im an incoming student and im looking for accommodation either a single or shared room inside or outside innsbruck. im fine with a 2 hour commute. so i mapped out almost most of the places, towns and villages tho im a little bit confused about the geography. ive gone to different websites like willhaben (which wont let me register bcoz i dont have the country code number from their list), wg-gesucht, immowelt, immoscout24 and messaged people who are renting there. ive received no messages from those respective websites yet. ive even dm some of them on whatsapp bcoz they provided their number on the website but no replies yet. do i need to message them in german here? also these websites ask for a subscription of 20 euros to be at the top of the list which i cant pay. also what are the chances if i pay the subscription ill get the accommodation? and the rents are like super expensive like going from 700 euros to 2k+ euros (my budget is around 0-550 euros). even when i increase the radius the rents are still expensive. i messaged these types of rent providers too about if they will provide sharing for a student like, ill be happy to get 2–4 more students to split the rent, still no reply. ive registered on platforms like home4students, oead, wist and mailed them too asking if it is possible to book accommodation for march 1. im okay with a minimum period of 3 months (tho i want for longer period. ill look for one once i get here). but they replied through mail and said the waiting list is very long and they will tell during dec/jan period which is not possible for me, as getting a student residence permit takes a lot of time here. as long as i dont secure accommodation im stuck. also they said they cant guarantee that they can provide me a room or not. i mailed other dorms and rental providers theyre saying the same thing "unfortunately, unfortunately, unfortunately, we have bad news for you..." and some havent replied yet even tho i provided all the proof through mail and i told them im ready to pay the deposit immediately.
what about salzburg? as i need to travel to uni of innsbruck, is finding accommodation in salzburg better? i need to increase my commute to 3 hours which is fine. for eg, the border of tirol and salzburg or near the border of tirol inside salzburg. what about the south side? im kinda confused about the geography here which is making it harder to find accommodation i guess.
so what do i do here? do i need to email or dm them on whatsapp and message them, on the above listed platforms using german language? will this increase my chances? if you guys know about more websites or other places please let me know
thank you