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The Brandt Company

Buying or Renting? Home or a Condo? Stepping out of the dorms and into off campus life can be difficult to navigate.  The Brandt Company and Brandt Realty can help you through all the ins and outs of Real Estate in Fort Collins. With 39 years helping our student and faculty finding homes, we have …

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Foco Living

*The article below is sponsored content and does not represent the opinions of the Off-Campus Life office or staff.   Finding your home away from home can be challenging sometimes, but we have just about everything you need here at Foco Living! Whether you’re looking for furnished or un-furnished options, we got you covered. Have …

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Ram’s Village

  *The article below is sponsored content and does not represent the opinions of the Off-Campus Life office or staff.   With so many options for off-campus living, transitioning from the dorms to an apartment can be daunting- you need to know what to look for. Ram’s Village checks all the boxes for off-campus necessities …

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6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Signing the Lease to My First Apartment

Moving can be difficult, especially when it’s into your first apartment. Taking this step in your independent journey can be really stressful without the right resources and support. It doesn’t help that there is so much information and apartment-hunting lingo you are expected to know and understand prior to signing the lease. I moved into …

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Top 5 pizza joints in Fort Collins from the perspective of a CSU grad.

Living off-campus can be tough sometimes, especially when you have to feed yourself and ramen just isn’t cutting it anymore. Thankfully, if you find yourself craving pizza, here are my rankings of the best local pizza joints around town.   #5: Pizza Casbah Pizza Casbah is number five on the list for many reasons, but …

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Rams Against Hunger

As a full-time off-campus student, it can be difficult to try and budget for groceries each month. According to data from the College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFA), 30% of college students are food insecure. So I am grateful that CSU acknowledges the seriousness of food insecurity among students and offers many food services …

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Navigating COVID-19: Responsible Social Gathering Tips-n-Tricks

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the very basis of how we function in our society, forcing us to create a new normal that both protect ourselves and others but also allows us to engage in the true necessities of human life. As social creatures, we rely on our relationships to keep us going through hard …

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Conflict in Quarantine: Tips from a Current Roommate

Dealing with conflict is never easy, and it can be even harder when the conflict is with someone you live with. Now top that off with being stuck in quarantine due to a global pandemic. This kind of situation has become pretty common in the last couple of months for households all over the world, …

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