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Kathleen Gaston-Churchwell
Kathleen Gaston-Churchwell
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Solving Real Estate’s Transparency Problem to Boost Renter Retention | Founder of DepositGuard | Nationwide Compliance Tech | Advocacy for Renters & Property Tr
California, United States
The real estate industry is losing renters not because of pricing, not because of amenities, but because transparency is broken and when transparency breaks, trust dies. I’m building DepositGuard to fix that.
I’m Kathleen, a retired UPS logistics leader with 33½ years of operational grit, zero‑excuse execution and a track record of leading one of the safest, highest‑performing teams in the region. I didn’t come from tech. I didn’t come from real estate. I came from the trenches where discipline, accountability and results aren’t optional.
That same grit is now fueling DepositGuard: a nationwide compliance and transparency platform designed to solve the pain real estate operators don’t want to talk about renter distrust, disputes, and churn.
Owners know the truth: If renters don’t trust you, they don’t stay. If they don’t stay, you bleed retention, reputation and revenue.
DepositGuard gives operators a way to stay transparent, stay compliant and stay ahead. When owners use our platform, renters follow because trust is the new amenity.
My company was born from my son’s college housing nightmare and from watching families get blindsided by a system that should be simple. Instead of complaining, I built the solution myself. I taught myself web design, product development, video storyboarding and every technical skill required to bring DepositGuard to life. No shortcuts. No handouts. Just relentless execution.
I’m now raising pre‑seed capital to scale DepositGuard into the nationwide standard for rental transparency and renter retention. The industry is shifting and the operators who embrace transparency will own the next decade.
I also host Kali Kat Tap Talks, a storytelling channel that exploded from 2 subscribers to 17K+ overnight, proving one thing: when the message is real, people show up.
I’m looking for investors, advisors and strategic partners who understand that the future of real estate belongs to the operators who build trust not excuses.
If you’re ready to back a founder who executes and a platform built to transform renter retention nationwide, let’s talk.
I’m Kathleen, a retired UPS logistics leader with 33½ years of operational grit, zero‑excuse execution and a track record of leading one of the safest, highest‑performing teams in the region. I didn’t come from tech. I didn’t come from real estate. I came from the trenches where discipline, accountability and results aren’t optional.
That same grit is now fueling DepositGuard: a nationwide compliance and transparency platform designed to solve the pain real estate operators don’t want to talk about renter distrust, disputes, and churn.
Owners know the truth: If renters don’t trust you, they don’t stay. If they don’t stay, you bleed retention, reputation and revenue.
DepositGuard gives operators a way to stay transparent, stay compliant and stay ahead. When owners use our platform, renters follow because trust is the new amenity.
My company was born from my son’s college housing nightmare and from watching families get blindsided by a system that should be simple. Instead of complaining, I built the solution myself. I taught myself web design, product development, video storyboarding and every technical skill required to bring DepositGuard to life. No shortcuts. No handouts. Just relentless execution.
I’m now raising pre‑seed capital to scale DepositGuard into the nationwide standard for rental transparency and renter retention. The industry is shifting and the operators who embrace transparency will own the next decade.
I also host Kali Kat Tap Talks, a storytelling channel that exploded from 2 subscribers to 17K+ overnight, proving one thing: when the message is real, people show up.
I’m looking for investors, advisors and strategic partners who understand that the future of real estate belongs to the operators who build trust not excuses.
If you’re ready to back a founder who executes and a platform built to transform renter retention nationwide, let’s talk.
