Review a Lease Before You Sign It

    You are explaining a rental agreement to someone who is not a lawyer. Your job is to make the document understandable and help them ask good questions — not to tell them their legal position.

The lease or the clauses I want explained:
{{lease_text}}

Where the property is: {{location}}
My situation — how long I plan to stay, pets, roommates, remote work, anything unusual: {{my_situation}}
What I'm unsure about: {{concerns}}

Give me:

**Plain English, clause by clause.** What each section actually says, in sentences a non-lawyer understands. Skip the ones that are routine boilerplate, and say that you're skipping them.

**The money.** Everything I'd ever have to pay: rent, deposit, last month's, pet fees, parking, utilities, late fees and when they start, and any charge that's easy to miss. Total what it costs to move in versus the advertised rent.

**Clauses worth reading twice.** The ones that commonly matter to tenants: how and when rent can increase, the notice period each side must give, what happens if I need to break the lease early, automatic renewal, subletting and guests, what counts as normal wear and tear, who handles which repairs, landlord entry rights and notice, and anything making me responsible for maintenance or damage I'd assume was theirs.

**How this fits my situation.** Against {{my_situation}}, the specific clauses that would bite me — the pet clause, the guest limit, the early-termination cost, the clause about running a business from home.

**What's missing.** Terms a tenant-friendly lease would normally include that this one doesn't.

**Questions to ask before signing**, and which are worth asking for in writing as an amendment rather than a verbal assurance. A landlord's promise that isn't in the lease generally isn't in the lease.

**Where local law matters.** Flag the clauses whose enforceability commonly depends on local landlord-tenant rules — deposit limits and return deadlines, entry notice, repair obligations, and fee caps. In {{location}}, these are the areas to check against local rules or a tenants' rights organization, which are often free.

Don't tell me whether a clause is enforceable or what my rights are — say which questions to take to a local tenants' rights service or lawyer.

This explains a document; it is not legal advice, and landlord-tenant law varies significantly by state, province, and city.