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4 New Year’s Resolutions for College Students

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4 New Year’s Resolutions for College Students By Madison White As a new year begins, most of us are thinking ahead to what we want to accomplish in the next 365 days. As a new year also brings a new semester, many students may also be thinking ahead. Because no college student is the same,…

Off-Campus Housing: What’s Right For You?

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Off-Campus Housing: What’s Right For You? By Victoria Robertson Living off-campus can be stressful, expensive and intimidating. For many, on-campus housing is a sure thing, but venturing into off-campus housing can feel like a risk. In many cases, off-campus housing will actually save you money, which only helps you to keep down your loan costs…

Apartments and Pets: What to Know

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Apartments and Pets: What to Know By Madison White As more and more young people delay some of the major events in their life, like getting married and having kids, they are increasingly getting pets. It is very common for young adults to have pets because of the added companionship and ease into responsibility. However,…

Keeping Your Apartment Rental Clean

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Keeping Your Apartment Rental Clean By Victoria Robertson Staying neat, tidy and organized is difficult to do when you’re living in an apartment, especially when you are living with roommates. However, when you are renting, it’s not only your cleanliness that’s on the line, but also your deposit. In more cases than not, individuals end…

Signs You’re Ready To Move Off-Campus

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Signs You’re Ready To Move Off-Campus By Ashley Paskill As a freshman, depending on your school, you likely were forced to live in the dorms. However, once you became an upperclassman, you gained an option to either live in the dorms or move off-campus. While this decision is easy for some, others may have a…

First Steps to Looking for a College Apartment

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First Steps to Looking for a College Apartment By Brittany Loeffler The first time most people live on their own is in their college apartment. After their freshman year of living in a dormitory, many students will move off campus into an apartment because it can help save them money and gives them more space…
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Individual vs. Single Leasing your College Apartment

Apartment Living, Leasing Information, Manager's Corner, Off Campus Housing, Parent's Corner, Roommates
  Landlords and tenants have certain options available to them when signing a student apartment lease agreement. As the landlord, you may either sign a separate lease with each tenant or ask them to cosign a single lease. Of course, there are pros and cons to each. Signing individual leases Landlords commonly use this method…
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Proximity or Amenities? Modern Trends in Student Housing Development

Apartment Living, Industry News, Manager's Corner, Off Campus Housing, Transportation
  What do modern students want most from their college apartment? Proximity to campus? Luxury amenities? Privacy? Affordability? This issue was debated during the 11th annual InterFace Student Housing conference held in Austin, Texas this past April. There, developers of student apartments from around the country weighed the pros and cons of various types of…
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Cities Like Austin Crack Down on College Apartment Affordability

Apartment Living, Budgeting, Industry News, Manager's Corner, Off Campus Housing, Parent's Corner
  The Federal Reserve reports that 42% of people who attend college incur student loan debt. Today, this number totals nearly $1.6 trillion dollars in the U.S. alone, and costs are steadily on the rise. Tuition and housing make up the majority of the expense of attending higher education, with student housing costs actually exceeding…
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