We've been friends with Earnest Crownover this year and he reached out to us needing some advice as he starts his business career with Frost Bank. This is the message we received from Earnest.

As you know, I'm moving to Houston to start my banking job next month. I wanted to reach out to ask if you knew anyone that may have any guest homes or rental properties out there?

I'll be working downtown near the Galleria. I've been looking at apartments but a lot of them are almost $1500 for one bedroom apartment and that's kind of expensive for me so i just wanted to ask!

Please DM me if you have any leads and I will send you Earnest's number. Thanks!

Does Howdy Club or any other group offer any kind of roommate networking or referrals?

That would be a handy service. I think for most people, the process of looking for a roommate after college involves asking around, talking about locations, and eventually sucking it up and going solo on a less-than-ideal location.

$1500 or more is normal for a true 1-bedroom inside the loop. He might try looking for a garage apartment in the Heights. A lot of homeowners go old school and list them on sites like Cragslist.

This should show search results within 2 miles of 77008 that are a 1/1 for $1250 or less:
https://houston.craigslist.org/search/apa?max_bedrooms=1&max_price=1250&min_bedrooms=1#search=1~gallery~0~8

I will pass along the link. Thank you.

Condos on Bering. Find a realtor or someone that helps with that.

Downtown near the Galleria??

This is where I lived when starting out. One bedrooms are ~$900/mo now.

https://3fountains1.com/

Those places have gone downhill a ton

Check the HAR website for rentals.

www.har.com

Won't cost him a dime to use a realtor that does leases for this.

maroon barchetta said:

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He's working downtown?

Or he's working near the Galleria?

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That was my first thought. Which one is it? Makes a big difference.

When there is a lot of traffic it does make a difference

The Village at Bellaire apartments have a listing for $1,136 a month, but I'm sure there are add on charges.

This was my first apartment complex in the loop.. were they crappy? yes. Were they cheap and in a highly convenient location? also yes.

https://www.bayouparkhouston.com/houston/bayou-park/conventional/

Now featuring new pickleball courts. I drive past this almost daily.

Another inexpensive, yet solid Galleria-area complex.

https://www.thecreoleonyorktown.com/

I haven't lived there in many years but they were constantly trying to do updates that meant increasing rent without actually making the apartments nicer.

Thanks for all these suggestions. I'll pass them along to Earnest. I'm not exactly sure which Frost location he is at. He just mentioned the Galleria area was where he was looking I believe.

I work downtown and don't mind a roommate for a year to save money towards a down payment on a home if he wants to go that route

The Wonderer said:

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MAS444 said:

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I lived in the galleria area and went to school downtown my first year in Houston. Wasn't a big deal at all. Hell, Katy/Woodlands/Pearland/Kingwood/Sugar Land to downtown is only 20 minutes.

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Traffic has improved! It used to be 30 minutes from Kingwood to downtown.

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Well yeah...They stopped building new homes out there and they widened 59 so traffic flows uninhibited all the time.

NM

swimmerbabe11 said:

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This was my first apartment complex in the loop.. were they crappy? yes. Were they cheap and in a highly convenient location? also yes.

https://www.bayouparkhouston.com/houston/bayou-park/conventional/

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My first apartment as well. 2 BR/2 BA, $550/month, all bills paid. In 1985.

That's wild. I live in The Woodlands/Spring. 700 sq ft, one bedroom.. $1500/month.

texasaggie2015 said:

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That's wild. I live in The Woodlands/Spring. 700 sq ft, one bedroom.. $1500/month.

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That's ITL Shady Acres money.

I honestly don't remember what I paid but I think it was like 900 or something? It was a perfectly fine, safe, convenient place to live.

I rent a house now, 1600 sq ft for less than 1500,,, but don't ask what my electric bill was cause the house was built in 1920.

texasaggie2015 said:

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That's wild. I live in The Woodlands/Spring. 700 sq ft, one bedroom.. $1500/month.

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The next year when my roommate got married I moved to off Westheimer just past the Beltway. 1 BR/1BA was $225/month.

I lived in both Bayou Park and the Creole on Yorktown in the early 80's!

Lots of people I know lived at the creole on Yorktown and I looked at them before deciding on westcreek.

My son lives south of the Central Market on Westhiemer and pays about $1300/month, there are some but not all utilities included. It's a 1 bedroom so he's not looking for a roommate other than his girlfriend who graduates in December. They have both decided to move to Ft Worth when the lease is up.