Off Campus Housing Blog | Quick, helpful tips about living off campus.

Now, it’s getting real!
You’ve found what looks to be a great apartment online. But, you have to see the place in person to understand if it’s the right place to live in for an entire year.
Unlike most dorm rooms, each apartment is unique and you need to know the right things to look for and questions to ask when the landlord or agent walks you through....

We’ve been hard at work on the new JumpOffCampus Learning Center. We built the Learning Center for you, oh, intrepid apartment hunter.
It’s a one-stop-shop to help you search for, inspect, move in to and live in your first apartment.
We’ll be creating lots more videos and checklists to help you along the way.  So if there’s anything you’d like to learn about, just let us know....

Quick description: As a tenant, you’re entitled to interest paid on your deposits to your landlord.
Why should I care?
As a renter, you probably had to put down a security deposit, right? And maybe last month’s rent, too. So that sucks. But you know what doesn’t suck? Beer. Burritos. And, uhm, books....

Givin’ it the ol’ college try? Ahem…
Well, the folks over at CollegeAtHome recently posted this incredibly interesting infographic about how (un)prepared college freshman actually are…
As it turns out, an alarming amount simply aren’t! And it’s leading to some really jarring statistics, like the fact that the US ranks 12th internationally in college attainment (40%), or that only 1 in 4 college freshman actually finish their first...