Hopefully this is the right place to ask, but, has anyone had experience with having to store their kayak somewhere when they were living in an apartment? 

My place is a decent size, but of course my Hobie Pro Angler 12' is just a little bulky and takes up a lot of space. I have thought about just maybe buying those large storage hooks and putting it up on a wall?

Anything helps.

Your appartment rules may limit choices but anything in the overhead will help a lot.  One thing to remmeber is that you need to have a broad holding system.  hanging the entire weight on two points/straps may cause sagging or deformation of your yak.  I got some eyes from harbor freght and make a tarp to support a large portion of the bottom while hanging it from the celing.  I did this in my garage so i dont know if you have a place inside your appartment to do this or not.

if you have a garage unit with the apartment, you could hang it there.

if not, that's going to be a little tricky.

in my previous townhome i hung mine on a wall in the garage, which you could do in a room if you wanted.  I used Rubbermaid FastTrack Garage storage system and it worked like a charm.  it seems a little flimsy in hand in the store, but i could do pull ups on the thing with no problem.