Off-Campus Housing Blog

Next Term’s Lease….Ready Yet?

November 6, 2015

Yes—we’re serious. Even if you’ve just gotten settled in to your apartment for this term, it’s time to start thinking about next year whether you want to stay where you are or not. Remember, though: finding and securing an apartment—and we’re talking not just falling in love with a place, but making sure it’s going…

Puppy Power! Should You Own a Pet at Your College Apartment?

November 5, 2015

Apartment Living, Pets

Living With Your Roommate’s Annoying Habits

November 5, 2015

Roommates

Living in an off campus apartment has been great, especially since you have the best roommates! Well for the most part it has been great except for your roommates few habits that annoy you. In this short clip, these two roommates show some of the annoying habits that each of them have. Do you show…

Weekly Roundup of Student Housing News

November 4, 2015

Industry News

Here’s what’s happening in student housing… Minneapolis—Opus Group Completes Three New Developments The Opus Group has finished construction on three new luxury student housing complexes: ArborBLU of Ann Arbor, Mich.; The Foundry of Ames, Iowa; and District Flats of Columbia, Mo. Each development sits close to a major university and features upscale amenities such as garage parking,…

Desk Organization for Your College Apartment

November 3, 2015

Decorating Tips

An organized desk is a happy desk. Is your desk always messy? There are plenty of ways to reorganize your disorganized area to reduce the clutter and allow more room for you to work on your homework and projects! Check out this DIY organization video for inspiration for your desk! Her organization tips are inexpensive and…

The 10 Phases of Suffering Your College Roommates Audibly Intrusive Love Life

November 3, 2015

Apartment Living

Living with other people can be difficult. Having a roommate who is a “loud lover” (to put it politely) is borderline infuriating. Should this be your first time living with new people, and should those people fall into the “loud lover” category, you can expect the following evolution of reactions. Preparation is everything! The “First…

Bathroom Blunders (How to Avoid Them)

November 2, 2015

Apartment Living, Roommates

One of the major undoings for two good friends who become roommates can often be a community bathroom. This conflict can easily be toppled with a few simple rules. Scroll through and discover the oasis that is an operable community bathroom. Schedule The likelihood of yours and your roommates schedules falling into the same time frame…

Call the Landlord, or Fix it Yourself? Roommates and Rent

November 2, 2015

Maintenance Tips, Roommates

Whether you’ve loved your roommates since second grade or just met them when you moved in, renting an apartment in college means not only great times (pizza delivery, watching Lost marathons, and meeting their brother), but hard times. Stressful times. Times in which a roommate may be violating your lease agreement, or even not paying their share…

Springfield Student Housing Reaches New Heights

October 30, 2015

Industry News

The title for biggest student housing development on the block is currently hotly contested in Springfield, Mo., where two large scale projects are underway to increase off-campus housing. The first is the largest new project in decades to rise in the downtown area. In their new development, Aspen Springfield, Aspen Heights is constructing four, five-story…

Best Billiards for Free

October 30, 2015

Apartment Living

Many college apartment complexes offer the luxury of billiards in the clubhouse game room. Sure you’ve knocked the balls around here and there before in the past – or brutally embarrassed yourself at a bar after a few two many cocktails …err…sodas. But the actual rules of the game still escape you and, on top…

College Apartment Studying Tips

October 29, 2015

Study Tips

Midterms are coming! Are you ready for them? Living in a college apartment is completely different than living in the dorms. Living in the dorms makes it hard to study, especially if you have a loud roommate or people constantly screaming in your hallway. Though these things might be true for off campus as well,…

ACH Awarded Management over Two New Facilities

October 28, 2015

Industry News

San Luis Obispo, Calif. and San Marcos, Texas The nation’s largest third-party management company according to their website, Asset Campus Housing (ACH), has expanded its managed portfolio again this week with two new properties: Mustang Village of San Luis Obispo, and The Reserve at West Avenue of San Marcos, Texas. Both off-campus student housing complexes…