Real Estate Revamp

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Josh Phegan – Real Estate Speaker, Trainer & Coach In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell welcome Josh Phegan, one of Australia's most respected real estate speakers, trainers, and performance coaches. Josh shares his philosophy on building scalable real estate businesses, explaining why many agents become trapped in businesses that rely entirely on...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Todd Alexander – Head of Marketing, Ray White Group In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Daniel welcome Todd Alexander, Head of Marketing at Ray White Group. Todd shares his journey from a 14-year career in hospitality to leading marketing for Australia's largest real estate franchise network. He discusses how customer experience, mentorship, and strong leadershi...

In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell welcome Thomas McGlynn, Group CEO of Performance & Value at Ray White and President of REINSW. Thomas shares his journey through the real estate industry, from starting his career at 18 years old to leading some of Australia's most recognised real estate businesses before joining Ray White in a newly created executive role focused on...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Tom Panos – Founder of Real Estate Gym In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell welcome Tom Panos, Founder of Real Estate Gym and one of Australia’s leading real estate coaches and speakers. Tom shares practical strategies for succeeding in challenging markets, explaining why tough conditions reward skill, negotiation, consistency, and strong work ethic. He d...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Sam Nokes – Director of Sales at Planitar In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell welcome Sam Nokes, Industry Partnership Manager at REA Group and a long-standing leader in the real estate industry. Sam shares his career journey from starting in property management to leading teams at Jellis Craig, before moving into his current role at REA Group where he wo...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Zoe Cherrie – Director, Buxton Real Estate Elwood In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell welcome Zoe Cherrie, Director at Buxton Real Estate Elwood. Zoe shares her unique path into real estate, from leaving university and working as a dog trainer to eventually building a successful career in the property industry. Starting as a personal assistant, she worke...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Andrew Martin – Auctions360 & Head of Auctions for O’Brien Real Estate In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell welcome Andrew Martin, Founder of Auctions360 and Head of Auctions & Strategic Growth Advisor at O’Brien Real Estate Corporate. Andrew’s career spans music, media, sales, and real estate leadership. From running major sales divisions at News...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | John Nockles & Jarrod Moran – Directors, CVA Property Consultants In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell sit down with John Nockles and Jarrod Moran, Directors at CVA Property Consultants, to unpack the thinking, culture, and values behind one of Victoria’s leading commercial real estate firms. With more than 15 years of experience in Melbourne’s commer...

🎙️ Real Estate Revamp | Dean O’Brien – Founder of O’Brien Real Estate In this episode of Real Estate Revamp , Rex and Chanell sit down with Dean O’Brien , Founder and Co-Director of O’Brien Real Estate . Dean shares his journey from entering real estate in 2001 to co-founding O’Brien Real Estate in 2010, growing it from a single office into one of Victoria’s most respected real estate networks, no...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Pat McConnachie, Managing Director of Ray White Ferntree Gully.   Pat has some great insights to share about how he’s developed the Ferntree Gully office to be the number one Ray White agency in Victoria for going on nine years.   He outlines how he approaches recruiting and retention, training and mentoring, and even how he helps his new...

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 s...

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...

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 whet...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Tim Graham, General Manager of Hotspotting. Tim explains how Hotspotting came to be, how it’s evolved to incorporate AI, and what it now offers. He also reveals what some current hot spots are (you’ll be more than surprised!) and why that’s the case. Tim, Rex and Chanell discuss how to identify opportunities in the market, how different pe...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Jason Colbey, Head of Franchise Partnerships for Tapi.   Tapi is a powerful software system that helps property managers manage maintenance, including the vital compliance aspect.   Jason talks passionately about why PMs are so valuable to every real estate business and how Tapi is designed to empower them to be far more efficient (and les...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Bryce Holdaway from Empower Wealth Advisory.   Bryce has literally written the book on investing in property to fund your lifestyle after retirement.   He also has some brilliant ideas on how to build your brand so that people will come to you.   He tells Rex and Chanell where he sees misconceptions about wealth building, selecting the rig...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Dexter Prack, CEO of the Ray White Judd White Group.   Dexter talks about his approach to real estate, leadership, running a business, nurturing staff, taking chances, what’s really valuable, and celebrating success.   He tells Rex and Chanell what he thinks has helped him succeed in the real estate business and explains why he chose to pa...

Our special guests on this week’s Real Estate Renovators are Danny Han and Liam Carrington from VICPROP.   Danny talks about how he came to establish the business and his vision for VICPROP, its offices, and its team members.   Liam explains what attracted him to join VICPROP and what he believes sets the VICPROP business model apart from the rest.   It’s a fascinating insight into a newer real es...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Adam Holster, Professional Services Banking Executive at NAB.   Adam tells Rex and Chanell how he and his team work with real estate businesses to ensure that any financial arrangements are exactly what that agency needs.   He discusses the valuation of rent rolls, how he thinks agencies should prepare for growth opportunities, and why pla...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is the Professional Human, Andy Reid   The 2022 Australian Auctioneer of the Year has added the role of author to his multi-hyphenated resume, and shares some of the insights that led him to put pen to paper with his book, Success Curious.   Andy discusses a range of concepts and philosophies of life with Rex and Chanell, including how your v...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is the Director of Wingman Group, Nick Georges.   He tells Rex and Chanell how the Wingman Group is working to change the perception of outsourcing by delivering low-cost support for Australian and New Zealand companies.   As Nick explains, there are now hundreds of Australian businesses taking advantage of the services of more than 1000 prof...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Lucas Giannotti.   Lucas runs Development Agency, which specialises in project marketing.   He outlines how he came to focus on the off-the-plan sector, how he’s built the business, and what Development Agency does for its partners and clients.   He also tells Rex and Chanell how Development Agency has grown to also offer ongoing property...

Our special guest on this week’s Real Estate Renovators is Anthony Webb.   Anthony’s involvement in the real estate business started when he was just six years old, accompanying his dad to auctions. Some years later, he helped build the family business to be hugely successful, with one of the largest rent rolls in Victoria.   With his experience in property management and sales, as well as being a...

Our special guest on this week’s episode of Real Estate Renovators is one of Melbourne’s top fashion designers trusted by the best in the business Godwin Hili.   Godwin shares his personal story of how he followed his passion from very much non-design jobs to become the go-to tailor for the top performers in a range of industries, not least the real estate business.   He outlines how he helps his...

Our special guest on this week’s episode of Real Estate Renovators is personal branding expert Mel Yu.   Mel explains the value of personal branding, why you should put some thought into establishing yours sooner rather than later, and how to build it effectively once you have set the foundations.   She tells Chanell and Rex that personal brands are already overtaking corporate branding because pe...