Inner Real Estate is an independently owned real estate agency based at 138 Thistlethwaite Street, South Melbourne. The agency was founded in 2008 by Joe Cimino, who began operating from a 32-square-metre office on St Kilda Road with one part-time staff member. Joe's sons Anthony and Michael Cimino later joined the business, and in July 2019 the pair acquired the agency and expanded it into a full-service operation. Inner Real Estate is a member of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. The agency specialises in inner-city Melbourne real estate, covering South Melbourne, Southbank, Docklands, St Kilda Road, the CBD and surrounding suburbs. Services include residential property sales, auctioneering, leasing, rental property management, and owners corporation management, operated under a dedicated division established in 2019. The agency describes its focus as relationship-based rather than transactional, citing integrity, respect and energy as its core values. Inner Real Estate now manages approximately 850 properties and employs around 20 staff across its sales, property management and owners corporation teams. Director Anthony Cimino has noted a shift in the client base over time, from a market historically dominated by overseas investors buying off-the-plan apartments to one now including more first-home buyers, downsizers and owner-occupiers.