Articles from Tour24

On May 9th, National Leasing Day recognized seven standout professionals who are shaping the future of leasing through the use of technology, data-driven strategies, and exceptional leadership. This annual tribute celebrates the leasing professionals and property management companies (PMC) driving innovation and operational excellence across the multifamily industry. Their achievements underscore the vital role of technology in redefining the leasing experience for prospective residents and transforming how communities are managed and served.

In a bold move to fuel its rapid growth, Tour24, the leader in self-guided tours for multifamily, has promoted Jesselyn Hayes to Senior Vice President of Sales and Heather Pietanza to Vice President of Client Engagement. These strategic promotions come on the heels of a year marked by significant expansion, including the successful closing of Series B funding — underscoring the growing demand for convenient, on-demand touring solutions. Through its innovative audio-visual tours and AI-driven features, the company is redefining how leasing teams connect with prospects, making the leasing process more efficient, personalized, and streamlined.

Tour24, a leader in self-guided touring technology for multifamily, today announced the promotion of Dorota Firek from Senior Vice President of Marketing and Client Engagement to Chief Marketing Officer. Firek’s visionary leadership has played a crucial role in positioning Tour24 for continued growth and success. Her strategic marketing efforts have been instrumental in increasing the company’s visibility, strengthening key relationships, and positioning the business as an attractive partner for investors—culminating in a recent $20 million funding round.

On the heels of announcing Series B funding led by RET Ventures and Mirasol Capital, bringing total funding to more than $20 million, Tour24 announced today that Jackie Wint-Gaehwiler has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Sales, where she will lead the Tour24 sales team members to higher levels of success in 2025.

Tour24, the leader in self-guided touring for apartments, has been named a prestigious Inc. Magazine Power Partner in the Real Estate and Proptech category. This coveted recognition sets Tour24 apart, acknowledging its commitment to innovation and outstanding track record. To add to the celebration, Tour24's CEO and visionary, Georgianna W. Oliver, has also been heralded as an Influencer of the Year by GlobeSt.

Tour24, a leading self-guided tour company, today announced the close of its $5-million Series B financing round. The round was led by leading real estate technology venture capital firm RET Ventures.

Tour24 announces the successful completion of a technical integration with Brivo, the global provider of cloud-based access control and physical security technologies. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in improving access to buildings and common areas therefore enhancing the prospect’s experience with less obstacles to access and at the same time ensuring heightened security measures for apartment communities.

Tour24 announced today that The Preiss Company, a leading operator of off-campus student housing, has expanded implementation of Tour24’s multi-award-winning self-guided touring platform. Tour24 is a critical tool for converting prospects to residents and expediting the leasing process. Created to address the need for convenient and flexible touring, Tour24 offers prospects the opportunity to schedule and tour communities at their convenience, providing exceptional self-guided tours outside of regular office hours and on weekends.

PropTech Innovator Tour24, developer of the multi-award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage property visits, today announced an integration with EliseAI, the machine-learning-powered AI chat platform that manages prospect communication across multiple channels; answering prospect questions and requests instantly. Prospects can now book tours at any time, including after business hours, with an easy-to-use chatbot that assists with scheduling property tours within minutes.

Tour24 announced today that Amanda Johnson has been named chair of the Tour24 Advisory Board. Johnson is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Consumer Experience at AMLI, where she oversees strategic marketing, branding efforts, marketing technology and analytics across the AMLI portfolio.

Tour24, developer of the multi-award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced the expansion of its leadership team. Tour24 has named Ian Dyer Senior as Vice President of Product and Mike Ramseyer as Vice President of Production; these incoming leaders will help Tour24 expand its industry-leading platform to meet the rapidly evolving needs of residents and property companies.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today released key metrics from First Communities. The data shows substantial increases in scheduled and completed tours, same-day tours, weekend tours, and submitted applications since implementing the Tour24 platform.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that VP of Marketing Dorota Firek has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing & Client Engagement. Born in Poland, Dorota is a marketing leader and partnership evangelist with strong multifamily sector experience. Her passion and energy for getting clients excited for Tour24 products has made her a key player in the industry, respected for her strategic acumen, leadership, and creativity. Her project management and branding experience includes high-tech, sports, and healthcare industries, having previously worked for Knock CRM and Optimizely.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, has been selected as a GlobeSt Real Estate Forum 2023 Influencer in Multifamily Real Estate. This prestigious list highlights talented and impactful leaders within the multifamily sector in the October issue of the GlobeSt Real Estate Forum.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced it has won the PropTech Breakthrough Award for Residential Lease Platform of the Year. The PropTech Breakthrough awards celebrate industry leaders in property management technology, and this award recognizes Tour24’s unique and trailblazing platform for self-guided tours.

