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Three Great Tips for Rocking Your Athens or Columbus Student Rental

Looking for off campus rentals in Athens or Columbus can be a struggle when you’re already in classes for most of the day—who has the time to go apartment hunting after all that? Plus, there’s always the competition of other students getting to that prime apartment in the uptown area of Athens before you could. Thankfully, the search for off-campus housing couldn’t be any easier when you use Krause Rental Properties as your hunting guide. 

We have tried to make sure that you don’t waste any of your precious time during your search for the best in Athens Ohio rental housing. The same goes for our Ohio State University rental properties in Columbus. You can browse all our available properties online. Find out what we have – not only based on location and when it’s available, but on size and features and amenities, among other criteria. You can do all of this without leaving your laptop. Many of our Athens and Columbus apartment rentals have floor plans accompanying the listing. That way you can get a genuine feel of your potential future home before seeing it in person. 

All too often, you’ll find an apartment for rent near Ohio State University or OU, and it looks perfect online, only for you to get there and quickly realize those pictures are at least 10 years old. Or maybe that rental home with a yard off campus from Ohio University that suspiciously didn’t have pictures of said yard is more like a rental with a sandbox attached to it. Rest assured, all of our rental property information online is up-to-date and is absolutely what you can expect in-person.

Everything You Need in One Location

With our online listings of Ohio State and Ohio University off campus rentals, you can find the perfect housing option in a relatively short period of time. Are you looking for a two-bedroom rental in Columbus near OSU? Or are you needing a four-bedroom home to rent in the Athens area with your friends for your first year living out of the dorms at OU? No matter what your unique rental needs are, we provide you with everything you need to make an informed decision. From extensive floor plans, to detailed photos, to provided amenities with information about the rental’s location, you’ll find it all in one convenient location. Forget about needing to call the listed number to ask about amenities that weren’t listed in the property description on that prime Athens rental apartment on Court Street and needing to wait to hear back on it—we like things to be easy for you and for us. 

Finding a house or apartment in Athens or a student rental in Columbus shouldn’t have to be a struggle. That’s even when you’re very focused on finding the best possible place for you and your friends. We know you’re busy. Find the perfect house or apartment for rent in Athens or Columbus after an easy and painless search, and then call us to schedule a time to see it in person. Our quality student rentals around Athens and Columbus speak for themselves, and we know you’re bound to love them. Our team is happy to show you around and answer any lingering questions in the meantime. Our full-service website makes it easy for you to conduct most of the search online. This minimizes the in-person contacts that have been discouraged during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and continue in declining rigor as the pandemic winds down.

Drive Your Mouse, Not Your Car, to Browse a Variety of Affordable Off-Campus Rentals

Believe us, we know that hunting for the right rental housing situation can be a long, laborious and potentially disappointing process with no guarantee of a positive outcome. We’ve all been there—that two-bedroom rental apartment in Athens for you and your friend that looked nice in the pictures, but in reality, you’re not sure if you even viewed the same apartment. In a worst-case scenario, you might just burn out on the rental search and settle for an Athens or Columbus rental property that’s not what you want, and that you may even come to despise. And no one wants their college experience tarnished by a bad rental experience—you should be able to focus on your classes and having a good time with friends without needing to worry about whether or not that dingy studio apartment in Athens you’re renting has running water again or not. The good news is that Krause Rental Properties provides a superior alternative to that sort of frustration. We minimize the prospect of having an unsuccessful experience. Close the Craig’s List tab and stop writing down phone numbers from “For Rent” signs that stay up year-round. We’ve made it very easy to find the Athens or Columbus rental housing you’re looking for. Browse all our properties or do an advanced search by the number of bedrooms, etc. Finding your ideal rental is easy and can take minutes instead of days. Your dream rental home within walking distance to OU could be yours, and it could be right around the corner.

Finding the perfect Columbus or Athens rental house or apartment will significantly increase your chances of being able to recall in 10, 20 and 30 years that these were the best four or five years of your life. At Krause Rental Properties we don’t want your glorious memories of OU and Athens to be marred by that one year when you lived in a terrible Athens Ohio rental or a blighted apartment in Columbus. We can help make sure that that doesn’t happen. Take a look at any of our number of rentals homes and apartments in Columbus and Athens—you’ll be glad you did.

Krause Also Has Great Rentals Near OSU

Are you looking for your first off campus rental at Ohio State? There are tons of quality and not-so-quality student rentals around OSU, so it’s important to do your due diligence and find out which ones are worth your money. As mentioned, Krause Rental Properties also boasts a small but varied roster of rentals near the OSU campus in Columbus. If you’re a Buckeye looking for off-campus housing, check out our listings in the neighborhoods surrounding Ohio State. These apartments – one-, two- and five bedroom – are all within close distance of the North High Street commercial district, with its bars, restaurants and retail establishments geared toward Ohio State students. Though few and far between, our rental apartments in Columbus put you right near the heart of campus and its surrounding areas.

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