Our Services

Property Listing & Advertising

SAVE UP TO R1000. . . Preferental takes the burden of multiple manual listings on various sites away from you! We’ll advertise your property on all major listing websites and connect owners and tenants to schedule a viewing. We specialise in the management of residential properties, but we can still assist in advertising your commercial property. We know that time and money are two of your most valuable assets, and that’s why we let you save plenty on them both!

Save time

With Preferental you only need to list your property once on your dashboard and it will automatically be live on all the leading listing websites within minutes, ensuring maximum exposure to millions of tenants.

Save money

Interested tenants and landlords are introduced via emails, providing each other’s contact details to schedule a viewing among themselves. We believe that no one is better equipped than the landlord to show the property to potential tenants. You know more about the property and surroundings than anyone else would and this gives you the ideal opportunity to meet the person who will be living in your beloved investment. Why would you want to pay someone (almost one month’s rent) if you could save the money and pay your bond off sooner?

List your property through Preferental on five leading property listing websites for only R249! If you decide to list your property individually on all these property portals, you can be charged anything from R1,300 per month for the same exposure.

Comprehensive Tenant Vetting

We’ll run credit reports on all applicants, and getting it done is as simple as 1-2-3! All they have to do is fill out an online application form and we’ll take it up from there.

Background checks

We check each applicant’s personal info, including identity verification, a full fraud check and a delinquency report.

Risk ratings

This cross-checks the tenant’s financial profile with other associated risks such as previous legal action, debt counselling and account arrears.

Payment history

We make sure our tenants can make their payments by checking their longest current debt, credit percentage used and any major defaults on previous accounts.

Lease Agreements

Quality drafted lease agreements done by our world class property-lawyers ensure that your lease agreement is CPA and PIE compliant and protects you like a lease agreement should.

Drafted by experts

Our partners at SSLR Inc. draw up Lease Agreements that are CPA-compliant, aligned with the PIE Act, and perfectly set up to save you time, trouble and money further down the line.

Online signing

Our Lease Agreements are designed to be signed online by both Owners and Renters, meaning it can all be done in the comfort of your home.

Updated Annually

A lot can change in a year, so we update your Lease Agreements annually to comply with any new legislation or dispute trends.

Property Inspections APP (COMING SOON)

Preferental’s previous Inspection APP has been removed and we are working on something much more exiting. Keep an eye out.

Our property inspections mobile app will makes inspections easy as can be. Plus, all inspections are safely stored and can be accessed afterwards.

Mobile

Easily record property inspections using your mobile device, no need for paperwork and saving photos in random folders any more.

Protects

This cross-checks the tenant’s financial profile with other associated risks such as previous legal action, debt counselling and account arrears.

Legit

The app has a full audit trail with time and date-stamps, while allowing for signatures from all parties involved in the inspection.

Free

Our property inspections app is totally free to use for all Preferental management users and you can conduct as many inspections as you’d like. T&C’s Apply

Progressive web app coming soon. Get notified!


    Property Management

    Invoices

    We send out monthly invoices, collect the rent and remind your renter to pay the rent on time. Renters also get monthly statements sent out by our friendly team. Utility invoices can also be processed through your Preferental Dashboard by either uploading an original bill, or you can create an invoice on the system.

    • Sending invoices timeously each month
    • Following up on unpaid rentals while you’ve been paid
    • Sending statement to tenants
    • Monthly property statements available on your dashboard

    Deposit Management

    We keep all renter deposits in an interest-bearing account via our Trust account with FNB making your life easier and ensuring that everything is done correctly.

    Maintenance

    We partnered with professional companies to ensure our landlords have access to trusted service providers to assist them with maintenance issues in and around the house.

    Letters of Demand

    Stop putting emotion into late payments and let us deal with it for you! We deal with letter of demand issues on your behalf, so if tenants pay late, they’ll automatically receive a letter of demand to pay their outstanding rent.

    • Send letter of demand when rent is not paid
    • The evictions process on your behalf
    • Pay for all legal fees in eviction process

    Our Partners

    None of this would be possible without our partners, who help us deliver the Preferental Promise to our Property Owners and Renters.

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    Home+ a maintenance provider that cares for your home effortlessly.
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    South Africa Property Investors Network LOGO
    Investor of the year Rewards LOGO
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