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We just did the apartment hunt in SF and snagged a good-enough place. We are moving from out of town, so we figure we can always move again in a few years. Plus, our new place is 2 blocks from airport Bart, which was a must-have.

We compiled copies of our ytd pay stubs, w-4s (the tax "bingo sheets" that you send in with your return) from the prior year, pictures of our kitties, a recommendation letter from our landlord, an employment verification letter from my job, and the prior month's statements for all our liquid assets (checking, CDs, savings, etc).

The kicker? My hubs drooled over the postage-stamp sized backyard and asked if he would be able to garden. Turns out, the landlord was looking for a tenant who would keep the back yard tamed -- luckily, our landlord put in our letter that we were particularly adored by the condo board in our building, because we essentially took over the non-hedges landscaping of the building.

I would suggest trying to get to see a place before the open house, having all your paperwork ready to go. Also, we never told a prospective landlord that we were moving from out of town until they figured it out from our paperwork.

This is so timely! My hubs and I will be moving to SF in April and and trying to source as much as possible before the late-march apartment scramble trip.

I'll be splitting my time between Walnut Creek and the SF airport, and we'll be cutting back to one car, so Bart close be is necessary. We'll also be moving in based on my income only (100k+10k annual bonus) so our price ceiling is 2500 (could stretch to 3000, but prefer not to). Oh and we have two kitties.

Any suggestions would be fab... Location is primary, then awesomeness of apartment, then square footage.