Renting via brokers
I live in Mumbai it may be same for other tier 1 cities as well. I have shifted rented flat 4 times now. Every time i buy the No broker basic plan where u get to do 20 calls. It takes 2-3 weeks (as i only visit property on Saturday and Sunday's). But in all cases, I ended up getting a decent flat. Plus if there is an owner u are directly negotiating with, he may be willing to discount rent and security deposit if you bargain hard enough.
However, i still hear lot of folks still go to individual brokers. Personally, I had a terrible experience with them. They will just try to sell u anything. Many of their flats were horrible. Plus they demand 1 month of brokerage. I can also tell that they generally end up inflating the monthly rent which u otherwise would have gotten much cheaper if negotiated with owner Why someone still go to them? Where is this sites( no borker , housing etc. ) failing for you?