Many college students opt to rent with roommates to lower the cost of living, share responsibilities, and build a sense of community while in school. While you may now have experienced living with a roommate in the dorms, living with one or multiple roommates off campus comes with many new challenges and responsibilities. Together, you and your off campus roommates will have to negotiate splitting and paying bills on time, additional cleaning tasks like bathroom and kitchen chores, and the responsibility of cooking, buying groceries, and sharing cabinet space. Figuring out all of these new social dynamics for the first time can be difficult. Here are a few resources for living with roommates off-campus: