The issues LeaseLens catches in commercial leases

I was three days from signing when I ran the lease through LeaseLens. It flagged that my CAM charges were completely uncapped — the report showed that if the landlord's costs went up 8% per year, I'd be paying an extra $2,800/month by year 5. It also caught a full personal guarantee with no burn-off provision. My attorney confirmed both issues were real. We negotiated a 5% CAM cap and a good-guy clause before I signed. The $75 was the most useful money I spent on this deal.

My lease had a holdover clause that defaulted to 200% of base rent with no cure period and no cap on how long it would apply. I had no idea — I figured the landlord would just let me go month-to-month. LeaseLens flagged it as a critical risk and explained exactly what it meant: if I stayed even two weeks past my expiration, I'd owe $14,000 for that month alone. We got it changed to 125% with a 60-day notice requirement. Also caught that my renewal option had a 9-month notice window buried in Section 31 — I would have missed it.

I've been doing tenant rep for 11 years and I run every lease through LeaseLens before my clients sign. It caught something I missed on a recent deal: a relocation clause that gave the landlord sole discretion to move my client to 'comparable space' anywhere in the building, with only 30 days notice and no right to terminate. No moving cost reimbursement language at all. The client had a medical practice — they couldn't just pick up and move. We got the clause amended to require 180 days notice, written consent, and reimbursement up to $15,000. LeaseLens is now part of my standard checklist.