I’ve never seen a contract so strict. There might be a lawsuit in there. If not, there’s definitely a complaint you can raise.

They probably don’t accept the first of the month if it’s a Sunday, either, right?

Yes they will, my apartment's leasing office is open all day Saturday and half day Sunday. They have their bases covered. They know what they are doing, the company owns multiple buildings and hundreds of apartments. They have written contracts for every single teeny tiny thing.

I find it amusing that I am getting downvoted. Everything I said here is true. In places like NYC, it is not easy to get a half decent apartment without paying through the nose. I've heard it is worse in SF, but I haven't lived there, so can't comment.

Maybe people here own more than one home that they rent and get pissed at anything negative that is said about landlords. But the thing is, I've rented most of my life and despite being an ideal tenant (always pay rent on time, no parties/pets/noise ... and so on), all I have experienced is a serious headache while looking for apartments. All the downvotes isn't going to change that.

Plenty of states in America give tenants nearly zero protections

Honestly sounds like measures that could get pushed at local levels by local people, successfully

No because the local governments are owned by homeowners

That’s a quitting attitude. This is possible.