Tarrant County / Johnson County · Population 76,736 (Burleson + Crowley)
Second Chance Apartments in Burleson and Crowley, TX
Fort Worth Second Chance Team, licensed Texas agent,, veteran-operated, locates apartments in Burleson and Crowley, which straddle the southern Tarrant and northern Johnson county line for renters carrying evictions, broken leases, or bad credit. The US-287 corridor and Crowley Road hold older locally managed garden-style stock where on-site managers retain real discretion, and rents track at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average. Newer product along the Chisholm Trail Parkway corridor runs corporate criteria with guarantor program acceptance. Free to renters.
Licensed
Texas Real Estate Commission
Brokerage
Spirit Real Estate Group, TREC #562021-B
Cost to you
$0, communities pay the referral fee
Response
Under 60 minutes during posted hours
Why the last application failed
Denied in Burleson / Crowley? Here Is Why
The county line runs straight through this market. Crowley sits in Tarrant, Burleson straddles Tarrant and Johnson, and a filing lands in whichever county the address falls in. Renters here are rarely failing because approval is impossible. They are failing because they never checked which court, which district, or which criteria applied to the door they were knocking on.
Applying on both sides of the line doubles the waste
US-287 runs the length of this market and it’s easy to tour four properties in two counties in one afternoon. At $50 to $75 each that’s a fast $300 with no offer.
Burleson ISD and Crowley ISD aren’t interchangeable
The district boundary doesn’t follow the city limit. Families anchoring on a school get this wrong constantly and end up touring in the wrong attendance zone entirely.
A Johnson County filing isn’t hidden from a Tarrant County property
Two dockets, one screening report. Bureaus pull both, so a Burleson filing surfaces at a Crowley leasing office and the reverse holds too.
Why the county line changes your search
Older US-287 stock and newer Chisholm Trail Parkway product sit minutes apart across two counties. We check county, school district, and criteria per address rather than per town.
At a glance
What decides a rental search here
Population & county
76,736
Tarrant County / Johnson County
School districts
- Burleson ISD
- Crowley ISD
Major employers
- US-287 corridor retail and service employers
- Chisholm Trail Parkway corridor logistics and distribution
- Burleson ISD and Crowley ISD support employers
Commute & transit
Rent snapshot
As of 2026, rents here generally track at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average, with older locally managed stock at the lower end and newer Chisholm Trail corridor product near the average. Fort Worth apartments average $1,438 across all unit types, with studios around $1,075, 1BRs $1,259, 2BRs $1,590, and 3BRs $2,011.
Second Chance Locating for Every Barrier Type
Same second chance apartment locating in Fort Worth across the county, applied to whatever is on your record. Start with the one that matches your situation.
Apartments That Accept Evictions
Free apartment locating for Fort Worth renters with an eviction filing. Each community's lookback window and balance policy verified before you apply.
Free to renters
Apartments That Accept a Guarantor
Matching you to communities that accept a third-party lease guarantee or deposit alternative.
Free to renters
Broken Lease Apartments
Placement for renters carrying a broken lease, with or without an open balance.
Free to renters
Bad Credit Apartments
Free apartment locating for renters in Fort Worth with credit below the 580-620 threshold most properties set.
Free to renters
Luxury Apartments With Bad Credit
Access to new construction and Class A inventory through criteria matching and third-party programs.
Free to renters
Immediate Move-In Apartments
Expedited search on immediate move-in inventory in Fort Worth for renters facing a hard deadline.
Free to renters
How Your Apartment Search Works, Start to Keys
Four steps from your first message to keys. Most of the work happens before you ever pay an application fee.
Step 1
Tell us the record
Move-in date, budget, the part of town you need to be near, and the filing, balance, credit range, or reason behind the last denial.
Step 2
We match criteria
Your file goes against criteria we confirmed and dated: lookback windows, balance policy, income multiple, credit floor, and which third-party programs each community accepts.
