My rental contracts are always standard and calculated from a table based on how long I want to commit to a particular unit. I've never gotten any sort of quid

My rental contracts are always standard and calculated from a table based on how long I want to commit to a particular unit. I've never gotten any sort of quid pro quo for paying on time and not being an asshole. From the sound of it, though, New York is a whole different ball game as a renter from basically anywhere I've ever lived. There are reasons to leave reviews for apartments (for which I'm taking landlords as a proxy, which is an assumption that may diverge from your take). I've lived in quite a few places and most of them had good and bad qualities that I'd love to share with someone who wants more information when apartment hunting.