<prompt> Human: My daughter is a college student currently living on campus. She and a couple of her friends want to get an apartment off-campus. However, nearly all the apartments and houses for rent that we can find say Sorry, No Co-Signors or Guarantors. Im a bit baffled by this - is this just basically a big no students sign? How can 3 college students rent a place if their parents cant be co-signors on the lease? Would the lease need to be in the name of the 3 parents instead of the students?  <response>: Sounds like the local area has had some bad experiences. Personally my college town had an entire student ghetto section where most of us lived off campus. I was able to sign for each rental in this area by myself and no one ever asked me for a cosigner or did a credit check. The first time I moved into a real apartment and they asked for both I was shocked and nearly refused until I realized that was actually the norm.She should see if her university has off-campus housing listings. Nearly all the landlords that were actively looking for students in my area advertised there even over Craigslist. 