SDSU rentals available now in San Diego: move-in options and prices

If you're hunting for SDSU rentals available now in San Diego, the timing matters as much as the price. Mid-November is when spring-semester handoffs start showing up, January move-ins get locked in, and a lot of students are already weighing where they'll sign for next fall. We pulled five places from our current San Diego listings that cover a wide spread: a room in a shared house, a furnished lease takeover, a primary bedroom in a townhouse, a room on 54th Street and a one-bedroom apartment.

Below you'll find each listing's price, layout, lease type and listed drive time, plus the questions worth asking before you commit. Two of them are marked available now, and the other three show August 2026 start dates, so the dates deserve a careful read.

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ROOMS FOR RENT is a private room in a four-bedroom, two-bath house on Zena Drive, listed at $1,200/month on a month-to-month lease and marked available now. It's unfurnished, rented by the room by the owner, and listed as 5 to 10 minutes by car from campus. The description says tenants share the two baths and the common areas, mentions plenty of street parking and lists a different rate for each of the four rooms, so ask which room the posted price covers and how utilities and internet are split.

Collegeview apartments is a furnished apartment listed at $1,700/month, posted by a student who wants to hand off their lease, with a 12-month term. It's listed as under 5 minutes by car from campus. The listing shows 8/12/2026 as its lease timing and the description says the lease ends in July 2027; the description and the fields also describe the layout differently, so confirm the bedroom count, the start date and what share of the unit the price covers with the lister. The description mentions a pool, gym, study rooms and a lounge area.

1be 1bth Primary Bedroom Near Campus is a primary bedroom with an attached bathroom in a townhouse on Soho View Terrace, listed at $1,400/month on a 12-month lease. It's unfurnished, posted by the owner and listed as 5 to 10 minutes by car from campus. The listed start date is 8/15/2026, which has passed, so check current availability and which shared spaces you'd have access to.

54th rooms is a room in a house on 54th Street, listed at $990/month on a 12-month lease from the owner. It's unfurnished and listed as under 5 minutes by car from campus. The description gives a lease term of August 2026 to July 2027 and a listed start of 8/1/2026, so ask whether a mid-lease move-in is possible. The description says tenants share the kitchen, living room and laundry room, utilities are extra, and parties and smoking indoors aren't allowed.

1 bedroom right next to SDSU! is a remodeled one-bedroom apartment listed at $1,795/month, marked available now on a 12-month lease. It's posted by a company, unfurnished and listed as 5 to 10 minutes by car from campus. The description mentions a walk-in closet, new appliances, in-wall A/C, onsite laundry, a pool and a gated property.

What these five San Diego listings have in common

All five have San Diego addresses in the 92115 and 92105 ZIP codes, and every one is listed as 10 minutes or less by car from campus. That's about where the overlap ends. Prices run from $990/month for a room to $1,795/month for a full one-bedroom, and the setups are very different: three are rooms in shared homes, one is a one-bedroom apartment, and one is a lease takeover in an apartment building.

The lease types tell you a lot. Only one listing is month to month, and that's the room on Zena Drive. The other four are 12-month leases. If you need something that ends in May or only covers spring, you'll want to raise that with the lister early rather than assume there's room to bend.

Furnishing is the other big split. Just one listing, the Collegeview takeover, is furnished. The rest are unfurnished, so budget for a bed, a desk and the basics if you're moving out of the dorms or coming from out of town in January. That can add a real cost in your first month, and it's easy to forget when you're comparing rents.

Who's renting to you matters too. Three of these are posted by owners, one by a company and one by a student handing off a lease. Ask each owner about house rules for guests, quiet hours and shared chores, and with a lease takeover, ask whether a property manager has to approve you before you send a deposit.

SDSU rentals available now in San Diego: how to read move-in dates

When you search for SDSU rentals available now in San Diego, the label on a listing is a starting point, not a promise. Two listings here say available now in their lease timing field: the Zena Drive room and the one-bedroom on 63rd Street. The other three list specific August 2026 dates that have already passed. That doesn't mean they're gone. It usually means the original start date came and went, and the space may still be open for a mid-year move-in.

The safest move is to ask every lister the same three things: the earliest date you could get keys, the date the lease ends, and whether rent is prorated if you start partway through a month. For a January move-in, that last question can make a real difference to your first payment.

Lease takeovers deserve extra care. With the Collegeview listing, you'd be taking over an existing lease that, per the description, runs to July 2027. Ask whether the property management office has to approve the transfer, whether there's a transfer fee, and whether the furniture stays. Get the move-in date in writing from the management office, not just from the student leaving.

If you're already looking ahead to next fall, it's still worth reading these listings. Seeing current prices and lease terms now gives you a baseline for what to expect when you sign for August, and it's worth asking owners whether they plan to re-list their rooms for the next school year.

Tips before you sign a lease near San Diego State

• Ask what's included in the rent. Several of these listings say utilities or internet are extra, so get a monthly estimate before comparing prices side by side.

• Confirm the layout with the lister. Where a listing title, its fields and its description describe the unit differently, the lease you sign is what counts.

• See the place in person or on a live video call, and ask to see the shared spaces, the bathroom you'd use and where you'd park.

• Read the lease end date and any renewal or early-exit terms closely, especially for a month-to-month room or a lease takeover that runs into 2027.

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