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Resources for landlords and property managers renting to students — marketing, leasing, operations, compliance, and the tools that keep units full.
Student Housing Management: What Running an Off-Campus Student Building Actually Involves
Student housing management is the work of running a rental building on an academic calendar instead of a rolling one: you lease the entire book of beds months in advance, hand over most of the property inside a two-week window every summer, and answer to residents whose parents cosigned the lease. Third-party student-housing operators generally quote 8% to 12% of collected rent to take that over.
Student Housing Property Management Software: What Actually Matters for Off-Campus Landlords
Student housing property management software has to run a lease per bed instead of per unit. Entrata, RealPage Student, and Yardi own the enterprise tier; TenantCloud from $15/month and DoorLoop from $69/month cover small portfolios. The deciding question is whether the software treats a bed as a billable object.
Where Should Landlords Advertise Rental Properties to College Students?
The best place to advertise a rental property to college students is a student-specific platform where the entire audience is students — not a generalist listing site where student renters are a needle in a haystack.
Why Landlords List Student Rentals on Find My Place
Landlords list student rentals on Find My Place to reach a student-only audience, pay by property instead of per listing, and let verified tenant reviews do the trust-building that fills units.
Why Outdated Housing Tools Send Students to Facebook
When the off-campus housing tool feels a decade old, students close the tab and head to Facebook — where the scams and stale listings live. Here's what a modern student housing platform looks like instead.
What a Find My Place Partnership Page Looks Like (and How We Build Yours)
A Find My Place partnership page is a campus-specific housing hub, built and maintained for your university and customized to your market — one vetted link your office can hand to students.
Stuck in a Student Lease You Can't Afford? 7 Legal Ways Out
