Leasing websites · Dallas–Fort Worth

Websites that help you fill units.

Dwell & Key builds simple, fast websites for independent apartment communities. Renters see your floor plans, prices and photos, then book a tour or apply from their phone.

We'll mock up your property's site before you pay anything.

Sample site
Elm Court Apartments
All1 Bed2 Bed
The Ash · 1 bd / 1 ba680 sq ft · Available now
$995
/mo
The Birch · 2 bd / 1 ba910 sq ft · Nov 15
$1,240
/mo
The Cedar · 2 bd / 2 ba1,020 sq ft · Call
$1,365
/mo
Book a tour
Apply
$36a day, per empty unit

A vacant $1,100 apartment costs you about $36 in lost rent every day it sits empty. Renters now decide mostly online, and nearly half say missing unit photos is a deal-breaker. If they can't see your units, prices and floor plans, they move on to a property where they can.

$1,100 × 12 months ÷ 365 days ≈ $36/day

Why a website leases units faster

Renters decide before they ever call you

From Apartments.com's 2026 survey of nearly 27,000 U.S. renters, unless noted.

43%

of renters are likely to rent a unit without seeing it in person. Your online photos and details do the touring for you.

47%

say not seeing photos of the exact unit is a deal-breaker. 74% want those photos online.

63%

want floor plans online before they reach out.

46%

of recent renters dropped a property after surprise fees. 81% want to see the full price up front.

85%

expect a reply within 24 hours. A tour form that emails your office gets you there. (Apartments.com, 2023)

96%

say online reviews matter. Your site and Google listing are where renters find them together.

Sources: Apartments.com, "How Renters Decide: Top Considerations in 2026" (July 2026) and "The Online Journey of a Prospective Renter" (2023). Rental Beast, "Dallas-Fort Worth Rental Market Report Q2 2026."

Savings calculator

What faster leasing is worth to you

Pick an estimate below or enter your own numbers. The example shows a 60-unit property that leases about 3 units a month.

How much faster will units lease?

A typical DFW apartment listing leases in a median of 24 days. When nearly half of renters walk away from a property that doesn't show its units online, that wait gets longer. A complete website wins those renters back.

See how we estimated this
  1. DFW rentals lease in a median of 24 days (Rental Beast, Q2 2026).
  2. 47% of renters say missing photos of the exact unit is a deal-breaker (Apartments.com, 2026). We assume a property with no website loses that share of interested renters, and that leasing takes longer in proportion to the renters you lose.
  3. Best case: the website wins back all of them. 24 ÷ (1 − 0.47) ≈ 45 days without a site, so about 21 days faster with one.
  4. Likely: it wins back half (most properties already have some photos on listing sites). 24 ÷ (1 − 0.235) ≈ 31 days, so about 7 days faster.
  5. Conservative: it wins back a quarter. 24 ÷ (1 − 0.12) ≈ 27 days, so about 3 days faster.

This is a model built from survey data, not a measured result. It fits best for properties with no website or one that's missing photos, floor plans and prices.

Rent lost per empty unit, per day$36
Rent you'd recover each month$760
Website cost per month, first yearmonthly fee plus setup spread over 12 months$192
You keep each month$568

The website pays for itself if it fills your units about 2 days sooner each month in total.

This is an estimate, not a guarantee. Results depend on your market, pricing and photos. "Days sooner" is your own estimate of how much faster units lease once renters can see photos, floor plans and prices online.

What's on every site

Everything a renter looks for, on one fast page

Built for phones first, because that's where people search for apartments.

01 · FLOOR PLANS

Floor plans and prices

Beds, baths, square feet, and a "starting at" price or "call for pricing."

02 · PHOTOS

Photo gallery

Your best photos of units, grounds and amenities, sized to load fast.

03 · TOURS

Tour requests

A short form that emails your leasing office the moment someone asks.

04 · APPLY

Apply and pay rent links

Connects to the application and resident portal you already use.

05 · CALL

Tap to call or text

One tap from any page puts renters on the phone with your office.

06 · GOOGLE

Google listing setup

We clean up your Google Business Profile so the Website button goes to your new site.

07 · MAP

Location and neighborhood

Map, nearby schools, shopping and commute times.

08 · ACCESS

Accessible and Fair Housing ready

Good contrast, alt text on images, and the Equal Housing Opportunity logo.

09 · CARE

Hosting and updates

Hosting, security and backups included, plus monthly changes when rents or specials change.

How it works

Live in about two weeks

  1. See your free sample

    We mock up a site for your property so you can see it before deciding.

  2. Send your details

    Photos, floor plans, rents, amenities and your application link.

  3. Review and launch

    You approve the site, we put it live and connect it to your Google listing.

  4. We keep it current

    Text or email us new rents or specials and we update the site.

Packages

Simple pricing, per property

One setup fee, then a flat monthly rate that covers hosting, updates and support.

Founding client offerOur first three Dallas properties get the Leasing Site for $400 setup and $119/month.

Leasing Site

For independent properties of 30–150 units.

$129/month

$750 one-time setup

  • Mobile-first site with floor plans, gallery, amenities and map
  • Tour request form and tap-to-call
  • Links to your application and resident portal
  • Hosting, security and backups
  • Up to 1 hour of updates a month
  • Google Business Profile cleanup at launch
Get started

Leasing Site + Local Search

For properties with vacancies to fill.

$249/month

$1,200 one-time setup

  • Everything in Leasing Site
  • Monthly Google posts and photo updates
  • Help responding to reviews
  • 2–3 local search pages, like "apartments near Pleasant Grove"
  • A tracked phone number to count calls
  • A one-page monthly lead report
Get started

Portfolio

For management companies with 3 or more properties.

$109/month per property, and up

$600 setup per property

  • A matching site for every property
  • Company site listing all properties, free at 5+
  • One point of contact for everything
  • Quarterly review meeting
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Add-ons: professional photos, Google Ads management, Spanish-language pages and logo design, quoted separately. Pay a year up front and save 10%.

Who we work with

Built for owners who don't have a marketing department

Independent owners

You own one or a few buildings and your property has no website, or your Google listing sends renters to a page that doesn't show your units.

Small management companies

You manage several properties and want each one to have its own site, all handled by one person you can call.

Questions

Common questions

Who owns the website and domain?

You do. We register your domain in your name, so it stays yours even if you stop working with us.

We're already on Apartments.com. Why do we need a website?

Renters often look up a property on Google after finding it on a listing site. A website gives them your photos, current prices and a way to reach you directly, without a listing fee on every lead.

Can it connect to the software we already use?

Yes. We link to your existing online application, resident portal and rent payment pages.

How long does it take?

About two weeks after we receive your photos, floor plans and rents.

Is there a contract?

Plans are 12 months, billed monthly. After that, you can continue month to month.

What if we don't have good photos?

We start with the photos you have. A recent phone photo in good light works well, and we can arrange a professional shoot as an add-on.

Free sample site

See your property's website before you pay anything

Tell us which property you have in mind. We'll send you a sample site within a few business days.

Prefer email? hello@dwellandkey.net Serving Dallas, Irving, Garland, Mesquite and the rest of DFW.