Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is mortgage broker Bernard Desmond, the founder, director and CEO of Blank Financial. He recently took home the Community Champion award at the 2025 Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) State Excellence Awards for Victoria and Tasmania. Bernard tells us how he found his passion in mortgage broking, why he sees broking as a still-undervalued service, and what he sees as the secrets to his success. He also explains how he builds relationships with agents, his unique approach to marketing himself and his service, and why he considers his role as one of finding solutions for people. Bernard’s enthusiasm and positivity is evident throughout this episode of Real Estate Renovators, so click Play right now to enjoy his chat with Rex and Chanell.

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Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Darren Krakowiak, founder of CRE Success.

Darren tells Rex and Chanell how he came to create CRE Success, why he focuses on commercial and not residential real estate, and how he helps his clients.

He shares some of his philosophy on growing a business and explains the sorts of tools and support that he provides to help commercial real estate principals to accelerate revenue growth.

Darren also talks about the community he’s building through his membership program.

It’s an extremely informative episode of Real Estate Renovators, so click Play right now to hear Darren’s insights.

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Daniel Nik, co-founder of Logic Media.

Daniel shares his insights into using social media to grow your brand and reach more potential buyers and sellers.

He tells Rex and Chanell how he’s increased engagement for clients, what works well on social media, and what you should be aiming for when you do post.

If you’ve ever wondered whether it might be worth live-streaming an auction, wait until you hear what Daniel has to say!

If you’re not on all the social media platforms right now, we think you might change your mind after this episode of Real Estate Renovators, so click Play right now to get the good oil!