What part of the country? (Did the locale have rent control?) In any of the cases, were you an overseas immigrant without a rental history? Sacramento and the

What part of the country? (Did the locale have rent control?) In any of the cases, were you an overseas immigrant without a rental history? Sacramento and the East Bay. No rent control. I was only an overseas immigrant without a rental history the first time. What sort of references did they ask for, and did they verify income in any way? I think the most recent one did call my boss to verify my income. Are you sure they didn't run a credit report anyway (even if there was no history of borrowing on it)? They always run credit reports, even though I tell them "It'll come back blank". The last one did express some surprise that I still had a blank credit report after three years in the US, but nobody ever thought I was a bad risk. That was in the East Bay, not in the city itself. Still, I have plenty of friends who have got straight off flights from overseas and rented apartments in San Francisco proper with no dramas. As long as you have a steady job and an adequate income I don't think they care about a blank credit report, just as long as you don't have a bad credit report.