What to look for when apartment hunting?

I jumped into the whole apartment hunting process and my initial experience has not been so great... I now will be looking for another apartment since I am disappointed with my current one. I would appreciate any advice from any veteran apartment renters on how to make the correct choices this time, how to ask the best questions, and how to catch the red flags.What to look for when apartment hunting?
1. Price.


2. Neighborhood


3. Efficiency/What Utilities they pay


4. Amenities


5. Neighbors


6. furnished/unfurnished


7. Sq footage.


8. Distance from job/school


9. Maitenance Crew


10.Landlord Landlord Landlord.





Ask a few neighbors what do they think about the apartment COMPLEX and the landlord. If you hear more then one complaint about the landlord RUUNNNNNN!What to look for when apartment hunting?
i work on the maint. side of apartments so i can help a little there. go w/ your gut first impression, is grounds clean? this tells u allot about the management, the apt.s i work in are old but very clean. when viewing the apt. itself really look at the carpet, this sounds trivial but its one of the biggest complaints i hear. in a empty apt w/ freshly painted white walls people can't really tell how crappy the carpets are until the place is furnished. once moved in it usually take a act of god for the landlord to replace it. also before you decide drive and walk around the neighborhood a couple times especially in the evening what seems like a fine place during the day while everyone is at work can be terrible place at night. hope i help. good luck