Step 3
You apply once
Document set prepared, letter of explanation where it helps, and applications only where the criteria already permit your record.
Step 4
Lease review and keys
We read the lease with you, confirm total cash at signing, and follow up on a denial if one comes back.
What you're agreeing to
Stop Spending Application Fees on Properties That Will Deny You
Send us the situation you would rather not put in an application: the filing, the balance, the credit range, the background. It's the part that decides where we start.
- No fee, no deposit, and no charge for the research. The community pays a referral fee at lease signing, and your rent isn't raised to cover it.
- No obligation. If nothing here fits your file this month, we say so instead of sending you to tour anyway.
- Total cash to move in is stated before you tour, not after an approval lands.
- If a neighboring city reaches the same jobs for less rent, we tell you that too.
Why this market is different
Second Chance Apartments in the Burleson / Crowley Market
A market where the manager still reads your file
Most of the rental inventory along US-287 and the streets connecting Crowley in southern Tarrant County to Burleson across the Johnson County line is owned or managed by smaller local operators who don't run RealPage or Yardi automated screening. When a manager can read your file, the framing of your application changes. A dismissed eviction, a lease broken because of a job loss or a relocation, a settled balance, these land differently in front of a person than in front of an algorithm.
That doesn't mean criteria are absent. Each property sets its own lookback window, its own balance policy, and its own standard for what counts as a sufficient explanation. Fort Worth Second Chance Team confirms those criteria with the property or management company, logs the date, and prepares the letter of explanation before your first application. The search starts with your record, not the listing price.
Older US-287 stock and Chisholm Trail corridor product, side by side
The rental inventory along US-287, through Crowley town center, and near Historic Downtown Burleson is predominantly garden-style apartments and older multifamily units, managed by individual owners or small regional operators. That's where individual judgment lives, and where a documented explanation reaches the person making the decision. The Rendon area and Hidden Creek neighborhoods hold similar stock, running at or below the $1,438 Fort Worth average (2026 rates), which reduces total cash at signing: the deposit, any conditional fee, and the cost of a guarantor program through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee are all sized against a lower base rent.
Newer product along the Chisholm Trail Parkway (SH-121T) corridor brings a second approval route into the same commute window. Those properties run corporate set criteria through automated screening but commonly accept lease guarantees through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee. Deposit alternatives through Jetty or LeaseLock can reduce cash at signing when a conditional approval doubles the deposit.
Burleson ISD and Crowley ISD serve different sections of the area and their boundaries don't follow the city lines neatly. If school boundaries drive your search, tell us at intake and we build the list around the district rather than the city line. The Chisholm Trail Parkway puts downtown Fort Worth within a realistic commute from nearly any address here, which means lower rents don't have to come at the cost of job access.
Why Renters With a Record Work With Us Here
- Fort Worth Second Chance Team confirms criteria with each property and logs the date, including smaller local operators who don't publish screening policies
- We prepare the letter of explanation that locally managed US-287 and Crowley Road properties will actually read
- We identify which properties accept guarantor programs through TheGuarantors or OneApp Guarantee when a file needs a program instead of background
- We state total cash to move in, deposit, fees, and any program premium, before you spend an application fee
- Free to you, because the community pays a referral fee at lease signing
About property criteria here
Community criteria are confirmed with the property or management company, logged with a date, and reverified quarterly. Criteria aren't a guarantee of approval. We don't publish a static list of community names here, because criteria shift with occupancy and a stale list costs you application fees. When you send us your situation we pull the current, dated criteria for the communities that fit it: eviction lookback, rental debt policy, income multiple, background policy, and which third-party programs each one accepts.
Before you apply: Apartments That Accept Evictions
Guide
Dismissed, Settled, or Judgment: How Each Eviction Disposition Screens
Three dispositions, three different screening outcomes. Find out which one you carry and what documenting it changes on an application.
