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That was just my experience folks!
From what I've read, less than 1% of rental properties in Sydney are available at any one time. That still means hundreds and hundreds of places though. At home you can generally book a time to see a place, see a few more and then make a second visit. You can't here. I asked to arrange a time outside the 15 minute viewing period and the estate angent looked at me like I was on fire. Several of the 2 bed places we looked at in Paddington, Crow's Nest, North Sydney etc had at least 20 couples turn up for the 15 minute viewing (some had many more than that). In every case people filled in applications on the spot. Apparantly offering x amount over the rental price is fairly common and can help secure a place as can offering 6 months rent in advance.
Despite all that we still got a place inside 2 weeks. It's entirely possible, just a little different to home.
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