What should an Aggie grad do if income is just below an apartment’s 3x requirement?

Quick answer

Do not assume the answer is automatically no. Ask the property how it handles close cases before paying an application fee. Depending on its policy, the community may allow a guarantor, verified assets, a larger deposit, a lower-priced unit or another approved solution. The property makes the decision. Grant’s advice is to ask first rather than unnecessarily abandoning a strong apartment—or applying blindly and losing application money.

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