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In this conversation, Karianne Klomp discusses her journey in real estate and the creation of SHEx3, a women’s real estate investing society. She emphasizes the importance of empowering women through education, mindset coaching, and community building. Karianne shares her personal experiences, including overcoming adversity when her husband fell ill, and highlights the significance of relationships and identity in achieving success. The conversation explores themes of personal growth, the challenges women face in the industry, and the need for supportive networks.
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Karianne Klomp (00:00)
everyone talks about what’s the highest ROI. And as a capital raiser, I get that a lot. Like I wantthis percentage back, what’s the best ROI return on investment? We hear it all the time in the real estate world. And for shex3 my, my focus is, yeah, I want you to get a return on your investment. Real estate is the vehicle. What I really, really want you to get is a return on your identity because when you invest in yourself, that is the highest ROI.
Quentin Edmonds (01:59)
Hello everyone. Welcome to the real estate pros podcast. I am your host Q Edmonds. Y’all know what I say. I don’t say this unless I mean it. I’m excited. I’m excited about this conversation. I think I’ve told you all before, my guests sometimes have a way of firing me up right before we about to make the transition into the podcast. And today is no different. I have someone very special here. I’m just going to say she’s Like she is serious about what she do.She’s serious about empowering women. I’m not gonna give too many of her taglines away, but I’m telling you, she has put things in perspective where it makes sense. And she not just saying stuff that’s to be said, like you’re gonna see that she stand by what she preached. And so I am so excited to introduce you all to Ms. Karianne Klomp Ms. Karianne how you doing today, man?
Karianne Klomp (02:47)
I’m doing great, thanks for having me.Quentin Edmonds (02:49)
Absolutely. No, thank you for being here. And I’ll be honest, I want to dive in. I want you to tell the people what your main focus is these days. Give them a little bit of an origin story. How how this came about, how you came about, how real estate came about. And then if you don’t mind, tell us where you are in the world as well. So Ms. Karianne ma’am, you got the floor.Karianne Klomp (03:09)
Okay, I am a real estate investor. became one about three years ago full time because my husband, Quentin doesn’t even know this yet, my husband collapsed after getting COVID. It’s been exactly five years and was bedridden for four years. He couldn’t make decisions, couldn’t process neurologically, couldn’t get off the couch.And it’s in the middle of COVID, know, we’re January, 2021. And I had to make something happen. I have six young kids. I have to feed my kids. I have to pay my bills. And we had had a couple of rentals that, you know, just, just easy things that you pick up. And I thought I’ve, I’ve got to figure this out. And so I started diving deep into real estate. My niche is very much, um, structure and development around.
finding deals and just making them work for everyone. And then I am a great capital raiser. And so, but in going through these things, what I really discovered is that there’s not a place for women that really is built for women. So I’ve created SheX3 because men and women are different. Like I’m just going to say it, men and women are different in glorious ways, but women need to be educated.
But then they also need someone to help shift their mindset, shift their thinking, help them to take that education, put it into action. And then the empower pillar of elevate, educate and empower is giving them a community of other women, strong goals, strong values, strong morals, strong priorities, so that we build something together. Women are best together in community. And so how do…
We create something for them that brings out the best in them.
Quentin Edmonds (05:47)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. No, so thank you so much. Thank you so much for sharing some of the origin of why you do what you do. You did draw some information that I did not know, and it just makes me even more just encouraged by you, really, just like what you’re doing, what you overcame, what you continue to overcome. And I love how you said women are best in community. I tell people all the time,Community common unity when you link up with people who had the same vision as you who are driven like you they say orange sharpens orange right like people that can move together and common unity healing happens because you find motivation you find Encouragement you find sometimes you find deals right sometimes you can find resources like there is really honestly healing when you get around the people to have common unity as yourself and so
I want to ask this question, especially talking to someone like you, because I have a saying where I say, destiny has no wasted moments. Meaning like, no matter where you are in life, whatever destination you stop at, you gain a tool, you gain a resource, a mindset. Sometimes it’s a total identity change and destiny has no wasted moments. Like there are things that just change you and they empower you. And so what are some of the core strategies, core tools
that you have picked up over the years that you know defines you as a businesswoman, but also just as a woman in general.