Guide
How to Write an Eviction Letter of Explanation Property Managers Accept
Dates, disposition, what changed since, and current stability, what the letter must contain, what to attach, and what to leave out.
Guide
Eviction Lookback Windows: How Far Back Fort Worth Properties Check
Common lookback windows, who sets them, and why 'second chance' ads still deny five-year filings with an open balance.
Guide
Eviction on Your Record: Guarantor Program vs. Softer Criteria Property
Two paths with an eviction filing: a property whose criteria already permit it, or one that approves with a guarantee. Cost, inventory, and speed compared.
Coverage
Where we search in Burleson / Crowley
This market runs the length of US-287. Crowley sits on the Tarrant side, Burleson straddles Tarrant and Johnson. Chisholm Trail Parkway changed what counts as a reasonable commute, so newer product now sits minutes from 1980s stock. We search both counties. We also confirm which one an address falls in, since it sets the court, the district, and sometimes the criteria.
Neighborhoods and districts
Searching a different part of the county? Our service area pages cover the rest of Tarrant County.
Landmarks renters know
- Old Settlers Park, Burleson
- Historic Downtown Burleson (Renfro Street)
Getting around
US-287 (Southwest Wilshire Boulevard) is the primary corridor connecting the area to Fort Worth roughly 15 miles north. The Chisholm Trail Parkway (SH-121T) provides a direct toll route to downtown Fort Worth and continues south toward Cleburne. I-35W runs east of Burleson and connects to the full Tarrant County and North Texas road network. There's no commuter rail or fixed route bus service here, so a car handles virtually every trip. When factoring rent against a Fort Worth commute, the drive time on US-287 or the Chisholm Trail belongs in the budget alongside the lower rent.
Questions About Renting in Burleson / Crowley
Are there second chance apartments in Burleson / Crowley with an eviction on my record?
Is it easier to rent with an eviction in Burleson / Crowley than in Fort Worth?
What does it cost to move into an apartment here?
Which school district matters here, Burleson ISD or Crowley ISD?
Does the Chisholm Trail Parkway make commuting from here practical?
Where can I find a second chance apartment near me in Burleson / Crowley?
Free to you. Response in under 60 minutes during posted hours
Nearby cities we cover
Widening the search by one city often changes what your file can reach. A lower rent means a lower income multiple and a smaller deposit at signing, and the criteria are different one city over.
We serve Fort Worth and all of Tarrant County, plus the neighboring Denton, Johnson, Parker, Hood, Wise, and Dallas County markets. Each city has its own page because each one screens renters differently, not because our service area stops at this list.
- Southwest Fort Worth Dense concentration of older locally managed stock in Wedgwood and the Granbury Road corridor, producing the clearest discretion path inside Fort Worth at below average rents.
- Mansfield Institutional Class A with corporate criteria and broad guarantor acceptance, where lease-up concessions offset the program cost.
- Benbrook Older locally managed US-377 corridor stock where on-site discretion is the primary approval path and rents run below the county average.
- Cleburne Johnson County seat with a locally managed rental market, below average rents, and on-site manager discretion as the primary second chance approval path.
- Southwest Tarrant County Regional south Tarrant County corridor where older locally managed stock in Kennedale, Forest Hill, and Everman produces the clearest discretion path between the Fort Worth city core and the Burleson and Mansfield borders.
- Alvarado Johnson County market on I-35W with older locally managed stock, below average rents, and on-site manager discretion as the primary second chance approval path.
- Godley Fast-growing Johnson County city on SH-171 with a locally managed rental market, below average rents, and on-site manager discretion as the primary second chance approval path.
- All service areas
Free apartment locating
Tell us your situation
Three steps, about a minute. We come back with communities whose criteria already permit your file.
Ready for a Second Chance in Burleson / Crowley?
Tell us your record and your move-in date. We come back with communities whose criteria already permit it, and what each one costs at signing.
Free to renters. Communities pay the referral fee at lease signing. We don't guarantee approval; every screening decision belongs to the community.