Part of the problem with the virtual tours is that now the entire layout of the house is known, to anyone. And anyone can start a file on certain areas of the city, the high end houses for example.
Now a house sells, after having been listed for “X” amount of time. Plenty of people have seen it, and someone downloaded the pics. Christmas comes, the yard is lit up nicely and the presents are waiting under the tree.
Not only does the potential burglar know where the doggie door is, but where the master bedroom is (the good stuff), but also that theres an el-cheapo bathroom door knob on the garage that is super easy to open and the safety release for the garage door is still hanging right there, and is visible through the window also.
The alarm pad (or not) is in a picture as is many other things.
At that point, all someone has to do is watch your coming and going for a couple of days to figure out your schedule and its over.
For those not old enough to remember an ’80’s movie, called “Manhunter”, it went through profiling a serial killer. While highly stylized and dated, it showed how the killer had seen the inside of the houses and the people without having been inside before.
The people unintentionally showed their lives to him with pictures. How many people do exactly this with “tours”, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat?
And it may not be you, but your wife and kids. Who is putting what out there?