What range of credit score is acceptable for renting an apartment?

Question by Kathy N: What range of credit score is acceptable for renting an apartment?
My company is closing here in California next May and I will be relocating to Austin in either mid-Aprl or May 1st of next year. I have been with my company for 23 years and am looking for a 4-6 month rental until I purchase a home. My current credit score is fair-good due in part to a divorce a couple of years back. As I have never rented an apartment before, always a home, I am not familiar with the credit requirements, I have heard they are very stringent. If I would not qualify, any advice you might have to offer would be greatly appreciated.

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Answer by Anne
The truth is that it is not necessarily your credit score, but more specific, they will look for defaulting on leases, and such. Very few landlords check it like a credit card company would. However, these days, credit scores are usually checked by some landlords.

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