Off-Campus Housing Blog

What to Look For in a Roommate By Kaitlin Hurtado Roommate horror stories are abundant. Some stem from small issues like leaving a plate of a questionable meal in the room until it formed its own ecosystem. Others can end quite terribly — with one roommate moving out and ending the roommate-ship for good. Whatever…

Planning A Party With Minimal Space By Ashley Paskill One popular aspect of college life is partying. However, hosting a party with minimal space can be a big challenge, especially since college student apartments are notoriously small. Despite the challenge of not having a lot of space, hosting a great college party is possible if…

Welcome to the Jungle: Large Houseplants for Your Space By Brittany Loeffler When it comes to decorating your space, you can’t go wrong with large houseplants. They offer your space a natural and calming atmosphere that wall paintings, furniture, and knickknacks cannot. With large houseplants, you can transform your apartment into an intricate and beautiful…

Best College Tips to Keep You Safe By Alicia Giegel Going to college is one of the most rewarding and fun experiences someone can have in life. Meeting new friends, joining clubs, going to parties and fun events, and of course, earning a degree are all things that make the college experience wholesome and worthwhile.…

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 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? 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 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 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 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 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…