# Apartment Locator Northeast Side / Windcrest | Free

> Apartment locator for Northeast Side and Windcrest, San Antonio. Published screening numbers, Class C flexibility, Fort Sam proximity. Free. 210-468-7667.

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Serving Northeast Side / Windcrest & surrounding areas

# Northeast Side / Windcrest Apartment Locator, San Antonio

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves the Northeast Side and Windcrest, the large older submarket inside and around Loop 410 anchored by Perrin Beitel Road, Walzem Road, Nacogdoches Road, Thousand Oaks Drive, and IH-35 NE. Windcrest is an enclave city at the center with its own police department; the city's December lighting display draws neighborhood-wide traffic annually. The corridor holds the largest concentration of 1970s and 1980s Class C garden inventory on the northeast side, real qualification flexibility at that tier, and low locator competition relative to the search volume from tech and call-center employees at the Rackspace campus, military personnel from Fort Sam Houston and Randolph AFB, healthcare workers at Northeast Baptist Hospital, and families searching for three-bedroom units.

-   Windcrest
-   Perrin Beitel corridor
-   Walzem Road corridor
-   Nacogdoches corridor
-   Thousand Oaks corridor
-   IH-35 NE corridor
-   McAllister Park area

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-   NAAL member
    
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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 NE Side. 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 Side / Windcrest

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 | $750 - $975 | Limited supply in the older 1980s C-class stock. Window units are standard in many buildings from this era. |
| 1 Bedroom | $875 - $1,150 | At or below the July 2026 metro average of $1,095 in the C-class layer. The 1990s Class B tier sits toward the top of the band. |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,050 - $1,450 | The volume unit type. BAH-aligned military and family demand drives most of the search in this band. |
| 3 Bedroom | $1,350 - $1,800 | Above-average supply in the C-class and non-conventional layers. Three-bedroom is a primary search question from families and military households here. |

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 Side / Windcrest

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-Fort Sam Houston | 15-22 min | IH-35 S or Walzem Rd to IH-35 S |
| JBSA-Randolph | 22-32 min | IH-35 NE to FM 78 or Pat Booker Rd |
| Downtown employment core | 15-25 min | IH-35 S; off-peak runs toward the lower end of the range |

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

Inventory age and class mix

## What the stock in NE Side is actually made of

The Northeast Side inside Loop 410 runs on 1970s and 1980s Class C garden inventory along Perrin Beitel Road, Walzem Road, and Nacogdoches Road, the largest single concentration of that product type on the northeast side of Bexar County. On-site managers at the C-class tier here review files directly rather than routing through a RealPage or Yardi software rule, and citywide occupancy pressure near 10% as of mid-2026 has kept that discretion active. The washer/dryer connections question is the first practical filter renters run on any 1980s unit in the corridor: in-unit laundry connections are not standard, and communities vary. Master-metered utilities and flat monthly add-ons are common in the older stock and change the true cost comparison between two units at similar sticker rents. The second tier is 1990s Class B garden communities throughout the corridor, carrying institutional management and written criteria softer than newer product, with conditional approval paths that are real and underused by renters who qualify on income but carry a credit or rental-history flag. Limited newer Class A product exists near the Loop 410 and IH-35 edges. A meaningful non-conventional layer of single-family homes and duplexes adds inventory, proportionally larger than in newer northeast submarkets. Windcrest operates its own police department with local ordinances that differ from the City of San Antonio. The Rackspace campus in the former Windsor Park Mall is the corridor's most prominent employment anchor. CPS Energy is the sole electric provider for all addresses. Salado Creek Greenway runs through the area, and flash flooding is a documented property-level risk for specific parcels close to the waterway. North East ISD serves most addresses; portions fall in Judson ISD, and the boundary is not always obvious from the street address alone. Fort Sam Houston and Randolph AFB are both reachable from this corridor, so military clause and BAH questions arise consistently. Properties here frequently pay flat-dollar referral fees and do not appear on major listing sites, so a locator search reaches inventory that a self-search on Zillow or Apartments.com does not replicate. Salado Creek Greenway offers trail mileage through the corridor and McAllister Park is accessible from the northern edge.

