It won't hurt your credit unless you don't pay your rent/damages. That being said - both of you - are usually on the hook for all of it. Meaning you owe 100% if your roommate doesn't pay and vice versa.mth91 wrote:I simply do not want an eviction to affect my ability to get into another apartment or (from what I've read online, with a grain of salt) hurt my credit.
You may have to rent somewhere a bit more random - like rent a room in a house. There is some availability of short term (semester) housing in College Station. I used it for years while working a semester then going to school a semester.