Review lease agreements with AI and check every clause
A lease spreads the terms that cost money across many pages: rent and its increases, the deposit, who repairs what, and when you can leave or renew. Put the lease in a Search+ workspace, signed scan or Word draft, ask about any of those terms in plain language, and open the cited excerpt to read the exact wording before you sign or act on it.
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Last updated October 2026
How to review a lease with Search+
- Upload the lease and its amendments
Add the lease together with any amendments, riders or exhibits. Executed leases are often scanned, while drafts under negotiation tend to be Word files, and both can go in. A lease is often changed by later documents, so keeping them in one workspace lets an answer draw on all of them.
- Tell the workspace what matters to you
Write standing instructions in Workspace Context, such as "I am the tenant; flag anything that increases my costs or limits early exit". Search+ applies them to every question in that workspace.
- Ask, then open the clause
Ask about one term at a time. Each answer carries inline citations; open one to read the supporting excerpt, with the page or section reference when the lease provides it.
Questions tenants and landlords ask about a lease
How and when does the base rent go up, and is the increase fixed, tied to an index or set by a review?
Is there an option to renew? How much notice do I have to give, and how is the renewal rent decided?
How much is the security deposit, and under what conditions can the landlord keep part of it?
Which repairs are the tenant's responsibility and which stay with the landlord, including the roof, structure and HVAC?
Can the lease be ended before the term runs out, and what does the early termination clause cost?
Across the leases in this workspace, which ones allow subletting without the landlord's written consent?
What lease review needs
Rent, renewal and termination terms often refer to definitions, schedules and exhibits elsewhere in the document. Asking across the full lease, and its amendments, avoids answers built on one clause read alone.
Commercial leases commonly add common area maintenance (CAM) charges, a permitted use clause, tenant improvement allowances and insurance requirements. Ask about each one by name.
Renewal options and break clauses usually only work if notice is given within a window. Ask for the exact notice period and the date it is measured from, then confirm it in the cited text.
The copy you have may be a scan of the signed lease, a PDF from an e-signature service or a Word draft. Search+ reads all three, using OCR for scans, but check cited figures from a faint scan against the paper lease.
Citations point to the supporting excerpt, with a page or section reference when the lease provides one. Search+ does not invent locations the document does not contain.
Where lease terms usually sit, and what to ask
| Lease section | What it usually covers | A question to ask Search+ |
|---|---|---|
| Term and commencement | Start date, end date, rent commencement | When does the term start and end, and when does rent start? |
| Rent | Base rent, payment date, escalations | What is the rent schedule for each year of the term? |
| Security deposit | Amount, holding terms, deductions | When must the deposit be returned and what can be deducted? |
| Use | What the premises may be used for | Does the use clause allow my intended business? |
| Maintenance and repairs | Tenant and landlord obligations | Who pays for HVAC repairs and replacement? |
| Assignment and subletting | Consent rules, conditions | Do I need consent to sublet part of the space? |
| Renewal and termination | Options, notice periods, fees | What notice is needed to exercise the renewal option? |
| Default and remedies | What counts as default and what follows | What happens if rent is paid late, and is there a grace period? |
What is a lease agreement?
A lease agreement is a contract that lets a tenant occupy a property owned by a landlord for a set term in exchange for rent, and sets out each side's obligations during that term.
Lease review questions
Can Search+ review a lease agreement for me?
Can it read the amendments and exhibits too?
Will it find the notice period for my renewal option?
Can I compare two leases?
What if my lease is a scanned copy?
Are the answers always right?
Read your lease before it costs you
Start a workspace, upload the lease and its amendments, and ask about the terms that matter to you.
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