{"id":14739,"date":"2021-09-21T15:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=14739"},"modified":"2023-07-22T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:36:34","slug":"6-quick-tips-to-find-your-first-apartment-after-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/6-quick-tips-to-find-your-first-apartment-after-college\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Quick Tips To Find Your First Apartment After College"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

After several years of college dorms with oddly shaped beds, it\u2019s time to move into an apartment you can call your own! While student housing may have been a pretty straightforward experience, there are a lot of nuances on how to rent an apartment after you graduate college. Find yourself asking how to find your first apartment after college? Read on below for six quick tips to making a post-college apartment search turn into a reality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Tip 1: Find Your First Apartment After College by Getting Picky with a Search Site.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Certain sites have little to no protections for a first-time renter and anyone is able to list an apartment, whether it\u2019s real or not. However, a site like RentHop<\/a> ranks apartments through our proprietary HopScore that filters out listings with lower quality. While other sites only give you the option to sort based on price or posting date, the HopScore takes into account aspects such as agent or landlord response time and reputation, listing photos, and price and time on the market. All of this means you can avoid scammy listings and find an ideal apartment as a college student if you get a little picky.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Tip 2: Afford the First Apartment with Roommates<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Straight out of college you may be ready to live on your own with no one in your personal space, but affording a place to call your own may require you to join forces with another person. Filtering your searches by \u201croom\u201d instead of bedrooms<\/a> will give you options to find a private room that may already have roommates who are looking to acquire a new one. The bonus with living with roommates? You may be able to afford a swankier place with better amenities<\/a> and in a more desirable location, cutting down on needing to leave your apartment for things like laundry and making your commute even faster. Just be sure that if you\u2019re apartment searching with a future roommate that you agree if you\u2019ll split the rent proportionately if one room is larger than the other.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Tip 3: If It Seems Too Good to be True, It Probably Is<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Covid rates that caused a dip in rent prices are almost completely gone and rent in most cities is steadily increasing. Unusually low rent most likely means an agent may try a \u201cbait and switch<\/a>.\u201d They will then claim the apartment has been rented but they have something similar for just a little bit more. Also, be on the lookout for apartments that have been on the market for a while, there is almost always a reason no one wants it. Don\u2019t get scammed out of an apartment, there often aren\u2019t many ways to save on an apartment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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