Karianne Klomp (07:17)
I think we all come across trials and tribulations and we get to make the decision how we’re going to respond. Whether we turn, because here’s the thing, we are not getting out of this alive. Everyone has an expiration date. How are we going to make our next best choice? I know that when my husband collapsed, I could have very easily just been like, well,You know, my in-laws house is empty and we could move there and I’ll just. I could have made an easier choice, but I knew for me. God gave me a different path. My husband always said like, you’re a phenomenal mom and you do all these things, but you could do anything you want. And I thought if that’s true, I don’t believe anything happens to us. I believe it happens for us.
I believe I believe that there is a God who is leading and directing and loves us enough He’s not going to bring me this far to get me this far We sold our home We sold our home brand new custom home. We’re selling our business. My husband can’t get off the couch He certainly can’t run a business. We move across the country to find healing for him I find women I find community I start building things here We find healing for him
He’s now like 100%. We found an amazing stem cell team at church.
Quentin Edmonds (08:42)
⁓ come on, community.Karianne Klomp (08:44)
So yeah, community. mean, and just I and when people I have people say like, you’re not the person you were. No, 100 percent. I’m not. I don’t want to be because if we are the same person that we were last year or the year before or heaven forbid, five years ago, we’re not growing. I’ve gotten very comfortable with being uncomfortable. Because you have to find a way you’re going to go through it one way or the other. How are you choosing to go through it?Like you can hate it and you can be angry and you can be upset and that’s the way you can live but you’re only hurting yourself. I choose to go forward with determination, with love, with service, with community and with God. That’s how I choose to do it.
Quentin Edmonds (09:27)
Let’s see, come on now. Absolutely. Ms. Karianne you said so many things that really connect. So of course, you you brought up God. So there’s a scripture that talks about trials come to make you strong, right? They come to make you strong. There’s a term called Exodus. Hopefully I can get this correct. Exodus. And it’s when a snake sheds his own skin.Karianne Klomp (09:29)
I also read a lot. ⁓Quentin Edmonds (09:55)
But how he shed his old skin, but how this snake does it that he has to rub up against something firm so that that shedding process can happen. So most of time is like a rock or something like that, that it’s rubbing up against. So it’s just the old skin. But that’s how we have when we evolve and have a new identity, we have an exodus. We have to rub up against things hard in order to shed the old skin. And so these trials that’s coming is rubbing up against you to shed the identity that you used to know.So you can embrace the identity that you should know. And so I love everything you’re talking about, about empowerment, finding your community, hats off, praise to you and your husband, which I did, finding community, making the decision to move across country. mean, just phenomenal. I really, really thank you so much for sharing because so many light bulbs are going off for me. So I appreciate you sharing.
Karianne Klomp (10:46)
Yeah.Quentin Edmonds (10:46)
Absolutely. SoMs. Karianna, let me ask you this. What is the next real goal for you? Like, what are you looking to solve or scale next?
Karianne Klomp (11:29)
say as I launch shex3 next month.not only do I want women to join, but I really want them to find transformation where they know that they’re not just, it’s not just about building a portfolio. It is about building your self-worth. It’s about building your belief in what you can do. And I mentioned in the pre-show, like
everyone talks about what’s the highest ROI. And as a capital raiser, I get that a lot. Like I want
this percentage back, what’s the best ROI return on investment? We hear it all the time in the real estate world. And for shex3 my, my focus is, yeah, I want you to get a return on your investment. Real estate is the vehicle. What I really, really want you to get is a return on your identity because when you invest in yourself, that is the highest ROI.
Quentin Edmonds (12:18)
Yeah. Hmm. Whew. So true. I mean, you know, it reminds me when they say, ⁓ you know, when you’re flying and the stewardess flight attendant, say, you know, if something should happen in the auction mass fall, make sure you put your oxygen mask on first before you try to help somebody else. So when you talk about a return on your investment, empowering people, getting them to know their worth so that they can help themself out first.And then they can go and help somebody else. And I’m going to say this. can correct me if I’m wrong. I’m going let you speak on this. But we know mothers are famous for helping other people, putting other people before themselves. And this is why I think what you’re doing is so brilliant, because they really have to understand. I believe you’re going to teach them. In order to help somebody else, you’ve got to help yourself. And so you let me know if I’m wrong. There you go.
