How do you rent apartments in SF when self-employed?
kneath: I've never run into any kind of problem like that here in SF.  I do find that landlords say they "need" all of these crazy things but in reality all they care about is a deposit and first month's rent.  The first person to hand that to them will get the apartment.I spent a whole month looking for apartments the old fashioned way when I first moved to SF - filling out applications, sending in credit repots, dealing with the unreasonable requirements landlords put up. Finally got tired, when I was looking at a house said "I can give you a check for the deposit now" -- suddenly all his requirements went away and I had a place.UPDATE: Forgot to mention, I was self employed up until about a month ago, and have been during all my landlord negotiations here in SF.