# Apartment Locator Northeast Crossing FM 78 & 1604 | Free

> Looking for an apartment near FM 78 & 1604? Free locator for Northeast Crossing - BTR homes, Class A, military-friendly. Pre-qualify first. 210-468-7667.

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Serving Northeast Crossing / FM 78 & 1604 & surrounding areas

# Northeast Crossing Apartment Locator - FM 78 & Loop 1604

San Antonio Apartment Locators - licensed Texas real estate agents under Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC (TREC #9003398) - serves the Northeast Crossing corridor, the FM 78 & Loop 1604 growth zone east of Converse running toward the Guadalupe County line. Build-to-rent subdivisions and single-family rental homes in one-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts, operated by institutional landlords, are the dominant rental product, delivering into new subdivisions near Woodlake and the Kitty Hawk area faster than most locators have tracked. Conventional Class A garden apartments, including luxury-tier communities with resort-style amenities, are the secondary layer; Class B is limited and Class C is minimal. Military families from JBSA-Randolph and logistics workers form the core search volume, and the corridor prices below Schertz and Cibolo for comparable newer product. Most communities and BTR operators in this corridor accept pets, though breed and weight restrictions vary by property and HOA rules apply to single-family rentals. FM 78 congestion at peak runs worse than mileage suggests, which is the practical constraint renters here learn early. Judson ISD serves most Bexar County addresses; properties near the Guadalupe County line shift to East Central ISD, and a Cibolo Creek flood plain designation affects specific parcels worth verifying by address.

-   Northeast Crossing
-   FM 78 corridor
-   Woodlake
-   Kitty Hawk area
-   Converse edge
-   Loop 1604 E edge
-   Cibolo Creek vicinity

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Call 210-468-7667

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Same-day response during posted business hours.

-   Free to renters
    
    Community pays the referral fee
    
-   TREC #9003398
    
    Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC
    
-   NAAL member
    
    National Association of Apartment Locators
    
-   Same-Day Response
    
    During posted business hours
    

Sound familiar?

## The gap between the listing and the answer

A renter working from a listing site sees sticker price and no signal about whether their application will clear in Northeast Crossing. Both gaps close with the same work.

### The listing shows price, not policy

Zillow tells you a unit is available. It does not tell you the property wants 620 credit with a 7-year eviction lookback and will not take a guarantor. Two buildings on the same street, same rent, run different standards.

### Application fees are the real cost of guessing

They run $50-$75 each and are non-refundable. Apply at four properties that were never going to approve your file and you have spent $200-$300 to be told no four times.

### A $200 balance blocks like a $2,000 one

Property debt is the hardest single screening factor in San Antonio. A small balance is rarely ignorable; at a lot of properties it is a hard stop until it is cleared or a payment plan is documented.

### The advertised rent is not the monthly cost

Valet trash, pest, RUBS water and sewer, billing admin and tech or amenity packages add 7-15% over base rent, and CPS Energy swings hard in summer.

### Rent by unit type in Northeast Crossing / FM 78 & 1604

Ranges across the communities we work with in this submarket. The July 2026 metro averages for comparison: studio $888, 1BR $1,095, 2BR $1,394, 3BR $1,826.

| Unit type | Typical range | What drives the spread |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Studio | $850 - $1,100 | Very limited; BTR and single-family product is built for 1BR and larger. |
| 1 Bedroom | $975 - $1,325 | Newer Class A garden stock; prices near the July 2026 metro average of $1,095. |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,200 - $1,700 | The volume unit type; where most BAH-aligned Randolph searches land. |
| 3 Bedroom | $1,600 - $2,250 | Strong BTR and single-family supply; attached garages and private yards common. |

Ranges across the communities we work with, confirmed July 2026. Metro baseline: RentCafe / Yardi Matrix, July 2026. Add the mandatory fee stack (7-15% over base rent) for your real monthly cost.

### Commutes from Northeast Crossing / FM 78 & 1604

Off-peak drive-time estimates to the employment centers this submarket actually serves. Peak-hour times on Loop 410, Loop 1604, I-10, I-35 and US-281 run materially longer.

| Destination | Off-peak drive | Route |
| --- | --- | --- |
| JBSA-Randolph | 15-25 min | FM 78 W to Pat Booker Rd; peak-hour FM 78 congestion adds meaningful time |
| JBSA-Fort Sam Houston | 30-40 min | Loop 1604 S to I-35 S or FM 78 W to I-35 S |
| Downtown employment core | 35-45 min | FM 78 W to I-35 S; peak-hour adds substantially |

Off-peak estimates, confirmed July 2026. We check your specific address and shift on request.

