Also fuck the landlords who host multiple open houses and don't tell you it's an open house until you arrive, just to farm hundreds of $50 application fees. I showed up in person and was offering a $5k deposit and was very well qualified just to be ghosted after the application fee and see the home still hosting open houses for weeks.

The best is when you tour, and then get the copy of the lease and they make you pay $120 a month for their wifi whether you want it or not, a $60 community garbage fee, and then a $250 a month "ancillary" fee. When I moved to Pittsburgh 4 out of the 5 apartments I drove an hour and a half to see did this and wasted my time. An apartment advertised at $1,200 was in reality $1,700 with all their required fees. Absolutely ridiculous.

I got lucky and found a house with a landlord that has just a couple houses and is very down to earth.