Founding member spots are open

Plans change.
Need to break your lease or find a lease fast?

TakeOver connects students who need out of an off-campus lease with students who need one.

Living room with a grey loveseatVerified

$1,450 / mo, 1 bed / 1 bath

University Place, Denton, 5 min to campus

Jan to Jul2 months free

Where we operate

  • UNT, 23 live
  • UT Dallas, 25 live
  • Texas Tech, waitlist
  • Arkansas, waitlist
  • Oklahoma, waitlist

Powering handoffs across

How it works

Lease problems get solved here.

AI listing builder

Nobody wants to be a real estate agent

Paste your lease, your old Facebook post, or one messy paragraph. TakeOver builds the listing and asks about the rest, one nudge at a time. Try it, it is live.

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Paste anything

$1,450 / mo1 bed, 1 bathEnds JulPool + gymFurniture negotiable

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Find a TakeOver

Shorter terms, rent below market, buildings with waitlists. Search the leases other students need to hand off.

Browse what is live
Two students reviewing matches on a laptop over coffee
$980Verified
$1,1501 month free
$1,275Spring term

Post

Post a TakeOver

Free to post, always. Drop in your lease or an old Facebook post and the listing writes itself. Your name and SSN are redacted before anyone sees them.

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Moving boxes stacked in an apartment
Monthly rent$1,450
Lease endsJul 31, 2027
Filled in from your lease2 of 14 fields left

Connect

Interest is free to send

One pass unlocks the conversation when it is worth having. No fees just to say hello, no strangers in your inbox.

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Is it still open for spring?

Yes! Want the tour link?

Please. Could I visit Saturday?

Saturday works. 2pm?

Pricing

Access Pass

Interest arrives free. Pay only when real people have raised their hand on your listing, never to post and never to browse.

See pricing
Apartment building with balconies
3 students interestedNew
RJ
KP
Unlock replies, 30 days$40

Trust

Verified members

Student status, phone, and lease documents confirmed before anyone can connect. The leasing office still makes the final call.

How verification works

Student status confirmed

Phone verified with 2FA

Lease documents checked

Leasing office approves the handoff

Hand off

The leasing office signs off

Application, credit check, signature. Their process, their call. You just stop paying for a lease you do not want.

How approval works
Dining table beside a white sofa
University Place LeasingReassignment approved
Matt is released from the leaseDone
Riley signs with the propertyDone

The launch scoreboard

21hours saved on posting and follow ups
$6,150typical rent left when plans change
0strangers with your personal details

Available TakeOvers

Browse all 48
9 places
Living room with a grey loveseatVerified

$1,450 / mo

1 bed / 1 bath, University Place, Denton

Jan to Jul2 months free
Living room with a green couchVerified

$980 / mo

Room in 3BR, Avenue C area, Denton

Sunlit room with a desk and sofa

$1,150 / mo

1 bed / 1 bath, Synergy Park area, Richardson

Available now1 month free
Bedroom with white curtains

$1,275 / mo

Studio, Oak Street area, Denton

Spring term
Dining table beside a white sofaVerified

$1,620 / mo

2 bed / 2 bath, Northside, Richardson

Feb 1 to Aug 15
Study desk beside a window

$890 / mo

Room in 4BR, Eagle Landing, Denton

Jan to JulFees covered
Neutral toned living roomVerified

$1,320 / mo

1 bed / 1 bath, Waterview area, Richardson

Available now
Bright living room with a large windowVerified

$1,540 / mo

2 bed / 1 bath, Fry Street area, Denton

Jan to Jul
Apartment building with balconies

$1,050 / mo

1 bed / 1 bath, Campbell Green, Richardson

Aug to Dec1 month free

Pick your campus

Students walking past a university hall at UNT
UNT23 live takeovers
Modern brick campus architecture at UT Dallas
UT Dallas25 live takeovers
Historic collegiate building with a Texas flag
Waitlist open
Texas TechOpening fall 2027
Brick campus building with a clock tower
Waitlist open
ArkansasOpening fall 2027
Brick campus walkway
Waitlist open
OklahomaOpening spring 2028

Why TakeOver exists

There had to be a better way.

We spent five months on Facebook trying to hand off our son's lease. The system was luck. TakeOver is what we wished existed that first night.

Read our story

Two numbers and we will show you what TakeOver can save you.

  • Free
  • No card
  • Nothing posted yet
Bright apartment living room with a large window

Your leasing office sets the actual terms. This is what is at stake, not a quote.

Whichever side you are on, the lease stays official.

TakeOver never touches the lease. Applications, credit checks, and the final signature stay with the property, the way it already works.

Handing a lease off

We surface verified students already searching for your dates and your budget. Your leasing office approves the takeover like any other application.

Post my TakeOver

Taking a lease over

Every listing is a real lease another student needs to leave. You apply with the property and sign with them, never with a stranger.

Find a place
  • Student status confirmed
  • Phone verified with 2FA
  • Lease documents checked

The exhale, in their words

$8,400rent she stopped paying
The leasing office told us to try Facebook. TakeOver had two verified students interested inside a week, and I could see every message.
Denise R.Parent and cosigner, UNT
11 daysfrom posting to approval
I needed out by January and figured I would eat the rent. Posted on a Tuesday, matched by Friday, approved the next week.
Marcus T.Junior, spring internship in Dallas
$210under market, seven months
Every complex wanted a full year lease starting in August. I needed January through July. TakeOver was the only place that inventory existed.
Ana L.Transfer, arrived midyear
$3,150of spring rent she never owed
I finished my degree a semester early. My replacement moved in three weeks after I posted.
Priya S.Senior, graduated in December
6 daysfrom first message to signed
We matched with a transfer student who toured on Saturday and applied Monday. The leasing office handled the rest.
Jordan M.Junior, spring abroad in Madrid
$0paid until real interest arrived
Posting was free, so I posted the same night we decided. I only paid once two verified students had already replied.
Elena V.Sophomore, moved home midyear

Get ahead of the scramble

Browse all guides

The lease takeover guide

Every step from "I need out" to a signed reassignment, in plain English.

For parents

What you can actually do as a guarantor, and what you should never pay for.

Campus guides

Denton and Richardson housing, complex by complex, with real rent bands.

The blog

Lease break math, incentive strategy, and what leasing offices wish you knew.

Stop paying for a lease you do not want.

No card. Nothing goes live until you approve it.