Inventory age and class mix

## What the stock in Northeast Crossing is actually made of

Northeast Crossing and the FM 78 corridor east of Loop 1604 breaks from the typical San Antonio class stack. Conventional Class A garden apartments are the secondary rental layer, newer product running standard RealPage or Yardi screening with income multiples at 3x and credit floors in the low-to-mid 600s. Conditional-approval paths at Class A, guarantee products and elevated deposits, are real and underused by renters who do not know to ask. Class B is limited; Class C is minimal. The dominant rental layer is build-to-rent subdivisions and single-family homes operated by institutional landlords who pay locator fees and are almost entirely unclaimed by competitors. BTR operators carry formal written screening criteria with conditional-approval mechanisms and typically require registration before touring. HOA rules apply to single-family rentals and govern exterior use, pets, and parking. A Cibolo Creek flood plain designation affects specific properties near the Guadalupe County line; verify by address before signing. Judson ISD serves most Bexar County addresses in this corridor; a strip toward the county line transitions to East Central ISD.

### Why building age matters to your application

About 18% of San Antonio's rental stock, roughly 47,352 units, was built between 1980 and 1989. That older Class B and C product is where an on-site manager still makes case-by-case decisions on a complicated file. Newer Class A generally runs a software rule with a hard floor. If your file carries a 

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background

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 complication, the age profile of a submarket predicts your odds better than its reputation does.

Named communities

## How we handle specific communities in Northeast Crossing

Northeast Crossing and FM 78 east of Loop 1604 BTR operators and Class A communities are tracked in our San Antonio Screening and Cost Index. Build-to-rent operators in this corridor pay locator fees and remain largely unclaimed by competitors, which means better access and concession terms for renters who come through a locator. Because new delivery changes available inventory monthly and BTR lease-up timelines vary, we verify unit availability, current screening criteria, and incentives with a confirmation date before passing the list to you. Military-specific intake, BAH alignment, military clause handling, and remote application support for inbound PCS orders, is part of every search in this corridor. Named operators and specific Class A communities come with your verified list.

We publish aggregates rather than a public property list for one reason: a named list with a credit minimum attached goes stale within weeks, and a stale screening number is worse than no number. Every community entry we hand you carries the date it was last confirmed and who confirmed it. That is the standard our 

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 hold across every submarket in Bexar County, and it stays free to you.

Get the current list for Northeast Crossing

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Service lines

## How we search Northeast Crossing

Same three screening hubs, applied to this submarket's specific stock and screening standards.

![San Antonio Apartment Locators - mid-tier wrap-style building that reviews credit files case-by-case](/images/hero/four-story-san-antonio-wrap-apartment-building-gra.webp)

### Credit Issues

The credit file itself. Score, thin file, derogatory marks, and income qualification, matched to properties that will review it.

-   ▪ Credit-band-to-class table: 650+ opens everything, down to Class C only under 550
-   ▪ Deposit ranges and when a third-party guarantee applies

Read the numbers

[Credit Issues →](/credit-issues/)

![San Antonio Apartment Locators - Class B apartment community with on-site leasing office for case-by-case review](/images/hero/san-antonio-garden-apartment-community-with-an-on-.webp)

### Rental History

What a prior landlord reported, broken leases, evictions, and property debt. The highest-intent of the three screening hubs.

-   ▪ How amount owed and age of the incident drive the outcome
-   ▪ Property-debt playbook, clear it or document a payment plan first

Read the numbers

[Rental History →](/rental-history/)

![A Class B San Antonio apartment community of the kind that reviews background records case-by-case](/images/hero/san-antonio-class-b-apartment-building-exterior-pa.webp)

### Background Issues

Criminal history, handled with the most care of the three hubs. Property policies stated factually, never framed as automatically disqualifying or acceptable.

-   ▪ How offense age and class change the outcome
-   ▪ Which property classes review older non-violent records case-by-case

Read the numbers

[Background Issues →](/background-issues/)

![An apartment community in the Northeast San Antonio corridor near JBSA-Randolph](/images/hero/san-antonio-apartment-community-near-a-military-ba.webp)

### Military & PCS Relocation

BAH-aligned, base-proximate searches for service members and PCS movers across Joint Base San Antonio, with SCRA guidance.

-   ▪ BAH-to-neighborhood alignment by rank (MHA TX285)
-   ▪ Proximity and commute realities for each JBSA base

Read the numbers

[Military & PCS Relocation →](/military-pcs-relocation/)

![Podium-style apartment building in San Antonio that relocating renters shortlist](/images/hero/san-antonio-podium-apartment-building-with-ground-.webp)

### Relocation & Remote Renters

For out-of-town renters who can't tour from 1,000 miles away, video walkthroughs, remote applications, and submarket orientation.

