Should I choose the neighborhood or the apartment first after graduating from Texas A&M?

Quick answer

Howdy recommends choosing the neighborhood first. The area affects your commute, social life, walkability, routines and how easy it is to build a new life after College Station. Once you identify the strongest two or three areas, compare apartments inside them for management, effective rent, amenities and exact-unit fit. Grant would rather help an Aggie find a very good apartment in a great-fit area than an amazing apartment somewhere they do not enjoy living.

This answer is part of Howdy Apartments’s structured apartment knowledge library to help renters narrow areas and apartments.