Great advice Moosmom!

1. Never rent a place where the landlord is nearby or on the premises. Why? Because they can see everything that goes on, i.e., your comings and goings, WHO spends the night, your lifestyle, etc.
Trust me I am sooo glad my landlords dont live in our complex. With as anal retentive as they are about everything, we'd be in trouble every darn week! Once, they called EVERYONE in the complex (and complained, loudly mind you) because an outdoor kitty from the complex across the street started to hang around (me and the other kitty owners in my building would give him some treats). It was funny because when I got a call, I talked to the other kitty owners (there are about 3 or 4 of us) and aperantly we all own the same cat and had to get rid of him! Suffice it to say, we all colectivly told the landlords to "stuff it"

2. Check the rooms for phone jacks. When I moved into my current apartment, I had to go by what my sister-in-law found because I lived 663 miles away. I fell in love with it the minute I finally saw it, but am annoyed that there is only 1 phone jack. Thank goodness for cordless phones!!
Make sure they work too. At my place The phone jacks in both bedrooms do not work at all. I guess they are decrative because the phone company says they should be working but they never do. I agree, thank goodness for cordless phones (especially the expandible kind!)