Advice on college apartments?

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Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:44:36 +0000

I’m not a parent, but I’ve looked at apartments, and most of the places, the management company always have bad reviews. A lot of them say things like being rude, taking all the deposit, etc, like you have mentioned.
One apartment I lived for 2 years, it was pretty nice, and only when I left the place did I see the reviews of the apartment and management. It was not so good, and many people reported problems that I had no idea of. But some of them were true, like one of the employees being a little rude to students. Many people noted that they didn’t get any deposit back. But we got 400 out of 600 dollars so I was surprised.

I don’t know if I was just lucky and did not have to deal with any issues, but I have a feeling that the only people that write them are people who had bad experiences, and others don’t bother writing them. (assuming you’re getting information online), so the reputation seems really bad.

It’s impossible to tell how its going to be until you sign the lease and start living for a while, so you might want to try to get a shorter lease period, if you can. Maybe 6 months, but you might have to pay a little premium. It’s always good to know that you can leave whenever you want, if you need to.