Tour24, developer of the multi-award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced a key technology partnership with ButterflyMX, creator of smart video intercoms, access control systems, package rooms, elevator controls, key lockers, and other property access technology for multifamily, commercial, and student housing properties.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced the release of its new platform, Explore to meet the growing needs of its multifamily and student housing customers and provide new ways to help property operators to seamlessly connect with prospects and accelerate leases.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage self-guided tours, today announced year-over-year 140% growth in the number of communities it serves and an 81% increase in the number of self-guided tours, highlighting the successful market adoption of its platform. The company also announced that multifamily industry professional Jennifer Zacharias has been promoted to Vice President of Client Operations, leading the teams responsible for ensuring the success of clients through the entire life cycle of their partnership with Tour24 from onboarding to ongoing success.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that its deployment with Landmark Properties has been honored in the 13th annual Student Housing Business Innovator Awards as Best Vendor/Operator Solution. Using revolutionary self-guided tour technology from Tour24, Landmark has seen impressive results across its entire student housing portfolio. Tour24 and Landmark Properties completed a rapid pilot rollout across 11 Landmark properties, which saw 400 tours scheduled between March and June of 2022. Encouraged by these results, Landmark implemented Tour24 across 58 additional communities before November of 2022.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowers leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that multifamily industry veteran Jesselyn Hayes has been promoted to Vice President of Sales, and has also revealed impressive results from the first phase of its self-guided tour national partnership with RangeWater Real Estate.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app offering renters an easy way to tour apartments and empowering leasing teams to seamlessly manage tours, today announced it has been selected as the self-guided tour partner for Case & Associates Properties, Inc., and has appointed multifamily and student housing veteran Erik Sumwalt as Vice President of Product. The Tour24 platform will deploy across all Case & Associates communities, representing more than 30,000 units across six states.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and provides leasing teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that it has been selected as the self-guided tour partner for AMLI Residential, and that financial industry veteran David Cohen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. The Tour24 platform will be deployed across all AMLI residential communities, representing more than 25,000 units in nine cities.

Tour24, developer of the award-winning mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and gives leasing teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, today announced its full API integration with Funnel Leasing, a leading Renter Management Software platform. This new partnership offers future renters a way to schedule self-guided tours on their own time while leasing agents receive detailed data of their self-guided tour experience. Information from Tour24 automatically integrates into Funnel’s CRM creating a single renter-centric guest card for each renter and importing key data points without disrupting daily workflows for leasing teams. This integration between Tour24 and Funnel will help boost the number of tours and increase productivity of the busy leasing office of today.

Tour24, developer of a mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and gives property management teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, today announced its integration with the Hyly.AI platform. This partnership will improve how leasing teams do their jobs and at the same time create a better experience for future renters throughout the entire leasing process.

Tour24, developer of a mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and gives property management teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that it has raised $5.5 million as part of its series A funding. The extension includes funding from Chicago-based 29th Street Ventures as well as investors that also participated in an initial $5.6 million investment earlier this year, including Middleburg Communities and Miami-based LAB Ventures. 29th Street Ventures is a division of 29th Street Capital, which has managed, invested, and acquired more than $3.1 billion of multifamily assets across the United States since 2009.

Tour24, a mobile app that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments and gives property management teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that ECI Group has started deployment of its platform across its entire portfolio. According to Atlanta-based multifamily owner and developer ECI, 85 percent of tours organized through Tour24 are completed on the day that they are scheduled – and 72 percent occur within an hour.

Tour24, an on-demand platform that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments on their own, even when leasing offices are closed, and gives property management teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, has named Satish Janumpalli as Chief Technology Officer and Joanna Hackney as Chief Operating Officer. Janumpalli is a veteran technologist in the multifamily industry with 15 years of technology innovation and product design, who spent more than eight years at RealPage. Hackney, who has 25 years of experience in the property industry at companies including RealPage, Alliance, and Campus Advantage, was promoted from her previous role as Executive Vice President of Client Success.

Tour24, an on-demand platform that offers renters an easy way to tour apartments on their own even when leasing offices are closed and gives property management teams the ability to seamlessly manage tours, today announced that it has been selected by Landmark Properties as its exclusive provider of self-guided tours. Landmark is a fully integrated real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, acquisition, and management of high-quality residential living communities and is the most active student housing developer in the nation whose portfolio includes 90 residential communities and 57,000 beds under management.