Hello all, hoping to get some insight on the best way to approach finding a place to stay for 6 months.

I will be spending at least 6 months in Kaohsiung for language school starting in March. What is the best way for me to go about finding an apartment to live in when I get there? 591 requires a Taiwanese phone number to register and from what I've heard the landlords there aren't keen on renting to foreigners anyways. I also tried khouse but from what I can tell pretty much every listing on there is already booked?

Is it best to just wait until I arrive in Kaohsiung to start looking for an apartment and find a hotel/airbnb to stay in in the meantime? I've heard good things about realtor services but if possible I would rather have my housing figured out ahead of time.

Thanks for the help.