Karianne Klomp (13:10)
empty cup.You can’t pour from an empty cup. And here’s the thing. I have six kids. I had six kids in six years. I still suffer even as I’m the woman building, making money, doing all these things. I still will not buy things for myself or take time for myself unless, but it’s like, but that could be shoes, but that could be a trip for the kids. And so the only way I can do it, if I’m like, that’s a write-off. Okay. Maybe I can do that. And so
I’m doing my free masterclass that happens in February is build wealth with confidence for women who invest in themselves. Because we will never do it on our own. We need other women to say, do you not realize that when you put on that mask, first, you’re building your legacy. What are your kids seeing?
when they see you building something, see you fulfilled, see you happy, see you growing, my little girls, I have two of my six are girls, came to me and said, so you have two companies, ⁓ which one is ours? Because we want to run companies. And I just thought they never would have thought this when I was there, stay at home, mom. No, mom, I want to be just like you. That is the
Quentin Edmonds (14:19)
Yeahand
Karianne Klomp (14:29)
best compliment a mom can hear is I want to be just like you. Because I think my time is limited. My attention is limited with them now. But I am showing them an example of do the hard things. Do the hard things. Look how it turns out when you put yourself out there and get uncomfortable. Look what happens. Look who you become. And there’s no other way to teach our kids that kind of a lesson.How can we say to our kids, no honey, you can be anything you want to be. You could be this, you could be that. And they say, what are they going to say? Well, how come you aren’t?
Quentin Edmonds (15:02)
Oof. Oof. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm.Karianne Klomp (15:05)
We can do hard things.Quentin Edmonds (15:48)
So since we talk about women, I got to talk about the powerful woman in my life, my wife, who is absolutely, I’m just phenomenal. I mean, she could do anything she want to do. She has a saying and she’s like, she’s a counselor and I’m dealing with kids a lot. She has a saying, she says, more is caught than taught. More is caught than And like you just said, you didn’t,Karianne Klomp (16:11)
100%.Quentin Edmonds (16:14)
You didn’t sit your kids down with saying one day you’re going to want a fourth fortune 500 company. No, they seen you. Excuse my language. I hope it’s okay to say they think you’ve been a bad ass. They say you constantly saying what you’re doing and they like, no, I want to be what you are. They caught that you didn’t have to teach that even though you was teaching, but they caught that because they caught what you were doing, how you was leading by example. And so that’s a shout out to my wife. My wife said it all the time. More is caught than taught.And I think what you said is kind of a prime example of that. I really do.
Karianne Klomp (16:45)
Yeah, yeah. And it’s it’s the greatest gift we can give our kids is not only to say like you’re capable, but to show them here’s what I’m willing to do. And also when they come to me and say, well, can you do this? Because I’m building this for you. I’m doing this for you. Yeah, I don’t want you to ever like heaven forbid something happened where, know, like me, I’m in my closet insobbing on the floor thinking, I don’t know if my husband’s gonna live through this. I don’t know if he’s ever gonna get better. I mean, it’s a COVID side effect. They don’t know.
But look where you can get if you are willing to do the hard things, turn to your faith and turn to the power inside of you that just says like, this is for you.
Quentin Edmonds (17:33)
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, well, people don’t, so I hear you talk about, of course, wonderful relationship with your kids. You’re building she acts three. We haven’t talked about it lot, but of course you empower women, but you do have relationship with men that you are empowering as well. So I want to talk a little bit about relationship building because it sounds like to me, you are a great relationship builder. So give me your.philosophy on building relationships? Does it matter? Has it impacted your business? Do you put a premium on it? Like what’s your, your mindset when it comes to building relationships?
