STUHO.com, (www.stuho.com) the leading private sector, off-campus student housing provider in the University Park neighborhoods at the University of Southern California, announces a joint venture with property management specialist, Total Companies of Los Angeles.  The partnership, which is unparalleled in the USC off-campus marketplace, will merge STUHO’s cutting edge marketing and leasing expertise to Total's professional accounting and facilities management operations.  The combined venture, comprising nearly 1,000 students in over 60 individual properties, eclipses all other providers and creates the largest private sector provider of student housing in the North and West University Park neighborhoods at the University of Southern California.

Operating as “STUHO - Student Housing” the new venture, dramatically elevates the level of services and quality of student housing offered by the private sector to USC students.  USC's off-campus student housing submarket remains traditionally served by a fractured Landlord base of absentee, “mom & pop” owners who either self-manage or retain small, inappropriate property managers.  Backed by Total's 30 years of pro-active, property management experience, STUHO has bucked the submarket patterns of sub-standard student housing to provide knowledgeable, responsive and professional housing for USC’s vibrant off-campus, but under-served, students.

STUHO - Student Housing was formed in 2007 by a group of private providers in USC’s North and West University Park neighborhoods for the specific purpose of delivering quality student housing.  Total Companies (www.totalcompanies.com) is a full service, real estate firm delivering professional commercial real estate services to a diverse Client base including, private investors, family trusts, university endowments, attorneys, government agencies, institutional private equity funds, lenders, and multi-national corporations.  Total’s four top executives have served the Company for a combined 72 years and bring valuable collective team experience to bear on a diverse range of operational real estate expertise.  Total’s student housing experience is concentrated in Southern California, with emphasis at USC, UCLA, UC Riverside and Azusa Pacific University.