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

Named communities

## How we handle specific communities in NE Side

Northeast Side and Windcrest communities are tracked in the San Antonio Screening and Cost Index, with particular attention to which 1980s Class C properties review property debt, broken leases, and credit complications case-by-case, and what deposit or documentation each requires. The washer/dryer connection status, master-metered utility arrangements, and flat monthly add-ons are confirmed alongside sticker rent, because the true cost comparison changes materially in the older stock. Properties in this corridor frequently pay flat-dollar referral fees. Military-specific intake, BAH alignment by rank, and military clause handling for Fort Sam Houston and Randolph assignments are part of every search in this corridor. Salado Creek flood plain designation is flagged by address on your list. Register before touring at most communities; we handle that step as part of the intake. Named communities and confirmation dates come with your verified list (last full corridor review: July 2026).

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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Get the current list for NE Side

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Service lines

## How we search NE Side

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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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

How it works

## Four steps to a verified NE Side 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 NE Side, 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 Side / Windcrest on the map

## Searching in NE Side?

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 NE Side 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 NE Side 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 NE Side 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 Side / Windcrest: your questions

What apartment inventory is available along Perrin Beitel, Walzem, and Nacogdoches?

The dominant product is 1970s and 1980s Class C garden communities along all three spines, with a substantial 1990s Class B layer throughout the corridor. Limited newer Class A exists near Loop 410. A meaningful non-conventional layer of single-family homes and duplexes adds inventory below the garden-apartment band. In-unit washer/dryer connections are not standard in the 1980s stock; confirming connection availability is the first practical filter renters run on units here. Most communities in the C-class tier pay flat-dollar referral fees and do not appear on major listing sites, so a locator search reaches inventory a self-search on Zillow or Apartments.com does not.

Can I rent in this corridor with a broken lease, eviction, or low credit score?

This corridor is one of the stronger options for second-chance files in northeast San Antonio. The 1980s Class C communities along Perrin Beitel, Walzem, and Nacogdoches include a meaningful share of properties where an on-site manager reviews a file directly rather than running a hard software cutoff. The age and balance of a prior incident drive the outcome more than the label. A zero balance on an older broken lease is a different conversation from an open balance currently owed. Clients should pull their own Bexar County JP record before applying. We run the intake first and tell you which properties match your file before you spend a non-refundable application fee.

How close is this area to Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Randolph?

Fort Sam Houston is 15 to 22 minutes off-peak via IH-35 South. JBSA-Randolph runs 22 to 32 minutes via IH-35 NE to FM 78 or Pat Booker Road. Both bases are reachable from this corridor, which is why BAH alignment and military clause questions come up consistently here. We match your BAH by rank to the all-in monthly cost, not base rent alone, before recommending any property. The combination of Fort Sam and Randolph proximity within a single submarket is unusual and drives a meaningful share of the search volume.

Are three-bedroom apartments available in the Windcrest and Perrin Beitel corridor?

Yes, and the supply is above average relative to many northeast submarkets. Three-bedrooms run roughly $1,350 to $1,800 across the communities we work with (2026 rates). Family demand and the military renter profile here drive above-average three-bedroom inventory in both the 1980s C-class and 1990s B-class layers. Single-family homes and duplexes in the non-conventional layer add additional three-bedroom supply. We confirm washer/dryer connection status, the full monthly fee stack, and school district assignment before you apply.

Is Salado Creek flooding a real concern for apartments in this area?

For specific parcels, yes. Salado Creek runs through portions of the corridor, and flash flooding is a documented property-level risk for addresses close to the waterway. Two communities on different streets can have materially different flood exposure. We verify flood plain designation by address before you tour and include it on your list rather than leaving it as a post-signing discovery. FEMA flood maps are the authoritative source; Bexar County Appraisal District records note the designation by parcel. Renters insurance does not cover flood damage regardless of policy language.