-   ▪ Video walkthroughs of shortlisted units
-   ▪ Remote application and lease signing

Read the numbers

[Relocation & Remote Renters →](/relocation-remote-renters/)

![San Antonio Apartment Locators - high-rise apartment tower near the Pearl District](/images/hero/san-antonio-high-rise-apartment-tower-near-the-pea.webp)

### Luxury & High-Rise

High-rise and luxury inventory in the Pearl, Downtown, Stone Oak, La Cantera, and The Rim, with full fee-stack transparency at the top end.

-   ▪ Which submarkets hold true high-rise and luxury stock
-   ▪ The compressed ~$180/month luxury-to-mid-tier gap

Read the numbers

[Luxury & High-Rise →](/luxury-high-rise/)

![Move-in day at a San Antonio apartment, boxes still stacked by the door](/images/hero/san-antonio-apartment-move-in-day-with-cardboard-b.webp)

### Moving Concierge

Utility, internet, and insurance setup framed around San Antonio's unique municipal utility stack, CPS Energy and SAWS.

-   ▪ CPS Energy setup (sole electric provider) and seasonality budgeting
-   ▪ SAWS water/sewer setup

Read the numbers

[Moving Concierge →](/moving-concierge/)

How it works

## Four steps to a verified Northeast Crossing list

1.  1
    
    ### Tell us the complication
    
    Three screening questions, credit, rental history, background, plus budget and move date. Nothing is shared with a property until you say so.
    
2.  2
    
    ### We pre-qualify your file
    
    We check your file against current standards for communities in Northeast Crossing, and call the leasing office directly where the answer is not already recorded.
    
3.  3
    
    ### You get a verified list with the full math
    
    Properties that will review your file, each with base rent, the mandatory fee stack, current concession, net effective rent and a confirmation date.
    
4.  4
    
    ### We advocate through application and lease
    
    We flag your file to the leasing office ahead of the application, follow up during review, and handle a remote application and lease signing if you are moving from out of town.
    

## Northeast Crossing / FM 78 & 1604 on the map

## Searching in Northeast Crossing?

Tell us the complication and the budget. We will tell you which communities here will review your file.

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How we are different

## Why Northeast Crossing renters choose us

### We publish the screening numbers

The rent range, commute times and class mix on this page are not behind a form. Check any other San Antonio locator site and see whether you can find the same thing for this submarket.

### We pre-qualify before you pay anything

Your file gets checked against a property's current standards before you submit a non-refundable application fee. If it will not clear, we say so and route you somewhere it will.

### We talk to leasing offices weekly

That is how we know which Northeast Crossing properties just dropped a credit minimum, which concessions never hit a listing site, and which on-site managers genuinely review a complicated file.

### Free to you, and we explain how

The community pays a referral fee out of the budget it would otherwise spend on listing-site advertising. No cash-back gimmick, no fee to you, no charge if you never lease.

In their words

## What renters searching Northeast Crossing say

We publish reviews only from this brand's own Google Business Profile, with written permission. The examples below are illustrative of the work and are labelled as such until verified reviews replace them.

> "They ran my file first and told me straight which properties would look at a broken lease with a balance still owed. No wasted application fees."

Renter (example)

Northeast San Antonio

> "I was PCSing to Fort Sam from out of state and leased sight-unseen off a video walkthrough. They matched the search to my BAH by rank."

Service Member (example)

Fort Sam Houston

> "They showed me the full monthly cost, valet trash, RUBS, the tech fee, not just the sticker rent. The 'cheaper' unit was actually more expensive."

Renter (example)

Medical Center

Local answers

## Northeast Crossing / FM 78 & 1604: your questions

How close is Northeast Crossing to JBSA-Randolph?

15 to 25 minutes via FM 78 W to Pat Booker Road, depending on your starting address along the corridor and traffic conditions. The mileage reads shorter than the drive: FM 78 congestion runs materially worse at peak than off-peak times indicate. Tell us your report time and gate preference and we will factor it into the commute estimate for each property on your list.

Will BAH cover a two-bedroom or three-bedroom in this corridor?

For many ranks, yes. Two-bedrooms in the communities we track run roughly $1,200 to $1,700 as of mid-2026, and three-bedrooms run $1,600 to $2,250. BAH has to cover the full monthly stack, not base rent alone. BTR homes and Class A garden communities carry a fee stack of 7-15% over base rent, plus any HOA recovery for single-family rentals. We budget against the all-in figure, not the sticker rent.

What is build-to-rent and how does screening work at BTR homes?

