Silver-tongued property spruiker Cameron Deal, 46, has been sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to scamming almost $100,000 from Geelong footballer Stewart Crameri in a hoax real estate venture.

The former real estate agent and buyer's advocate blamed alcohol and drug abuse for his descent into crime, claiming he had been threatened by an armed drug dealer over a $114,000 cocaine debt.

Disgraced real estate agent Cameron Deal.

Mr Deal wept as the custodial sentence was handed down in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on December 21, but his lawyer said an appeal would be lodged.

The court was told Mr Deal enticed Mr Crameri to invest in a St Kilda property in May 2016 and instructed the then Western Bulldogs footballer to deposit $96,250 into a trust account to which he was a signatory.