Who listens to you?

The more you work on yourself, the much more you should work on your connections with the people around you. The latter work is harder because humans grow at different pace.

Be the first and the last

This could be an approach to show your interest to get a room from the landlord when several applicants in addition to you are in a meeting with her:

Be the first person who arrives at the meeting. Be the last person who leaves the meeting.

By doing this, you have the opportunity to talk to her alone in two situations. Does this approach remove the images of applicants from her mind and paste only your image there?