I've lived in Los Angeles for nearly 4 years. Credit (or lack thereof) was very annoying for the first six months or so. If you can prove salary (verifiable offering letter, previous etc) most landlords will work with you. It's an amazing country and most people are incredibly warm and helpful. Tax and healthcare are unbelievably Byzantine though, I still screw up both on occasion. Fortunately the administrators, understanding how absurdist the complexities are, tend to be more tolerant before cracking the whip.
I've lived in Los Angeles for nearly 4 years. Credit (or lack thereof) was very annoying for the first six months or so. If you can prove salary (verifiable offering letter, previous etc) most landlords will work with you. It's an amazing country and most people are incredibly warm and helpful. Tax and healthcare are unbelievably Byzantine though, I still screw up both on occasion. Fortunately the administrators, understanding how absurdist the complexities are, tend to be more tolerant before cracking the whip.