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Living off-campus comes with bigger responsibilities. One of the most prominent changes from on-campus housing is an increase in financial obligations. From the electric company to your internet provider, everybody seems to want your money at different times during...

Whether you’re residing in an apartment or a house, one thing you might be short on is storage space. Even after moving out of a cramped dorm room, a lack of free space can still be a major problem for students living off-campus, especially since most of their...

Ask anybody what living off-campus is like, and they’ll probably tell you that they love it, but that it also comes with a lot of responsibility. The truth is, living independently is tons of fun, but it also requires hard work, and often is much more difficult than...

If you read our last blog, “Is Living Off-Campus Right For You?”, you know that getting breakfast when you live off-campus can be hard, especially when you’re rushing to get out the door in a sleep-deprived haze. Nevertheless, eating a proper breakfast is possible, no...

Student rentals tend to be one of two types - a house, or an apartment. For students who attend colleges in heavily urban environments, or in sparsely populated areas, the choice is already made, but for most, both options abound. When it is entirely up to you, what...

When you read over your lease, you will likely run across a section that discusses something called a “security deposit.” According to Wikipedia, a security deposit is “a sum of money held in trust either as an initial part-payment in a purchasing process, also known...