For founders, operators, and the people advising them
Your attorney redlines the language.
You decide what to protect.
No AI tool is going to negotiate your lease, and neither is your broker. What saves money is walking into the attorney conversation already knowing which clauses matter to your business and what you want done about them.
A commercial lease attorney knows contracts. They do not know that your build-out period has to survive a six to twelve month permit timeline, that a relocation clause is a re-licensure event for a licensed facility, or that the assignment provision as drafted means your Series B needs your landlord's permission.
They will catch those things if you raise them. Most founders don't, because they arrive asking whether the document is normal. Normal and good are different standards.
The guide and review both include include a plain-text version built for AI tools. Upload it with your own lease and have every clause graded before you spend a dollar on attorney time.
How the guide works
Every clause, graded three ways.
You will not get a fully tenant-favorable lease. Nobody does. What you can get is your most important terms moved meaningfully in your direction, which means knowing where each one currently sits. Four of the twenty-six below.
EXPECT IN: LOI · HEADLINE ECONOMIC TERM
Healthcare permitting can run six to twelve months from execution, and no landlord carries you rent-free for all of it. Every month of rent before you see patients is capital you raised for hiring. On 6,000 sf at $40 NNN, each month of gap is about $20,000.
Great
Tenant-favorable
180+ days of build-out, free rent additive on top, and an extension if permitting runs long. Delivery timed to your permit milestones so the clock does not start on a space you cannot yet build in.
Good
Market standard
150 days from delivery with a 60 to 90 day permit-based extension if approvals are delayed through no fault of yours. Utilities and CAM but no base rent.
Bad
Landlord-favorable
90 to 120 days from delivery with no extension mechanism. Free rent presented as a combined number that includes your construction window.
Each entry also covers what the clause means in plain terms and the questions to put to your broker.
Not ready to buy?
Start with the ten.
The ten lease clauses that cost clinics the most, the red flag to look for in each, and a scorecard for your own LOI. Free, and yours to forward.
Which one?
Early in a search
The free ten
See how I think before you spend anything. The ten clauses that cost clinics the most, with the red flag to look for in each.
Touring space
The guide
Read your own document before paying anyone for their time. All 26 clauses, graded great, good, and bad, plus the AI companion.
Live LOI on your desk
The review
You have a decision in front of you. A 45-minute read of your specific document and a written summary. Includes the guide.
All three are general information about commercial lease terms, not legal advice. Have your lease reviewed by a licensed attorney in the relevant jurisdiction before signing.