If you’ve ever read a lease and thought, “Wait… am I the lessee or the lessor?”  you’re in good company. These words show up everywhere—leases, court notices, insurance forms, lender paperwork—and they sound more complicated than they need to be. Here’s the simple translation: the lessor is the owner (landlord) and the lessee is the renter (tenant). And while that sounds basic, the confusion can get expensive fast—because once a repair issue, a late payment, a security deposi