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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Down in Charlottesville, this whole thing is fueled by students who think they need to live in a select few buildings and complexes. The companies that run those places are happy to get their commitments.

No one needs to sign a lease in October. Just because some do doesn't mean your kid does.[/quote]

You are underestimating things. MOST of the small and medium sized well located apartment buildings will be sold out by end of October. My DD wanted to live in what she thought was a little known complex and called at 8 AM the day they said they would know what they had available (which was in early Oct). Low and behold they had 70 applications already for probably less than 10 apartments. My DD didn't even know you COULD put in an app earlier, because she definitely would have. The next few weeks saw availability decline on a daily basis.  My DS's roommates dad came down over parents weekend and took the boys around, made a spreadsheet of the options and then the boys made the decision. There's alot that an incoming freshman does NOT know about areas that are safe, what is popular, what is ethical, what is a good price etc.  They do need help and if we parents want to help them, there is nothing wrong with that. With my DD she only looked at one apartment with her roommate, loved it, booked it all done.

Those nice smaller builders were done by Nov 1st. Booked and done. The "select few buildings and complexes' that are the most popular actually tend to have availability a little later because they are larger and more expensive. The trick is finding the smaller ones that no one knows about.[/quote]

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