Meet The Founder

 When I say it’s more than just business – it’s personal, I truly mean it.

Allow me to take you on a journey into my real life.

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I grew up in poverty, watching my family struggle to make ends meet. And when two separate fires claimed what little we did have,

we became homeless. As a young girl, I lived in motel rooms, government housing, even homeless shelters.

Sometimes we stayed with my adult siblings who didn't have much themselves, but they always made room for us when they could.

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No matter how much we struggled, our family stayed close. I remember flipping through furniture and appliance catalogs –

Sears and JC Penney to name a couple – long before the internet existed. I'd price everything out, write down the product numbers,

and plan my dream home to the tiniest detail. My imagination would run wild.

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Coming from a family who worked in construction, us kids spent summers hauling wood, cleaning up job sites, and building clubhouses out of scrap materials. Even back then, I knew I wanted to be in real estate in some form – maybe an architect, interior designer, or agent.

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I was blessed with a wise mother who taught me that family matters more than success, knowledge is true power,

and your character is worth more than any amount of money. Little did I know at the time, those lessons would come full circle later in life.

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As I grew older, I got married, went to college on a scholarship, had a child, and worked multiple jobs to make ends meet.

I've been working since I was 13 – helping wealthy neighbors with chores, riding the school bus to their businesses,

waitressing through high school, even catching the bus from the shelter my mother and I lived in.

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Life wasn't easy. Struggle was all I knew back then.

Naturally, I started to chase worldly success – the very thing my mother warned me about.

Or as she would say: "Mark my words, one day you'll see that I'm telling you the truth."

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As an adult, I became what many might call "successful." I traveled to over a dozen countries,

lived abroad, owned multiple properties, and finally experienced the luxury I'd once only seen in catalogs.

No more price tags I couldn't afford. I had the lifestyle most only dream of.

 

But something was still missing.

 

Despite all the success, I felt a void – like I hadn't quite hit the target.

So I searched deep within myself, went back to my roots, and suddenly… it hit me.

 

Mama was right. 

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Her lessons came back with clarity. I realized that I had a burning desire to help people – a desire I'd buried while trying to help myself. That realization changed everything. I knew I could use my experience, my skills, and the lessons from my past

to build something that helps others change their reality and reclaim their future – just like I had.

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That's how Tripod Investment Properties was born. A business rooted in purpose, passion, and people.

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Let me share a story that's always stayed with me:

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There was a young boy who spent his summers playing Monopoly with his grandmother. Every summer, she'd beat him – until one year,

after much practice, he finally started winning. He'd collect all the properties, pile up the cash, feeling unstoppable.

 

Puffed up with pride, he began to gloat, treating his grandmother rudely. One day, his grandmother said:

"Now take all the money, the deeds, the hotels – and put them back in the box. Game over."

 

Then she said:

"This is a lesson you should never forget. When life ends and the game is over, it all goes back in the box.

You don't take any of it with you. What people will remember is how you treated them – and how you played the game."

 

That story perfectly sums up what my mother tried to teach me – and what I live by now.

 

I'm truly grateful to be in a position to help others create new realities, rewrite your future, and build lasting legacies.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me play a small role in your journey – and for being a part of mine.

 

Let's make history together.

 

Yours truly,

🩶 Karen