What you checked before signing a lease that nobody told you to check

A lease here is signed in an afternoon and lived in for two years. The checks that save people money are usually small, specific, and passed on by word of mouth.

• What did you look at, or insist on asking, before you signed?

• What did you only find out after moving in?

• If you could add one line to a renter's checklist, what would it be?

Deposits here are large enough that one sentence from you can matter a great deal to someone reading next month.