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Apartments.com renters don't buy — they decide in a week whether to tour. The hero photo, the in-unit shots, and the amenity gallery have to do that work in a vacant unit between tenants. Edensign stages the empty unit in about 15 seconds per photo, at the resolution the Apartments.com player expects.
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Why Apartments.com is different
Apartments.com decisions happen in days, not months. The hero earns a tour request — that's the only metric. Vacant units with empty rooms read as 'partial listing'; staged units read as 'move-in ready'. The lift is on the tour-request rate, not page time.
A multifamily unit re-leases every 12–18 months. Photograph the empty unit once, stage variations for each cycle — modern, cozy, professional, family — without re-shooting. Edensign output is per-photo, not per-unit-forever.
Apartments.com is part of CoStar's rental portfolio (ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder, ApartmentHomeLiving, Doorsteps, Westside Rentals). One staged set syndicates across the network — your photos do work on five surfaces, not one.
Workflow
During the turn between tenants, shoot every room and every amenity space. Photographer or smartphone — Edensign accepts both, up to 20MB per photo.
Pick a style brief that matches the building positioning — modern, professional, family, cozy. Multi-view consistency keeps every unit angle on the same register.
Drop the JPGs straight into the CoStar dashboard. Photos syndicate across the network within an hour. Re-stage and re-upload each lease cycle without re-shooting.
Image specs
Apartments.com doesn't depend on an MLS feed — property managers upload directly via the CoStar dashboard. The specs are tighter and more predictable than the MLS-driven portals.
Reflects the Apartments.com CoStar dashboard as of 2026. Tier limits vary by market and contract — verify in your CoStar account.
Display slots
Apartments.com isn't a single search feed — it's the CoStar rental network spread across five sites. Your photo set has to land on each one without re-staging.
Card view in the renter search feed: square hero, rent range, beds/baths, and a "Verified Listing" badge for paid tiers. Most renter sessions never leave this view.
The full unit experience: large 16:9 hero, tap-through gallery, floorplan, amenity tabs, and rent rating. Renters spend 60–120 seconds here before requesting a tour.
Apartments.com separates unit photos from amenity photos: pool, gym, lobby, coworking, dog run. Each tab needs at least one strong image to telegraph "premium building".
Your Apartments.com photos auto-syndicate to ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder, ApartmentHomeLiving, Doorsteps, and Westside Rentals — same files, different renter audiences.
Use cases
Six rental profiles where staging the empty unit pays back inside a single lease cycle.
The default Apartments.com use case. Stage the unit during the turn — photograph once, re-use for every future lease cycle.
Stage one model unit per floorplan. The same staged photo set works for every identical unit in the building — no per-unit re-shoot.
Furnish the empty amenity tab — gym props, lobby seating, coworking desks — without scheduling a photoshoot.
Swap the existing furniture register to match the building's tier positioning — modern, executive, or family — without re-furnishing.
BTR portfolios list on Apartments.com alongside traditional multifamily. Stage the SFR like a home, not a unit — full living, dining, primary bedroom set.
Renters filter heavily on kitchen quality. Stage the counters, add styling, declutter dated appliances — same angle, modern register.
Pricing for Apartments.com publishers
Most property managers publishing to Apartments.com sit on Professional ($0.77/photo) — a full Diamond-tier photo bar with unit, amenity, and floorplan shots runs $30–$40 per unit's first stage.
Starter
$20 USD / mo
180 photos / year · billed annually
Great for real estate agents testing virtual staging.
Pro
$45 USD / mo
600 photos / year · billed annually
Designed for active realtors and photographers with consistent listings.
Premium
$117 USD / mo
1800 photos / year · billed annually
Tailored for brokerages and real estate teams with high-volume needs.
Yes. Apartments.com accepts virtually staged photos. The CoStar best-practice guidance is to label staged photos as 'Virtually Staged' in the photo caption — same convention as MLS-driven portals. Edensign output itself is policy-neutral; the disclosure is the property manager's responsibility per local advertising rules.
The decision window is much shorter — renters decide in days, not months — and the goal is a tour request, not an offer. That favors simpler, more universally appealing staging registers (modern, neutral, broadly liveable) over aspirational editorial staging. Edensign style presets cover both registers; the rental brief is usually the safer end of the library.
Apartments.com is property-manager-driven, not MLS-driven. You upload directly via the CoStar dashboard (the same dashboard that controls your tier, rent ranges, and contact form). Photos syndicate across the CoStar rental network — ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder, ApartmentHomeLiving, Doorsteps, Westside Rentals — within an hour.
You don't need to re-shoot — the empty-unit source photos stay valid for years. You can re-stage the same source set with a fresh style brief each lease cycle (modern this year, cozy next year) to keep the listing visually fresh without scheduling another photographer.
Diamond and Platinum tiers display up to ~50 photos; Silver and Gold cap at ~25; basic listings show ~12. Top-converting rental listings sit near the tier ceiling — enough variety to cover the unit, the amenity spaces, the floorplan, and the building exterior. Edensign per-photo pricing makes the full set affordable.
Apartments.com, Homes.com, and LoopNet are all part of the CoStar Group portfolio but operate separate listing inventories — rentals, residential sales, and commercial. Staged rental photos don't auto-cross-list to Homes.com or LoopNet. Edensign exports standard JPGs that work on every CoStar surface if you publish to multiple ones.
Direct CoStar dashboard uploads typically reflect on Apartments.com within 30–60 minutes and across the rest of the rental network within a few hours. Edensign's 15-second render time means you can stage in the morning and have a fresh listing by lunchtime.
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