Kari Jackson

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Operations Partner

Kari Jackson is the founder of Top of Mind KC, a marketing and operations company helping real estate professionals build organized, consistent, relationship-driven businesses.

With approximately 20 years of experience in real estate sales, including more than a decade as a licensed agent, Kari understands the demands of managing clients, marketing, transactions, and business development. Her career began with a new home developer and later included serving as Director of Communications for a real estate team. Today, she brings those perspectives together to support agents with practical strategy and hands-on implementation.

Kari’s work centers on a common challenge: agents often need stronger systems for managing the opportunities and relationships already in their business. She helps them organize their databases, strengthen follow-up, create client communication workflows, and establish manageable marketing routines. Her approach gives particular attention to the client experience beyond the initial lead, where consistent communication builds trust and supports repeat and referral business.

A former teacher and a mom to almost-adult kids, Kari brings an educator’s mindset to her consulting. She makes complex processes easier to understand and helps agents put ideas into practice. Her guiding belief is simple: systems should fit the person, and consistency matters more than intensity. The power of accountability and partnership is priceless.

Through Top of Mind KC, Kari helps agents turn good intentions into repeatable actions, creating more structure in their businesses and more room for the people they serve.

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Nov. 4, 2026

Stop Chasing Leads: How Consistent Follow-Up Builds a Referral Business with Kari Jackson Ep 348

Before you paste anything else: your recorded intro calls her “Director of Communications,” but in the episode she says she was “director of client care” for the team (31:23 and 20:58). The summary uses her words. Any other asset that says “Director of Communications” should be changed to match. Podpage Summary (paste as is) Most agents don’t have a lead problem. They have a follow-up problem. Kari Jackson spent 10 years teaching elementary school before real estate pulled her in through new home sales outside Kansas City. She was a licensed agent for 11 years, until one transaction ended it. She showed a referred buyer family 67 homes over a year, found them a for sale by owner home, and got them under contract. Two days before closing, they walked away with no explanation. She left the business, ran operations for a high-end floral and event company in downtown Kansas City, then came back as director of client care for a top-producing Kansas City team. There she saw firs…
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