If you are a college or a university student who opts to rent an apartment closer to your school, then you may want to consider some important reminders about finding a better apartment.  Below would be your checklist:

•    Accessibility.  The apartment should be accessible not only to your school but also to other necessary places to go to like the church, the market, MRTs, and the like.  In which case, it would be easier for you to go to and from all these places without the need to commute and spend money for this.  
•    Parking availability.  Most students nowadays have their private cars.  If you are going to face parking issues on your new apartment, think about this again and again.  
•    Rental fee.  If the rental fee does not compensate with the services and amenities that they offer, then disregard this as an option.  You also need to make sure that you are living within your budget.  
•    Deposits and its agreement.  There are landlords which require too much of a deposit for the apartment (rental deposit, electric and water, and contingency).  If all these are too much for you, then scrap the idea.

This would be the perfect checklist that you can follow when you start engaging on renting your own apartment as a student.