The whole game is being early
A room posts at 9:34. You are texting the poster by ten.
By the time a listing reaches a search site, the good rooms are gone. We read the group itself, within 30 minutes of the post going up.
9:34
A roommate posts the room to a Facebook group. No listing site will ever see it.
10:00
We read the wall of text, pull out the rent, the layout and the move-in date, and check it against your range.
10:01
One text lands on your phone with the link. You reply the same morning, not the next day.