Karianne Klomp (18:08)
That’s a great question. And the answer is relationships are everything. Because you could be one relationship away from a brand new business. You can be one relationship away from a new partnership. You can be… ⁓Relationships are what’s going to build your life, build your business and everything else. I we always talk about like relationships in our family and everything, but I love entrepreneurial men and investors. That’s what my husband is. He’s an entrepreneur. He had his own business. And so any way that I can help, I am one of those people who really, really love seeing other people happy.
almost detrimentally to myself. But if someone’s really trying and really working, I will go out of my way to how can I help? Who can I connect you to? Because relationships are what we have at the end of the day. But I tell my friends, like I give them a caveat where I’m like, if you want to be in my circle, here’s what you need to know. This is a long-term sort of investment. ⁓ I don’t do transactional things.
I’m not going to ask you for a referral fee. I’m not going to pay you a referral fee because I will pay you in karma and you I I connected to people the other day. They both needed with the other one hat and I put them together. Both of them texted me and said, can I pay you a fee? And I said, no, no, I don’t want people to ever think, but you’re getting paid for this. I don’t need to be paid for this. I don’t need your referral fee.
Quentin Edmonds (19:28)
Hmm.Karianne Klomp (19:37)
But you what I do want is I want you to know who I am, what I stand for. And then when the opportunity comes around or there’s a moment where you can say, you know, who’s great at this, you need to go to Karianne Anne. You need to look up shex3. That’s how I’m going to get paid is from relationships who build, who grow, who create partnerships. Because without relationships, what do we have? We’re not taking it with us.Quentin Edmonds (20:03)
You are the very definition of I say this all the time Relationships are the real currency and what you just explained like you are literally You’re proving that like you’re putting now how they say the money where your mouth is But it’s not really no money involved you’re saying like no this relationship That’s the real currency me investing in you me building or organic authentichonest relationship that’s for the long term. Like this, and this is not one foot in, one foot out. I am two feet in on this relationship. And so you, I mean, I just, I just love it. I absolutely love it. I absolutely.
Karianne Klomp (20:40)
Tell people I if they say like, know, do you do this? I’m like I’m allergic to transactional relationships Like I it should I break out into hives? I’m allergic to that. So if that’s not your vibe, that’s cool I know people who do very well monetarily and like that’s their jam Great for them. That’s just not for me. Yeah, shex3 is not about and I’ll give you a referral fee and you do this because if I’m building something greatand I believe that this is a service and something that women need, they will come and I will provide it and they’ll see the value. I want them to authentically grow, learn, become and change their identity, get that return on their identity and then share it with other people because that’s how the greatest messages are shared. I want authentic women who just wanna help others.
Quentin Edmonds (21:31)
I got, thank you, I appreciate you. you. Appreciate you. I greatly appreciate you so much. Listen, Ms. Karianne, if someone wanted to reach out to you, connect with you, collaborate with you, learn more about what you’re doing, how can they reach out to you,Karianne Klomp (21:33)
I won’t leave them out. ⁓There’s There’s a place!
So I’m on Instagram, Karianne Anne G Klomp or shex3.official That’s probably the easiest way to keep it all clean and tidy and not get lost. Right now I am teaching a free master class that breaks down everything in shex3 and that is www.shex3.com. You can go there, sign up for a free master class.
Get on a phone call with me, schedule that so we can see how we work together.
Quentin Edmonds (22:22)
I love it. But listen, let me sincerely say first, let me thank you for your time because we know time is a precious commodity. And so thank you for the gift of your time to definitely thank you for your story. I put a premium on stories, the stories taking control of your own narrative. The late Kobe Bryant says nothing in this world moves without stories. So story is impacted and connected to everything. So thank you for your story and definitely thank you for your perspective, the way you think.Thank you for bringing that mindset to this podcast. I truly appreciate you,
Karianne Klomp (22:54)
Thank you.Quentin Edmonds (22:55)
Absolutely, but listen y’all can’t tell me y’all didn’t get value from that. You can’t tell me you didn’t so Definitely check out miss Karianne in check out I’m shex3 But definitely make sure you are subscribed here because I promise you we’re gonna continue to bring up great people Just like miss Karianne and so I thank you again ma’am and listen to everyone else. We’ll see you on the next time
