I'm a simple emigrant and I'm still looking for an apartment

What an awful process this is. First of all, the lack of options is frustrating. I didn't expect that three-bedroom apartments would be much less common than two-bedroom ones. Honestly, 90% of the options I see, in my view, couldn't have been chosen by anyone voluntarily; some boxes from under the fridge feel more spacious. And buildings from 1900 are far from romantic. You sometimes go to a viewing, and the building reeks of such antiquity that living there in the era of a home office and not going crazy would be something of a fantasy. The more or less decent options get deactivated within 15 minutes after posting: during that time they receive dozens, even hundreds, of applications. On Saturday we went to view one of the two apartments I liked, and the agent simply didn't show up. More precisely, I think he did show up, but among the first viewers there was already a potential client, and the agent decided to just vanish, not call, nor answer the phone—of course, there is no need to do that. Another guy, the owner of the apartment, told me every day, “let's arrange a viewing tomorrow,” and after my next question about when to come, he said, “oh sorry, we've already rented it.” And this is not yet the wonderful “diamonds” for pennies, but rather fairly expensive apartments, completely empty, but in good neighborhoods. The only ray of light in this whole process is the bot @WohnungenDeutschlandBot on Telegram, which my friends developed. #Notsponsored it's truly wonderful: it searches for apartments by the given filters, updating the feed of the main housing-search app every three minutes, and immediately sends your message to the author. This really boosts your chances of getting into the first inquiries. Now they're developing the bot, adding new features and resources, and for now they promise everyone who comes through me a week of free usage (it's enough to mention the channel name: I'm a simple emigrant). Since I'm still in the search, tell me in the comments and share tips on how you found your dream apartment! #useful