Why Sub40 exists
Subleasing at UT runs on trust you can't check.
A group chat post, a Venmo request, and a stranger's word that the apartment exists. Sub40 is the version where the person on the other end is a verified Longhorn before the conversation starts — and where nobody pays a fee to find a place for the summer.
What we took out
A marketplace is only as honest as its smallest claim.
Every line on the left was on this site at some point, or was the obvious thing to write. Each one got cut for the smaller true version next to it. If you catch one we missed, tell us.
- Cut"50+ listings" when there are threeKeptThe real number, or no number at all
- CutA scam-free guarantee nobody enforcesKeptUT email verification, checked on the server
- CutListing fees and commissionsKeptFree to post, free to browse
- CutOpen signup for anyone with an emailKeptutexas.edu addresses only
Plain definitions
Three words worth pinning down.
“Verified,” “free,” and “direct” get used loosely everywhere else. Here is exactly what each one buys you.
- Verified means server-checked
- Signup is gated on a list of UT email domains, and the gate runs on the server — not in the browser where it could be skipped. An account that is not tied to a UT address does not get created.
- Free means free to both sides
- Posting a sublease costs nothing and browsing costs nothing. There is no commission on a lease and no fee to message anyone. Boost, a paid option to raise a listing in search, is the one thing money changes.
- Direct means no middleman
- You reach the student subletting the place, not an agent working a lead. Today that goes through email; in-app messaging is being built and is not live yet.
Who is building it
Small enough that you can name everyone.
Sub40 is a two-person project, not a company with a floor of people behind it. Zach Grossberg owns the product and Arman Nadjafi builds it.
Meet the teamBuilt for one campus, on purpose.
If you have a UT email, the whole thing is open to you right now.