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I built a tool to analyze lease agreements and uncover hidden costs before signing

If you’ve ever rented in the US, you’ve probably done this:

You receive the lease…
scroll quickly…
and think:

“Looks standard.”

That assumption can be expensive.

⚠️ The problem nobody talks about

Lease agreements often include things that aren’t obvious:

hidden or loosely defined fees
penalties buried in legal wording
automatic renewal clauses
conditions that only matter later

And even if you read everything… understanding the implications isn’t trivial.

Legal language isn’t designed to be easy.

💡 So I built something to fix that

I created GoLeazly → https://goleazly.com

The goal is simple:

👉 Upload your lease
👉 Get a clear, structured breakdown of what actually matters

Instead of generic AI output, it gives you:

risky clauses highlighted
potential hidden costs
key dates and obligations
a plain-English explanation of your lease

Basically, it helps you understand what you’re signing before it’s too late.

⚙️ The technical challenges behind it

  1. Parsing real-world PDFs is painful

Leases are not clean documents.

You’ll find:

scanned PDFs
broken formatting
inconsistent layouts
multi-page contracts with no structure

So this wasn’t just “extract text”.

It required:

handling OCR scenarios
chunking long documents
reconstructing context from messy data

  1. Extracting ≠ understanding

Getting text is easy.

Understanding:

what’s risky
what’s normal
what could cost money

…is the real challenge.

You need to filter noise and highlight only what matters.

  1. Avoiding “AI dump” UX

One thing I didn’t want:

A long wall of AI text.

So the output is structured like a report:

sections
labeled findings
actionable insights

More clarity, less fluff.

  1. Scaling the cost of analysis

Initially I ran the full analysis before payment.

That didn’t scale.

Now the flow is:

Upload → preview
Pay → run full analysis

This keeps things efficient and sustainable.

🚀 What GoLeazly does today

If you're about to sign a lease, you can:

👉 Upload it on https://goleazly.com

👉 See if there are risks, fees or unclear clauses
👉 Understand what you're actually agreeing to

All in minutes.

🧠 Why this matters

Most people don’t have a lawyer reviewing their lease.

But the contract was likely written with legal expertise.

That imbalance matters.

💰 One small check can save a lot later

Signing blindly is risky.

Understanding first is smarter.

🔗 Try it

👉 https://goleazly.com

Would love feedback from:

devs working with document parsing
people in real estate / legal
anyone who has signed a lease in the US
🧠 Final thought

The hardest part wasn’t building the AI.

It was deciding what information actually helps someone avoid a bad decision.

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