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UW–Madison Grad Builds Apartment Hunting App for College Students

Harshet Anand ’25 has launched Rentle, a mobile app that helps college students find off-campus apartments through a swipe-based interface. Built entirely by Harshet after graduating, Rentle allows students to browse listings with photos, pricing, floor plans, and distance to campus, then message property managers and schedule tours directly in the app. The app is currently in private beta at UW–Madison with more than 12 Madison property partners onboarded. A full public launch is planned for September 2026. Rentle was built to solve a problem Harshet experienced firsthand as a Badger: for college students, the process of finding off-campus housing is broken, and no platform existed that was specifically for them.

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