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How do I check a contract for red flags?

Use the red-flags checklist to find risky terms before you sign.

Narrated video with captions, 35 s. Made with a fictional company, Brightline Heating & Air (sample · fictional business). Read the transcript · Download the step-by-step PDF

Step by step

  1. Step 1: Before you sign a contract, use the red-flags checklist with Document Desk. Here's how.

    Before you sign a contract, use the red-flags checklist with Document Desk. Here's how.

  2. Step 2: Take the checklist one item at a time, starting with automatic renewal, price increases and termination.

    Take the checklist one item at a time, starting with automatic renewal, price increases and termination.

  3. Step 3: Ask the assistant to find each one, quote the exact sentence and give the page. Then read that page yourself.

    Ask the assistant to find each one, quote the exact sentence and give the page. Then read that page yourself.

  4. Step 4: The assistant helps you spot what to ask about. A person, or your attorney, decides what to do.

    The assistant helps you spot what to ask about. A person, or your attorney, decides what to do.

  5. Step 5: One item at a time, quoted and cited, and a person decides.

    One item at a time, quoted and cited, and a person decides.

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