Ask your friends and extended family about it. Especially if you're looking for single bedroom apartment. You never know, X's grandfather can have a small appartement he doesn't want to put on the market because it's a hassle, or your cousins' family (the other one) can have the perfect appartement for 2 people, 2 minutes from the sea, 5 from the train station, and you just have to wait a year for it.
Ask your friends and extended family about it. Especially if you're looking for single bedroom apartment. You never know, X's grandfather can have a small appartement he doesn't want to put on the market because it's a hassle, or your cousins' family (the other one) can have the perfect appartement for 2 people, 2 minutes from the sea, 5 from the train station, and you just have to wait a year for it.