Question 1

Who qualifies for the student discount?

Accepted Answer

Anyone with a valid `.edu` email address from a U.S. accredited university or college. That covers undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and most medical/law students. We verify the email at checkout — if your school uses a non-.edu domain (some international programs in NYC do), email giulio@leaseswap.nyc and we'll add it manually.

Question 2

How does .edu verification work?

Accepted Answer

After you sign up, you confirm your `.edu` address with a one-tap email link — the same flow you use to log in. No transcripts, no student ID upload, no waiting for a human to approve you. The 50% discount unlocks the moment you verify and stays active for as long as your `.edu` address is valid.

Question 3

What does the discount actually cost?

Accepted Answer

The Search Pass is $39 for 4 months of instant NYC apartment alerts. With the student discount it's $19.50 for the same 4 months — roughly $5 a month. One payment, no subscription, no auto-renewal. You can ask for a full refund within 7 days, no questions asked.

Question 4

Why a student discount?

Accepted Answer

Students are the people who get scammed the most in NYC: out-of-towners with tight move-in dates, looking at apartments sight-unseen, often pressured to wire deposits. We'd rather you found a real apartment through a verified alert pipeline than lose $2,000 to a Facebook Marketplace fake listing. Half-price is the lowest we can run the service at and still keep the lights on.

Question 5

How do you protect students from scams?

Accepted Answer

Every alert we send links to a listing scraped directly from StreetEasy, RentHop, Craigslist, or LeaseBreak — we never resurface DM-only or wire-only postings. We tag suspicious listings (no broker info, too-good-to-be-true rent, duplicate photos) and we publish a free scam-safety checklist for every student before their first NYC tour. You can also forward any suspicious listing to giulio@leaseswap.nyc and we'll vet it for you.

Question 6

What if I find an apartment in week one and don’t need the rest?

Accepted Answer

Email us within 7 days of purchase and we'll refund 100%, no questions asked. After 7 days, the pass stays active for the full 4 months — useful if you decide to move again, or want to share alerts with a roommate-search.

Question 7

I’m starting school in the fall. When should I sign up?

Accepted Answer

Most NYC student leases turn over between May and August. We recommend activating the pass 6–8 weeks before your move date — alerts land in your inbox the minute a matching listing hits, and the best rent-stabilized and no-fee units in student-heavy neighborhoods (Morningside Heights, East Village, Crown Heights, LIC) tend to go in under 48 hours.

Question 8

Do you cover neighborhoods near my campus?

Accepted Answer

We scan every NYC borough — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island — with full filter support for commute time to any address (Columbia, NYU, Fordham, Hunter, Brooklyn College, Pratt, FIT, Cooper Union, The New School, CUNY campuses, Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell, Albert Einstein). Set your campus as a saved location and we'll only ping you on apartments within your commute tolerance.

Find your first
NYC apartment.

From .edu to first apartment.

Sign up with your .edu

Set your campus and budget

Tour real, vetted listings

Students get scammed the most.

Verified source for every listing

Suspicious listings flagged

Never wire money for an apartment you haven’t toured

Free scam-safety checklist

Forward us anything that feels off.

Half off, forever a student.

The unfair advantage your dorm-mates don’t have.

Built for tight move-in dates

Commute-time, not just neighborhood

Rent-stabilized + landlord checks

No fee. No commission. No upsells.

Student pass, explained.

Skip the scams. Start tonight.

Find your first NYC apartment.