Do apartments along Perrin Beitel and Walzem have washer and dryer connections?

Not uniformly. In-unit washer/dryer connections are not standard in 1970s and 1980s garden stock, and communities vary. This is the first practical filter we run on any C-class unit in the corridor because the absence changes the daily logistics of the address materially. Some properties have connections in select floor plans but not others; we confirm by unit type before your tour. Master-metered utilities and flat monthly water add-ons are also common in the older stock; both the connection status and the utility arrangement go on your list alongside sticker rent.

Which school districts serve the Northeast Side and Windcrest corridor?

North East ISD serves most addresses in the corridor. Portions fall in Judson ISD, and the boundary is not always obvious from the street address alone. Windcrest, as an enclave city, sits fully within the corridor but school district assignment follows the boundary line rather than the city limits. We confirm a property's district assignment on request and do not rank or characterize districts, but the assignment is relevant for families and worth verifying before signing a lease.

Is there a free apartment locator near the Northeast Side and Windcrest?

San Antonio Apartment Locators covers the full Northeast Side inside Loop 410, including Perrin Beitel Road, Walzem Road, Nacogdoches Road, Thousand Oaks Drive, the IH-35 NE corridor, and Windcrest. 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 move-in specials or concessions available in this corridor?

As of mid-2026, roughly half of San Antonio communities are running one-to-three-months-free concessions, and vacancy near 10% means negotiating room exists across the Class B and C tiers in this corridor. December through February carries the deepest concessions; May through August is peak PCS and move-in demand. We track current specials and expiration dates on the communities we work with and include them on your verified list with a confirmation date. Many of these concessions never appear on Zillow or Apartments.com.

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 NE Side?

### 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/)

### Thousand Oaks / Nacogdoches Corridor

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves the Thousand Oaks and Nacogdoches Corridor, the northeast band between Loop 410 and Loop 1604 anchored by Thousand Oaks Drive, Nacogdoches Road, Jones Maltsberger, and Wurzbach Parkway. The 1980s Class C garden communities along Nacogdoches Road and Thousand Oaks Drive form the dominant rental layer and the largest single concentration of second-chance screening flexibility in the northeast quadrant. A substantial bench of 1990s Class B garden communities sits alongside, and limited newer Class A product exists near Loop 1604. Military personnel from Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Randolph, healthcare workers, families searching for three-bedroom units, trades and service workers, and second-chance clients make up the core search volume. Salado Creek runs through the corridor and flash flooding is a genuine property-level consideration for addresses close to the waterway. Wurzbach Parkway completed a cross-town connection from I-10 to I-35 that materially changed drive times across the north side, putting USAA, Methodist Healthcare's northeast campus, and the San Antonio International Airport corridor within practical range for Thousand Oaks and Nacogdoches residents - an access improvement that most apartment listings have not caught up to. North East ISD serves most addresses; portions fall in Judson ISD.

See the numbers

[Thousand Oaks / Nacogdoches Corridor →](/neighborhoods/thousand-oaks-nacogdoches-corridor/)

### Fort Sam Houston Area

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves the corridor surrounding Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio: Broadway and Austin Highway on the northeast approach, Harry Wurzbach Road and Rittiman Road to the north and northwest, Government Hill, Mahncke Park, and the Near Northeast Side streets within daily-commute distance of the post gates. Active duty service members, students on Medical Education and Training Campus courses that run from a few weeks to a year, Brooke Army Medical Center clinical staff, DoD contractors, civilian employees, and families relocating on PCS orders all need to be housed before they report. This is the U.S. military's medical training hub, and it generates steady demand for rentals year-round. Short-term, furnished, and flexible-term inventory exists here specifically because the METC course calendar and PCS rotation cycle demand it, and a locator who does not capture lease term at intake cannot work this corridor effectively.

See the numbers

[Fort Sam Houston Area →](/neighborhoods/fort-sam-houston-area/)

### 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 Side / Windcrest

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