Yes, a landlord can ask for proof of income from potential tenants to assess their ability to pay rent.
No, they could ask all kinds of questions. The only questions that might be prohibited would be about race, ethnicity, religion, family status, or sexual orientation.
It is in violation of the landlord tenant act for a landlord or potential landlord to contact your employer and ask them to discuss their wages.
I am no lawyer but... I expect the answer is: anything that is relevant to your application to rent at the new place. So, for example, they can ask if you were noisy or did drugs, etc. They should not ask your religion or national origin, etc.
There are normally no laws which control what a landlord can ask a potential tenant about their criminal record.
Yes a landlord can ask for pet shot records. It is heir job to make sure that the shots are current in case your dog ever gets out and bites someone, plus they have to ask it.
Absolutely. The landlord may require that you have a certain amount of "reserves" or savings available in addition to your current income.
A landlord can certainly ask for ID to determine who he is dealing with. However, the person's citizenship or immigration status should never be the concern of a landlord. No landlord has any obligation (or authority) to deal with immigration issues. Furthermore, rejecting a prospective tenant based on immigration questions is surely a violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act, being illegal discrimination based in ethnicity.
Did the tenants pay their rent on time? Were there any disturbances? Was there any damage when the tenants left? How long did they live there? Why did they leave? Occasionally, we see landlords who got positive answers from the former landlord, then found out that the person they were talking to wasn't actually the former landlord, but just the tenant's friend, posing as a landlord. You could search the registry of deeds to determine if the person you are talking to is really the landlord. Also, sometimes, a landlord will give a positive reference just to get rid of the tenants. There are companies that will run a tenant's history for $35 - $50. That's probably a wise investment.
You can ask for whatever you like.Whether your landlord will agree to give you what you want, or is obligated to do so may be clarified in your lease.(Isn't it really the landlord's condominium?)
My landlord is very good, he gives me assistance in anything i ask.
Refuse.