Check the Lease.
A free AI lease reader that protects both sides of the signature. Built brief to live, in 24 hours.
35 pages, written for the people who wrote them.
Most leases are 35 pages of legal writing, aimed at the people who wrote them, not the people signing them. Renters sign without a lawyer. Landlords reuse old templates full of clauses courts have already thrown out. Both sides end up unsure what they actually agreed to.
The numbers back it up. 40% of US leases contain illegal clauses. 41% of renters dispute their deposit.
The 24-hour brief was deliberately harder than the hackathon's. Ship a real product for real people. Live URL by the deadline. Two audiences from day one. The renter who signs, and the landlord who issues. One product doing both jobs.
Brand first. Cite the law. Privacy as architecture.
Brand before product. The first hour went to identity, not code. A renter facing a 35-page contract has to trust the tool is on their side before they will believe the analysis. So the brand reads like a thoughtful magazine, not legal tech. Fraunces italic display, a warm cream, sage and clay palette, 32 hand-coded icons and 6 illustrations.
Cite the law. Do not guess at it. Every other lease reader says "this might be illegal." This one tells you which statute, and links to the actual state code. That meant building a real 50-state tenant-law database underneath, not just prompting a model. Say less, and be right.
Privacy as architecture, not a policy page. The lease is read in the browser. The document never reaches a server. Nothing is stored. No account, no email, no database to breach.
One product, both sides of the door. The analysis adapts to who you are and when you ask. Renter before signing, renter after signing, landlord issuing.
A calm front, an alert result. The homepage is calm cream. The results page shifts to deep navy the moment stakes appear. A deliberate change of register.
A working product doing three jobs at once.
A working product, live by the deadline, doing three jobs at once. An analyzer that reads any US lease in 15 seconds and returns a state-tagged action plan, with every flag linked to the live statute. An interactive map covering all 50 states, DC and 6 territories. A curated directory of free legal aid in 56 locations. And a state-aware assistant that answers tenant questions and stores no transcripts.
Live by the deadline. Solo. The thesis, proven.
Shipped brief to live, inside the 24-hour window. Brand, product, two databases and the analysis layer. A real, free, working tool that gives renters and landlords a fair read of what they are signing, with the actual law behind every flag. Live at check-the-lease.replit.app.
The point it proves. Modern tools and clear judgement ship real work, fast, without it feeling rushed.
