranty, SBA loan, FDD, vendor/SaaS MSA, CRE & business purchase agreements, MCA, equipment finance, employment / NDA, LLC operating agreement, construction subcontract, insurance policy, and assumed-lease assignment — has its own analyzer tuned to that document's real risk framework and the side actually signing it.
  • Every finding is evidence-backed. Each red flag is tied to a short quote pulled from your own document, so you can verify it rather than take our word for it.
  • Primary sources only. Where we cite law, we link official sources — state statutes, the FTC, the eCFR, and the SBA — never content-farm legal sites.
  • Two-tier review. A fast preview surfaces the danger score and top issues; on unlock, a deeper model re-runs the full report.
  • Honest about limits. This is general information, not legal advice. On jurisdiction- or version-specific points we hedge, add review notes, and point to the primary source. Content is written and reviewed by the BizLeaseCheck Editorial Team and revised as law, market practice, and pricing change.

Your data & security

  • Your document is uploaded over a secure (HTTPS) connection and used solely to generate your analysis report.
  • We do not sell your data, and you can request deletion at any time via contact.
  • Your report is reached through a private link tied to your purchase — it is not listed or search-indexed.
  • Document text is processed by our AI provider only to produce your report. See our privacy policy for details.

Why Trust Us

Our analysis engine is continuously updated with market standards and lease language we see in the field. While we are an AI-first company, our tool is a powerful assistant to qualified legal counsel, not a replacement for it. We provide the "first pass" deep dive that empowers you to analyze your leaseinstantly — and to walk into any follow-up conversation with an attorney already knowing the questions to ask.