Lisa Goulet
Written by Kevin Green | Photos by Ezekiel E. Photography
Every winter, a red cardinal returns to Lisa Goulet’s yard.
It is a quiet visitor she believes carries a message prompting her to remember why she does this for a living. For Goulet, REALTOR® and team lead of Goulet Properties Group with Nassau Ridge Realty in Tulsa, that seasonal ritual has become both comfort and compass.
The bird symbolizes her late stepfather, Don Warner, whose loss — along with her mother's — ultimately shaped a unique real-estate career devoted to helping families navigate homes after death.
It just one way her stepfather’s influence lingers, and the symbolism resonates deeply in her work.
Cardinals are often seen as messengers from loved ones, and Goulet interprets the bird’s visits and that sense of presence as reassurance that she is honoring her parents by helping others through similar transitions.
“I know it’s him,” she said. “That sounds crazy, but he was my dad. He was always there for me.
And I just know that if he was here, I’d be having all of these conversations with him like, ‘Well, you should try this,’ and ‘Oh, that’s cool.’ I miss him and my mom.”
A ONE-CALL SOLUTION
Goulet has carved out a niche in comprehensive probate, inheritance and senior-transition real estate that no agents fully replicate locally.
When families call, she does far more than list a home. She coordinates estate sales, arranges charitable donations, schedules dumpsters, hires haul-off crews and connects clients with probate attorneys.
Her slogan of “Cleared. Cleaned. CLOSED!” encapsulates a process designed to remove burdens from grieving families, especially those living out of town.
“When you call me, that’s all you have to do, and I’ll take care of everything,” Goulet said.
About 35% of her business now involves estate or probate situations, with the remainder traditional residential transactions largely driven by referrals.
LOSS THAT BECAME DIRECTION
The path to that specialization began long before Goulet earned her real-estate license in April 2020.
She had always gravitated toward seniors, volunteering in her youth as a candy striper and assisting older church members. However, the deaths of her father and stepfather, followed years later by her mother Susan Warner in December 2023, materialized what she saw as an unmet need in real estate.
Handling her mother’s estate herself proved decisive. By early 2022, even before that final loss, Goulet knew probate and inheritance real estate would be her focus.
“I had already lost my dad and my stepdad, who I was very close to, and I just looked and looked and thought this is an untapped market,” Goulet said. “There’s not really anybody that specializes in just that. Then when I lost my mom the day after Christmas of ’23 and had to go through listing and emptying her house, that just really cemented it for me.
“I do all kinds of real estate, but that’s really what my passion is.”
LESSONS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Administering her parents’ estates gave Goulet insight many agents might never acquire.
She learned where to digitize decades of photographs, why nothing should be discarded before an estate sale — even a half tube of toothpaste or an open bottle of shampoo or cleaning products — and how small-estate affidavits can spare families unnecessary probate costs.
She also confronted the complexities sorting a lifetime of possessions while coordinating logistics, finances and family dynamics.
“I think it pushed me to get out there and be more of a puzzle solver,” Goulet said. “Learning as much as I can about the people [their spouse’s age, whether they might move, who the next of kin is] so I know whether or not I think my services would even be useful to them.”
LIFE BEYOND LISTINGS
The emotional intensity of probate work demands balance, and Goulet finds it in service of senior and special-needs dachshunds.
She and her husband of 29 years currently care for five rescued dogs and assist shelters with transport when possible. Her TikTok persona, @tatted.rescue.realtor, merges those passions.
She also organizes an annual Dress for Success clothing exchange at her brokerage every February, where agents swap professional attire before donating leftovers to women re-entering the workforce.
“My other passion besides real estate is definitely wiener dogs,” Goulet said. “I’m the crazy wiener-dog lady. I’m all about saving the dogs.”
SKILLS BUILT BEFORE REAL ESTATE
Goulet’s background in graphic design, house flipping and transaction coordination strengthens her niche expertise.
Design training helps her craft marketing materials, while her flipping experience allows cost-benefit guidance on updates before listing. Administrative and accounting roles also sharpened her organizational skills, which comes in handy when managing estates.
Oh, and she also teaches post-licensing classes.
“I design my own ads and stuff. mMy own tattoos, my own ads, all of that,” Goulet said. And I help other agents. I actually teach post-licensing classes here at the office, too, and I do transaction coordination for other agents when they need it. A lot of accounting, a lot of HR, sales management — a little bit of everything. Definitely a Jill of all trades.”
To see this dynamic woman in action, check out her upcoming listing in South Bixby, where her team is currently working on the estate sale slated for April 16-18. Contact Goulet at 918-992-9268 for the address and more information.
