Off-Campus Housing Blog

5 Maintenance Issues Tenants are Responsible For

January 28, 2020

5 Maintenance Issues Tenants are Responsible For By Alicia Geigel In a perfect world, we wish that landlords could cover everything that comes with our apartment or cover all things that can go wrong while we live there. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case and maintenance expenses are much more complicated than that. When you first…

4 New Year’s Resolutions for College Students

January 14, 2020

Apartment Living

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?

December 30, 2019

Apartment Living

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

December 16, 2019

Apartment Living

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

November 22, 2019

Apartment Living

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

November 8, 2019

Apartment Living

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

October 25, 2019

Apartment Living

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…

8 Unexpected Decor Ideas to Try in your College Apartment

September 11, 2019

Apartment Gear, Apartment Living, Decorating Tips, Off Campus Housing

Decorating your student apartment is always a highlight to any new school year. You get to make the space truly your home away from home. This is the perfect opportunity to include elements that speak to you! Temporary decor decisions are vital when moving into a new rental. While many non-permanent decorations are sometimes overdone…

Individual vs. Single Leasing your College Apartment

August 19, 2019

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…

Crafting a College Roommate Agreement

July 26, 2019

Apartment Living, Leasing Information, Off Campus Housing, Parent's Corner, Roommates, Safety Tips

It’s far easier to afford the cost of college living when you split rent with a roommate. But having one (or two, or three) can come at its own cost. That’s where roommate agreements come in handy! So what exactly is a roommate agreement? It’s not the lease agreement itself and actually doesn’t involve your…

Proximity or Amenities? Modern Trends in Student Housing Development

June 26, 2019

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…

Cities Like Austin Crack Down on College Apartment Affordability

June 7, 2019

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…