<p>Thankfully not everywhere has a rental market so unfavorable as to allow landlords to pick and choose their tenants. You might want to find out this info before you try booking an apartment. In some places, it is totally acceptable to bargain over the rental price and put down only a hundred bucks for a security deposit. In others, you may end up paying three months worth of rent beforehand and be in a vulnerable situation where the landlord can demand references, credit checks, administrative fees etc</p>