How to Select The Perfect College Apartment

Each month, we make a mortgage payment on our house. And, each month, we pay rent. No, we don’t live in two places. Instead, my husband and I live in a home and our 19-year-old son lives in a college apartment in the city where he attends school.

When my son decided to live in an apartment and not stay on campus, I knew things were about to get interesting. I had no idea what the cost of renting and running an apartment was. I also had no idea that my son believed sharing a bedroom was the wo...