Generally, a landlord can check your credit file to look for evictions, which are recorded and reported to credit agencies. They also looked for people who don't pay their utilities.
You may have to keep the landlord's items in your rental property. Information regarding this should be discussed in your rental agreement.
what can a landlord charge to move in a California house rental?
This is a two part question: The first part - the landlord can hold a check for 6 months. The second part - the landlord does not cause the tenant's account to overdraft. The tenant does. Checks may only be written from available funds. If the account holder does not account for the checks out, the account holder is liable.
All the reporting agencies I know of are national.
Only if that term was in your written rental agreement.
If you want information about the process of being a landlord, and maintaining a rental property, there are several good articles you can access online. Check out www.howtodothings.com/.../a2506-how-to-rent-your-house.html, or http://www.ehow.com/how_111189_rent-apartment-house.html. If you wanted information on online listings for rental homes in your area, check out sites like www.choiceofhomes.com/, www.findhomerentals.com/ for national listings, or sites such as www.craigslist.com for local listings.
Usually the landlord, but there's no law about it.
That is the correct spelling of the word "landlord" (the lessor of rental residences).
After putting care into maintaining your rental property one will want to make sure that they have residential landlord insurance. Two insurance companies to check out landlord insurance would be Safeco and Allstate.
If your rental agreement provided what would happen with improvements, then the rental agreement governs as long as it does not conflict with your state's landlord-tenant act. If there is no agreement between you and the landlord, then your state's landlord-tenant laws will apply. Contact an attorney in your area for information specific to your situation.
Read through your lease or rental agreement.
Not in Massachusetts. You should check your state's laws, but most states say no.