If you are moving to Dallas with children or teenagers the school systems will be important to you. It will be more important for those with younger children to live in communities with good school systems where they can find Dallas apartments in close proximity to these schools. One thing you will be glad to know is that Dallas is not short on schools so you have quite a variety to choose from. These include 337 public schools, 89 private schools and 38 colleges, so no matter what you are looking for will be able to find something that is right for your kids.

One good place to find Dallas apartments with top-rated schools is in Plano. This suburb has schools that have a five-star ratings and have a lovely atmosphere for families. There are not only schools here but also colleges so if you have older children this is also a great place to live. Apartments in and around this area that are good choices include Tribeca Apartments which can be found at 8401 Memorial Lane. There is also Valencia Apartments at 2501 Ohio Dr., and The Wellington at Willowbend at 3200 Parkwood.

The latter is quite close to Centennial Elementary School and your kids may be able to walk to school if you or them are up to it. The apartments at Willowbend are filled with families so your kids will even be able to meet and make friends right at home. La Ventura is right across the street from Centennial Elementary and from here you can watch your kids walk to school. You can also find Dallas apartments for rent at Ashley Park Townhomes; this is also in Plano and is close to Beatty pre-school.

Another ideal apartment to live in, in Dallas is Harvestree Apartments. This is close to Hughston Elementary School, which is top-rated, and only a half mile drive away. These Dallas apartments have a large amount of kids on the premises and so you will love that your kids won’t feel too down in their new home for too long. You can find Harvestree apartments at 5401 Independence Parkway also.

If you don’t wish to live in Plano or for some reason can’t get into an apartment there you can look in Prosper. Here an ideal apartment complex is Mansions at Prosper on 880 S Coit Road. These Dallas apartments are close to Lorene Rogers Middle School and if you work it may well be right on the way to work so no extra driving for you.

Armstrong Elementary school has received the GreatSchools.org rating of 10 out of 10. There are only a few public schools in Texas who have gotten such a rating so you know it is a good school. Apartments that are close to this school include The Phoenix Midtown, The Gables Knoxbridge, The Shelby apartments and East Bridge apartments.

Bowie Elementary School can be found in the Richardson Independent School District and it is another of the schools that has received the Great Schools 10 out of 10 rating. You will find apartments like Saddle Brook, Tiburon, Preston Greens, Kensington Apartments and The Courtyards at Campbell within close proximity to these schools.

We should always be looking for great ways to move / rent our apartments. This area is endlessly subject to innovation. Unfortunately, too many owners and managers adopt the idea that they know the game essentially accepting complaisance as the “right place to be”. Urbane demonstrates in their most recent twist on the game how untrue this is.

Urbane Apartments are in Michigan (Stinky Market), highly occupied, and owned and operated by a long time manager executive who takes the idea that the possibilities are endless to heart. Urbane is active developing Internet marketing skills, social marketing approaches, and a host of more traditional marketing ideas. As a result, even located in a weak market Urbane enjoys consistently high occupancy and low turnover. Don’t we all wish that we were in this position?

As background, Urbane owns a portfolio of projects in the Detroit market area. Eric Brown has 30 years experience as a property management and portfolio management executive with much larger owners. Some years ago, he launched successfully the acquisition and operation of the portfolio that is now Urbane apartments. You can find more on Eric and his portfolio by Googling “Urbane Apartments”.

In this most recent experiment, Eric’s team recognized that with a young apartment community residency access to downtown shopping, restaurants, and entertainment would offer a strong amenity if they could offer reasonable access to their residents. Now, being a good property owner and manager, Eric was unwilling to add to his cost to accomplish this. Additionally, he was uncomfortable with having to ask his residents for more cash for the service. At the same time, he reasoned that the restaurants and businesses who would benefit from the traffic could see value in the concept.

With this in mind, Eric found a local limo company willing to provide the service and if Eric could get it paid for would let him place Urbane advertising wrap around the providing limo. Today, Urbane has negotiated a shuttle service where the merchants pay for the shuttle costs to offer free rides to the residents to their business locations. The net is a huge win for everyone involved. The businesses gain access to a valuable customer base and some control over how they are perceived and how the traffic comes to the area. This is a very high value capability for a business. The residents enjoy free transportation and don’t have to drive for evening entertainment. The shuttle service has won a long term steady revenue paying customer. Eric benefits from a new amenity and great advertising.