A father and son brokerage.

Russell has been helping Brisbane families into property for years, and he came to it through personal experience on both sides of the transaction. Early in his adult life he borrowed from his own mother to get started — which is roughly why a guarantor conversation with him sounds different to one with a bank.

He's built a reputation as a broker who takes the time to explain. Not mortgage jargon dressed up as plain English — actual plain English, usually with a whiteboard involved. One of his clients, Kirra Conlon, put it like this: “Thank you so much Russell for being the most PATIENT mortgage broker. This is a dream come true.”

Russell is the credit representative on the licence and handles credit assistance, loan applications and lender negotiations from first call through to settlement.

Ethan came to broking from the other side of the table. He worked for buyers agents as a property strategist — the person working out which property, in which market, for which purpose, and how it fits a longer plan rather than just this one purchase.

That shapes how he approaches a loan. The finance and the strategy are the same conversation: how a loan is structured at property one decides whether property three is possible. He works with first home buyers getting in the door, and with investors building a portfolio who need the lending sequenced so it doesn't stall at the second purchase.

He holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing, and he's the one most likely to send you a spreadsheet you didn't ask for.