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PSS 101, Lesson 7: How do I find an apartment? Is it cheaper to live off campus?

I’ve been meaning to publish this information for awhile now. Since I am graduating soon, I decided I better post it! Perhaps it will benefit posterity, and save someone else the time it took me to work this out. 

It’s a big mystery how people actually find places to live off campus. Also, whenever you start tossing around the idea of moving off campus, you generally get the response, “It’s a lot cheaper.” But everyone is very vague on the details. So before moving off campus last year, I exercised my mad Excel skills and figured out the finances. 

NOTE!! If you plan to move off campus, start your search EARLY. As in, September. Leases open on October 1, and trust me, a lot of places are totally full by Thanksgiving break.

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