How is the rental market/competition in the Berlin periphery?

[Pandekage 33]

I'm considering moving back to Berlin after two years in Hamburg, and realize the housing situation hasn't gotten better. My profession isn't a high paying one either, and don't have much Vitamin B, as they say, so my chances of finding a place within the city right off the bat are nil.

 

Given I don't mind a long commute and have no interest in nightlife, etc. I'm looking into commuting in from a peripheral town, i.e. via the RE1 from Brandenburg an der Havel. From a cursory glance the listings meet my 1/3 salary rule, even with a €200 Bahnstrecke Abo, but is the competition the same or similar as in Berlin? Do other Berlin-hopefuls have the same idea of renting way outside Berlin? Or is it likely okay that I'll just ring up a local Immo-office and ask for whatever they have?

[Santitas 564]

We’re on the border to Brandenburg in Mariendorf, and it wasn’t the easiest to get an apartment here. Seems like more and more people want to get out of the center and live the suburb life 😅