Off-Campus Housing Blog

4 Methods for Dealing with Roommate Quarrels

July 20, 2016

Whether you’re a new college student or an apartment veteran, you’re bound to encounter roommate quarrels. When it comes to apartment living, one of the most important things you need to understand is how to deal with a roommate situation. Here are 4 methods to help deal with roommate issues: Discuss the Issues The first step…

6 Steps for Turning a College Apartment into a Home

July 9, 2016

Apartment Living

Moving into a college apartment can be a lonely experience, especially after you have finished moving most of your belongings into your new home and have the place all to yourself. Once all the boxes, furniture and other items are moved in, what’s next? It’s time to make your new apartment feel like home! These…

3 Keys to Enjoying Apartment Living on a Budget

July 7, 2016

Budgeting

The lack of a budget makes apartment living expensive and the expense of college living can lead to stress. If only someone had told you how expensive it’s to have your own apartment or maybe you should have listened when they did, perhaps you would have been more prepared for this moment. Once you’re all…

Apartment Living Advice: Tips on Moving In

June 21, 2016

Apartment Living

Moving in can be a stressful, albeit exciting experience. However, in order for the move-in process to go as smoothly as possible, you need to be organized. If you’re moving in for summer semester, you most likely won’t have a lot of time to relax before the start of classes — summer semester usually offer the…

Apartment Living: How to Study in a Loud Apartment

June 9, 2016

Apartment Gear, Apartment Living, Maintenance Tips, Neighbor, Off Campus Housing, Roommates, Study Tips

There’s nothing quite like moving into your first apartment, meeting your first roommate who’s not a family member and spending your days surrounded by people in what might be a loud apartment. Unfortunately, all that fun can really hamper you when it’s time to study hard and you’re faced with loud background noise and multiple distractions.…

Reasons to Move

May 31, 2016

Apartment Living

4 Cheap Methods that Create Privacy When Sharing a Bedroom

May 24, 2016

Apartment Living, Roommates

Many college students have experienced the imaginary “line down the middle of the room” meant to create privacy scenario. Whether you saw it on TV or lived through it yourself, you understand what a line of duct tape across the floor symbolizes. You are in college now and will soon learn, if you haven’t already, that apartment living…

How First-Year Roommates Mold You

May 16, 2016

Apartment Living, Roommates

The Za Effect

March 28, 2016

Food

The Many Benefits of the College Apartment Lifestyle

February 23, 2016

Apartment Gear, Apartment Living, Off Campus Housing

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Spring Freedom: When You’re Stuck at Your Apartment

February 22, 2016

Apartment Gear, Apartment Living, Off Campus Housing

There’s going to come a time when spring break doesn’t live up to your previous years’ expectations. Whether it be money, work or – more often than you’d imagine – both, there will come a time when spring break arrives and you can’t participate. Nothing will match the wind-blown, sun-drenched beach fun you may have exhausted…

AQUAVAULT® A Safety Solution for Students

February 3, 2016

Apartment Gear

A secure solution beyond water adventures, the AQUAVAULT® Outdoor Travel Safe is made of durable, high-impact ABS thermoplastic to withstand aggressive attempts on your valuables, and is perfect for any college apartment, or apartment property pool. The 120-square-inch cargo hull is roomy enough for wallets, watches, mobile phones, jewelry, keys and other valuables. Aquavault® is…