Who near UT Austin actually writes short-term leases? Need Aug 1 - Jan 31.

I graduate from UT in December and I'm interning full-time through the fall, so I need roughly six months and not twelve. There's a real chance my job lands in Dallas or Houston in January, and signing a 12-month I'd have to break in month six seems like a fast way to eat a reletting fee plus rent into a dead market. So I'm trying to find the short-term path instead.

What I've figured out so far: the big purpose-built student buildings won't go under 12 months, period. My read is the realistic options are smaller independent landlords, condo owners renting out a unit, or picking up a sublease from someone leaving for the fall.

What I'm hoping people here know:

• Which central Austin landlords or property managers will actually write a 6 or 9 month term? Specific names would help enormously.

• Do condo owners tend to be more flexible on term than management companies? That's my assumption but I'd like to know if it holds.

• Are locators worth using here, or do they skip short terms since the commission isn't there?

• Rough sense of the premium I should expect to pay over the 12-month rate for a shorter term?

Appreciate any leads.

(Specs in case it matters to the advice: private room and private bathroom, kitchen, one parking spot, around $900 and flexible, within a 25 min walk of UT so realistically West Campus, North Campus, or Hyde Park. No pets, non-smoker, references available. If you're a landlord with something that fits, DM welcome.)

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