Need College Park housing advice

There are 4 of us who are looking for a place, and having a little bit of difficulty determining the quality of the places. I don't know what's bad... I'm planning on heading down and scoping the area out, but any help narrowing down where to "scope" would be appreciative.

PM jdlea. He went through your exact situation last year at UMD.

Off campus housing at UMD is just going to get harder and harder. Right now they have kicked all senors off campus that are not in an apartment type situation, where they have a lease on the apartment. All the other senors are forced to go off campus. THere are tents on our mall in protest but it really isn't going to do much. That is driving prices around here up.

Base your search on how far you are willing to commute. There are definitely nicer areas the further you get from College Park, and with the influx of people that will flood the rental market, you might be better off.