So many places will have been rented by august because of the influx of graduate and medical students / residents. You should start looking in spring (like april) if possible if you have any interest in east side and west side in particular. Med students go for June and July 1 with PhD and Masters students picking up for august 1. Many many landlords stick to that schedule because it’s like add water and tenant appears based on when their academic support or residency starts. My advice is bumping up your plans a few months you’ll have tons more options. Esp with that budget. It’s a town and gown city esp when it comes to the rental schedule so keep that in mind. Complexes aren’t as common in the city / triple deckers yes. There’s a huge new development by Trader Joe’s but it’s crazy expensive (and ugly imho). The streets immediately around brown will be lots of undergrads - less so as you get away from the area immediately around campus. But still look in fox point with that in mind. Agree with street by street for west side and even elm wood. East side is huge and has lots of rentals.