Earnest CRE is a commercial real estate brokerage led by principals who own and operate shopping centers across the Southeast — helping investors discover, buy, and sell retail investment properties.
Owners first. We deal in earnest.
We do the work.
We’ve been the buyer, the seller, and the landlord. Our advice comes from that experience — more than $500M in closed transactions across 20+ years, and counting.
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- First look
When something fits, you get a call before it hits the listing sites.
- Off-market outreach
Daily calls to owners who haven’t listed yet, in the markets you told us to watch.
- Owner’s eye
Every deal underwritten the way we’d underwrite our own.
The People on Your Deal
We built the brokerage we wish had called us.
Kenneth Bonnardel
Broker of Record. Holds the firm’s Florida license — compliance, contracts, and closings.
Marketing & Research
A full-time engine behind every listing — packaging, comps, and systematic buyer outreach.
What We Broker
