$1,150/mo
Save $125Private room on West 30th, 5 min to campus
Live across Los Angeles, from University of Southern California to Pepperdine University
Take over a student's lease, or hand off yours.
Verified students, semester dates, and the savings on every card.
- Campus email verified
- Free to list and browse
- Contact shared after accept
Verified studentmaya@usc.edu
Save $300/mo
versus the original lease
M
Maya accepted your requestEmails shared, say hi.
8 min
4 min
from campus
Browsing near University of Southern California, one of the Los Angeles campuses that are open. Every card is a student's own place. Open the app
Open at every campus in the Los Angeles area
- University of Southern CaliforniaLive
- University of California, Los AngelesLive
- Loyola Marymount UniversityLive
- California State University, Long BeachLive
- California State University, Los AngelesLive
- California State University, NorthridgeLive
- Pepperdine UniversityLive
- Occidental CollegeLive
- California Institute of TechnologyLive
- Pomona CollegeLive
- Claremont McKenna CollegeLive
- Harvey Mudd CollegeLive
- Pitzer CollegeLive
- Whittier CollegeLive
- Biola UniversityLive
- Azusa Pacific UniversityLive
- Santa Monica CollegeLive
- Pasadena City CollegeLive
Both sides win
One lease. Two students. Nobody overpays.
A $1,500 lease with three months left. The student leaving stops paying. The student arriving pays less than the going rate.
Stop paying for months you will not use
Pay the student's price, not the market's
$1,500/mo$1,500
Save $300
A sunny room near campus
The savings tag is on every card, computed from what the lister paid on the original lease.
How it works
Three steps, either direction.
Handoff makes the introduction. You keep the lease.
- 01 Post in minutesPaste your old post or a screenshot. Smart import fills the form.
- 02 Browse on the mapWalk and drive times from campus, prices on the pins, the safety zone drawn in.
- 03 Request, then talkEmails stay private until the lister accepts. Then you both see each other.
List your placeSave and exit
Your post
Reading your post
$1,200
Private room
May 15
Needs your inputNeeds your input
1234 West 30th Street
01Imported from your post. One field needs your input, highlighted in amber.
University of Southern California
$975
$2,650
$1,150
$800
4
WalkDrive
8 min from campus
Map key
- Campus
- Campus safety patrol zone
- Savings on the original lease
02The list follows the map. Move to another campus and the times update.
A sunny room near campus$1,200 /mo · May 15 to Aug 20
Your email stays hidden until Maya accepts.
Request sentWaiting on Maya
AcceptedEmails shared
Mmaya@usc.edu
Jjordan@usc.edu
03Private until accepted. Then both students see each other's email.
Built for students
Everything the sublet needs. Nothing it does not.
Students onlyConfirm you are a student to see the address, photos, and who is listing.
Verified students only
Signed out visitors see a blurred preview. Address, photos, and the lister stay hidden until you confirm your campus email.
$1,200/mo$1,500
Save $300
Savings on every card
Listers enter what they pay on the original lease. The difference shows on the card, the pin, and the page.
May 2027
15
May 15 to Aug 20
Semester dates first
Pick a range that matches the term, not a nightly calendar.
Woman
Man
Non-binary
Anyone
Roommate preferences
Shared rooms can say who they are looking for, and the filter respects it.
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Smart import
Paste a post, a screenshot, or a PDF. The form fills itself and flags the gaps.
WalkDrive
8 min from campus
Walk and drive times
Every card and pin shows the time from campus, and it updates as you move the map.
Campus safety patrol zone
The safety zone, drawn in
The campus patrol boundary sits on the map, so you know before you visit.
Boosted
7 days at the top for $9
Boost when it matters
Optional. Everything else stays free, and Handoff never takes a cut of rent.
$0to list your place
$0to browse and request
0%of your rent taken
$9for a 7 day boost, optional
How Handoff compares
Built for one job.
Six products, the same job, checked side by side.
| Feature | HandoffThat is us | SubLeapsverified .edu students | UniLetuniversity email sign up | Snagsublets and monthly rentals | The Student Subletstudent sublets, US and Canada | Find My Placecampus housing, Utah first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student email verified | ID checked on listings, not a campus email | Says verified, method not shown | ||||
| Shows the savings versus the original lease | Compares sublets to each other, not the lease | |||||
| Map with walk and drive time from campus, plus the campus safety zone | Map view, no campus walk time or safety layer | Walk time written into listings, no map | Distance to campus filter, no map shown | |||
| Free to list, browse and message, with no cut of your rent | Booking and payment run through the app | Owners pay 20 dollars a unit each month | ||||
| Contact shared only after a handoff request is accepted | In app chat, some listings verified users only | |||||
| Built for semester timing, dates first | Date ranges, no semester presets | One to three month stays, not semesters | Dates on listings, no semester filter | |||
| Live across the Los Angeles area today | Has a campus page, its Los Angeles listings sit in Westwood | LA listings, the nearest are by UCLA | LA sublets, no campus view |
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
YesDepends on the platformNo
Reflects public product pages on 14 September 2026.
On your phone
The map in one hand.
No top bar, a floating nav, the search and your school on one line. Cards ride along the bottom and follow the map.
- Search this areaYour school sits in the field. Tap it to switch.
- Map or listOne button in the filter strip, nothing else to learn.
- List from the navThe blue button in the pill starts a listing.
Search and schoolone field, one line
Floating navsteps aside as you scroll
Cards follow the mapswipe, the pin lights up
Campuses
Live across the Los Angeles area.
Every campus from University of Southern California to Pepperdine University is open for posting. Students anywhere can sign up and browse, and other cities join the waitlist.
Find your schoolSearch your school
- University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity Park, Los AngelesLive
- UCUniversity of California, Los AngelesWestwood, Los AngelesLive
- USUniversity of San FranciscoSan FranciscoWaitlist
- USUniversity of San DiegoSan DiegoWaitlist
Confirm you are a student with your school email, once, before you list a place or send a request.
It confirms access to that email, not identity, enrollment, or the lease.
Yes. Browsing, listing, and requests are free, and Handoff never touches rent or deposits. A boost is optional, $9 for 7 days at the top.
Your email stays hidden on public listings and pending requests.
Once the listing owner accepts, both students see each other's email in the app.
Yes. Choose a private room, shared room, or entire place, then add photos, dates, and who you are looking for as a roommate.
Handoff is open at every campus in the Los Angeles area, from University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles to the Claremont colleges and Pepperdine University. Students from any school can sign up and browse, and other cities join the waitlist.
Visit the place, read the lease, and confirm any landlord approval.
Handoff connects students and does not inspect properties, sign leases, or process payments.
Your next chapter needs a place.
Or your place needs its next student. Either way, it starts here.