In 2025, renters expect more than just photos. They want an immersive, interactive experience—and property managers who deliver that will win more leases, faster. 🔥
If you're using AppFolio to manage and market your rental listings, adding virtual tours isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity for staying competitive and providing top-tier service to both renters and owners.
In this guide, we’ll explore why virtual tours are essential, how to integrate them with AppFolio, and what tools you can use to get started today.
Virtual tours let renters explore properties 24/7—without needing to schedule a showing. 🕒
Instead of guessing what the layout looks like or how rooms connect, they can walk through the home virtually and get a real feel for the space.
🔗 Dive deeper: Using 3D Virtual Tours to Showcase New Construction Rentals on AppFolio
As a property manager, your time is valuable. Coordinating in-person showings, dealing with no-shows, and answering endless questions can eat up your day.
Virtual tours solve this. 🧠
✅ Pre-qualified leads
✅ Fewer physical showings
✅ Shorter vacancy periods
✅ Happier tenants and owners
🔗 Learn how to Boost Leasing Results: Why Virtual Tours Matter in AppFolio
Listings with virtual tours lease significantly faster than those without. Why?
They allow prospective tenants to fall in love with the unit before they even visit in person—or sometimes, without visiting at all. 🏃♀️💨
🔗 Read: Top Benefits of Adding Virtual Tours to AppFolio
With hundreds of units competing for attention, it's tough to stand out. But adding a virtual tour to your AppFolio listing? That stops the scroll. 🔽📱
Listings with dynamic, interactive visuals grab more views and hold attention longer—leading to more applications.
🔗 See: Boost Rental Listings for AppFolio: Add 360 Virtual Tours That Convert
If you're managing properties for clients, offering virtual tours shows you're proactive, tech-savvy, and focused on ROI. 📊
It gives them confidence that you're marketing their property effectively—and helps you win more business in the long run.
🔗 Discover how How Home Builders Use AppFolio and Virtual Tours to Attract Buyers
Here’s the best part: Adding a virtual tour to your AppFolio listing is easy.
🔗 Full tutorial: Seamless Virtual Tour Integration with AppFolio
You don’t need to be a video editor or a tech wizard. Platforms like PhotoAIVideo.com let you generate beautiful, cinematic walkthroughs from just a handful of listing photos. 🧠✨
In 60 seconds or less, you can turn still photos into a dynamic, smooth-moving AI video complete with music and transitions.
🔗 Explore: From Static to Cinematic: Transforming Property Photos With AI
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When a listing includes a virtual tour, renters are more likely to:
And that means more signed leases. 📝🟢
Pair your virtual tours with AppFolio’s built-in automation, application tools, and messaging systems—and you’ve got a leasing machine.
🔗 Learn how to Use AI Video to Sell Rental Units Faster
The same tour link you use in AppFolio can also be shared across:
📣 Facebook Ads
📸 Instagram Reels
📩 Email follow-ups
💼 Owner reports
It becomes a multi-purpose marketing asset that keeps working for you everywhere.
🔗 Maximize impact: The Weekly AI Video Content Plan (Template + Tools)
Virtual tours are no longer a “nice to have”—they’re an essential marketing and leasing tool for any modern property manager using AppFolio.
Whether you're managing 10 units or 1,000, virtual tours will help you:
✅ Lease faster
✅ Save time
✅ Close more qualified tenants
✅ Win more owners
So if you're not yet embedding virtual tours into your listings… you're missing out. Big time. 🚀
👉 Try PhotoAIVideo.com for free – Upload photos, and generate your first cinematic video tour in 60 seconds.
👉 Want a full walkthrough? Watch our PhotoAIVideo demo on YouTube
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