Getting Business Owners The Best Space At The Best Terms. Craig Melby, CCIM has been negotiating commercial real estate leases and purchases since 1980. He founded LeaseSmart after hearing from too many business owners who contacted him AFTER they negotiated their deal-terms, and then asked him to look over the lease before signing it. Always, things should have been done much better. Many times IMPORTANT things. So finally, after experiencing the same situation again and again, he formed LeaseSmart to assist those business people in need.