Build-to-rent, or BTR, is a community of single-family homes or townhomes built for rental rather than sale. In this corridor, BTR is the dominant rental product. Practical differences from a conventional apartment: you are leasing a full home with an attached garage and private yard rather than a unit inside a building. Screening criteria are formal and institutional with written floors and income multiples similar to Class A standards. Conditional-approval mechanisms, guarantee products and elevated deposits, are available at most BTR operators here. HOA rules govern exterior use, pets, and parking. We confirm the specific criteria and any available conditional path before you apply.

How bad is FM 78 peak-hour congestion?

Worse than mileage suggests. FM 78 is a surface arterial without a consistent bypass between Loop 1604 and the corridor's eastern end. Peak-hour congestion, particularly westbound toward Randolph and Universal City in the morning, runs materially longer than off-peak estimates. If you have a fixed early-morning report time at Randolph or a standard-hours Downtown job, add 10 to 15 minutes to off-peak drive times for planning purposes. We show you the commute at your specific schedule before you sign.

Can I rent here with a complicated screening file?

Possibly, but the path is different from older inner-loop submarkets. BTR operators and Class A garden communities here run formal screening with written floors, but conditional-approval mechanisms, guarantee products and elevated deposits, are real and available at most operators. The 1980s-1990s Class B and C stock that flexes the most on complicated files is thin in this corridor. If your file carries a serious complication, we run the intake first and tell you honestly whether this corridor is a realistic first application or whether a different submarket is the better starting point.

Which school district serves Northeast Crossing addresses?

Judson ISD serves most Bexar County addresses in the FM 78 east of Loop 1604 corridor, including the newer subdivisions. A portion of the corridor toward the Guadalupe County line transitions to East Central ISD; the boundary is not always obvious from the street address alone. We confirm a property's district assignment on request and provide it with your verified list. We do not rank or characterize districts.

Is there a free apartment locator near Northeast Crossing and FM 78?

San Antonio Apartment Locators covers the Northeast Crossing corridor along FM 78 east of Loop 1604, including the BTR communities, Class A garden apartments, and single-family rentals toward the Guadalupe County line. Same-day response during posted hours, Monday to Friday 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM. The service is free to renters - the community pays a referral fee.

Are there pet-friendly apartments and BTR homes near FM 78 & Loop 1604?

Most Class A garden communities and BTR operators in the Northeast Crossing corridor accept pets, though breed restrictions, weight limits, and pet deposits vary by property. BTR single-family homes with private yards are a practical option for larger dogs. HOA rules at BTR communities may add restrictions beyond the landlord's own pet policy. We confirm the specific pet terms for each property on your shortlist before you apply.

Question not answered here?

Send it over with your file details and we will answer it against current property standards, not a general rule of thumb.

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## Also searching near Northeast Crossing?

### Northeast San Antonio

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves the Northeast corridor along I-35 and Loop 1604 - the closest large apartment concentration to JBSA-Randolph, which shapes everything about it. Lease terms flex around PCS cycles, military clause questions come up constantly, and apartment inventory turns over on the summer orders calendar. Rentals here sit below the San Antonio metro average and carry some of the deepest move-in specials when vacancy peaks.

See the numbers

[Northeast San Antonio →](/neighborhoods/northeast-san-antonio-live-oak-universal-city-converse/)

### East San Antonio

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves the Schertz, Cibolo and Universal City corridor at the edge of Bexar and Guadalupe counties, eight to eighteen minutes from the JBSA-Randolph gates via FM 78. The apartment stock here runs newer and more suburban than the adjacent Northeast corridor along I-35, with Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD serving most addresses and credit minimums tracking closer to citywide Class A standards.

See the numbers

[East San Antonio →](/neighborhoods/east-san-antonio-randolph-schertz-cibolo/)

### Stone Oak & Far North Bexar

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves Stone Oak, Sonterra, Encino Park, Hardy Oak and the far-north 1604 corridor - the newest concentration of suburban Class A product in Bexar County. Screening standards here run tighter than any other submarket, and the compressed luxury-to-mid-tier gap of roughly $180 a month shows up most clearly in this corridor along US-281 and Loop 1604.

See the numbers

[Stone Oak & Far North Bexar →](/neighborhoods/stone-oak-far-north-bexar/)

### All submarket guides

Rent by unit type, commutes and class mix across all 12 San Antonio submarkets we cover.

[All submarket guides →](/neighborhoods/)

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Free pre-qualification, no application fee gamble

## Apartment help in Northeast Crossing / FM 78 & 1604

Free pre-qualification, same-day response during posted hours. We publish the numbers so you can apply where you have a real chance.

Get Started, Free

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Call 210-468-7667

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-   Free to you. The community pays the referral fee
-   Licensed under Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC
-   No approval promises, no undated numbers