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title: "Getting started with your first hunt"
type: "help-article"
category: "Getting Started"
article_type: "guide"
published: "2026-11-11"
url: "https://fless.io/help/getting-started/getting-started-with-your-first-hunt"
---

# Getting started with your first hunt

Starting your first Fless hunt takes a few minutes, and everything after that is handled for you. This guide walks the whole path, from creating your account to sitting in the actual unit you end up renting, so there are no surprises about who does what.
## What a hunt is
A hunt is a single, focused apartment search. You tell us your location, budget, move-in date, and must-haves. We find every matching building, contact them, handle the back-and-forth, and schedule your tours. You do not scroll listings night after night or fill out contact forms one by one: the hunt does that work for you, and you make the decisions.
## Step 1: create your account
Sign up with your email address. Every new account starts with a 15 day free trial with unlimited use and no credit card, plus 30 free credits on signup: a 25 credit bonus plus your first monthly 5. You can start your first hunt immediately, and your first hunt is covered by the free allowance.
## Step 2: verify your email
Verification is one click. Your email is how hunt links, building responses, and tour confirmations reach you, and how your credits stay attached to your account, so this step keeps everything you do next secure. If the email is slow to arrive, check spam and ask us to resend it from the contact page.
## Step 3: describe what you need
Give your hunt the basics: where you want to live, when you need to move, your budget, and anything that matters to you in a building or unit, like parking, a pet policy, or a specific amenity. The clearer your must-haves, the tighter your match list will be. You can see within minutes how many buildings match your search.
## Step 4: we contact the buildings
Once your hunt starts, we email the buildings that match your criteria, manage their responses, and verify availability before anything reaches your calendar. That means the tour invitations you see are for units that are actually in play, not listings that leased weeks ago.
## Step 5: confirm your tours
Replies and tour invitations collect in your dashboard, not scattered across your inbox. Confirm the tours you want and show up, in person or virtually. Once buildings start responding, scheduling usually takes 24 to 48 hours, so a hunt that starts on Monday is typically touring by midweek.
## What happens at the end
A hunt stays active until you find your apartment, exhaust all available buildings within your search criteria, or cancel it. Credits never expire, so anything you do not spend this time waits for your next search, and your dashboard keeps every building and reply the hunt collected.
When you are ready, [browse the cities Fless covers](/cities).

Human page: https://fless.io/help/getting-started/getting-started-with-your-first-hunt