Understand your lease before you sign.

Upload or paste a residential lease to find key costs, deadlines, terms to review, and questions to ask. Choose the rental property state for the right review scope.

Choose the property state before review. For education, not legal advice.

Review a lease

Upload a PDF, paste text, or run the sample lease.

State-specific renter guidance is currently available for Texas. Other states receive general lease review only.

Scanned image-only PDFs may not extract correctly. Paste the text if the report looks incomplete.

Upload, privacy & document limits

By continuing, you submit lease text to BeforeYouSign and OpenAI for this one-time review. Do not upload documents you are not comfortable sending to these services.

PDF uploads are limited to 4 MB, 100 pages, and 120,000 extracted characters. Pasted text is limited to 120,000 characters.

See what it finds.

BeforeYouSign highlights common areas that affect your costs, deadlines, and responsibilities. It shows the exact lease language so you can prepare questions.

These are illustrative examples, not a review of your lease.

Sample Residential Lease Agreement

5. Rent

Rent is $1,250 per month.

The tenant shall pay this amount each month during the lease term.

8. Late fees

A $75 late fee applies after five days.

If rent is more than five days late, a late fee of $75 will be assessed.

12. Move-out notice

Give 30 days’ written notice before moving out.

The tenant must give written notice at least 30 days before moving out.

How it works

Three steps from upload to clarity.

  1. Add your lease

    Upload a PDF, paste text, or try a sample lease.

  2. Review key terms

    See important costs, deadlines, and responsibilities with plain-language notes.

  3. Prepare your questions

    Use the notes to understand the lease and know what to ask.

A starting point.
Not a legal opinion.

Educational information, not legal advice. BeforeYouSign does not recommend whether to sign, determine whether a term is lawful, or check city rules. It does not replace an attorney, tenant resource, or university legal service.

FAQ

Common questions about BeforeYouSign.

No. It is educational only.