Research the paper
We pull every public filing we can find on a provider — court records, state AG complaints, SEC filings if they exist, published lease agreements. Nothing you read on Leaseback.com is based on a press release.
About Leaseback.com
We review sale-leaseback programs so you don't have to trust the company selling them to you.
Leaseback.com is an independent editorial operation. We read the contracts. We interview the homeowners. We publish with sources. And when a provider sends us a legal letter, we answer it publicly.
§ 02 · How we work
Our method.
Every provider ranking on Leaseback.com is based on four things. None of them involve commission. We disclose affiliate relationships at the top of every comparator page — for the editorial standard we hold ourselves to, see the Society of Professional Journalists ethics code.
Interview homeowners
Real homeowners who signed real contracts. Named sources where we can. Anonymized where we have to. We ask about year one, year two, year three — because the problems always show up in year three.
Interview providers
Every provider we review gets a chance to answer our questions before we publish. If they decline, we say so. If they threaten us, we say so louder.
Publish with sources
Every hard claim on this site links to a source. Every source is archived. If a source goes dead, we keep the archive. You can check our work on any article we publish.
If that's not enough for you, good. It means you're the kind of reader we're writing for.
Email us with your questions and we'll show you the receipts.
§ 03 · The people behind the byline
Our team.
Short bios. Real credentials. No borrowed authority. If you want to know who's writing a particular article, check the byline — every Quack Take and comparator has one.
[Portrait
Editor-in-Chief]
Editor-in-Chief]
[Name TBD]
Editor-in-chief
[Bio placeholder — 40–60 words. Twenty years in mortgage and real estate. Why they started Leaseback.com. What they will never publish and why.]
Credentials · years in industry · prior bylines
[Portrait
Head of Research]
Head of Research]
[Name TBD]
Head of research & provider comparisons
[Bio placeholder — the person who reads the lease agreements word by word, tracks court filings and AG actions, and owns the evidence dossier. Background in consumer finance journalism, legal research, or data journalism.]
Credentials · years in industry · prior bylines
[Quacky
the Quarterback]
the Quarterback]
Quacky the Quarterback
Columnist, Quack Takes
Plush duck. Jersey number 12. Aviator sunglasses. Writes the column where the duck says what the lawyers won't. Not a real financial advisor. Obviously.
Not credentialed · refuses to get credentialed · doesn't care
§ 04 · How we make money
The money conversation.
Leaseback.com earns affiliate revenue from some providers listed in our comparator. Here is the exact list of what that means:
- Rankings are decided by the editorial team, not by who pays us.
- Commission is never a ranking factor. We've turned down providers who offered to pay for a better slot.
- Affiliate relationships are disclosed at the top of every comparator page, not buried in a footer.
- We accept no free trips, no free gifts, no sponsored content dressed as editorial.
- If we criticize a provider who pays us, we criticize them anyway. See the corrections log below — nothing to hide.
- We do not accept payment to remove negative coverage. Ever.
§ 05 · Check our work
How to check our work.
We made this easy on purpose. If a claim on Leaseback.com does not stand up to scrutiny, we want to know about it — and we want you to be able to prove it.
The evidence dossier.
Every provider we cover has a public dossier: court records, lease agreements, state AG complaints, homeowner interview notes. Everything sourced. Everything dated.
Open the dossier →The source archive.
Every link we cite is archived. If a news story disappears behind a paywall or a provider scrubs their own site, we still have the receipt. You can pull any archive on request.
Browse the archive →The corrections policy.
If we get something wrong, we correct it publicly. We log it in the corrections section below. We never quietly edit an article and pretend the original version did not exist.
Read the policy →
§ 06 · Public corrections log
Corrections made to date.
When we publish a correction, it lives here with a date, a description, and a link to the updated article. No quiet edits. No memory-holing. Even the typos get logged if they change meaning.
Zero. So far.
That is not a brag. We launched in 2026. Give us time.
§ 07 · Contact
Talk to a human.
Tip? Correction? Legal letter? Homeowner story you want us to cover? We answer every email that is not a PR pitch, usually within two business days.
If you are a provider with a complaint about how we covered you, send the complaint and the evidence. We will read both.
- Editorial
- editorial@leaseback.com
- Tips & corrections
- tips@leaseback.com
- Phone
- (555) 555-0100
- Mailing address
- [Office address TBD]
Miami, FL