As a North Shore native, BONNIE TRIPTON has been able to apply her intimate knowledge of the community and 17 years of experience in the real estate industry to facilitate over $140 million in sales. The broker with @properties Christie’s International Real Estate is uniquely qualified to speak from a financial and strategic viewpoint about real estate. Before finding her passion for selling homes on the North Shore, she was a financial analyst at a top investment bank and brokered the sale of retail investment properties at a commercial real estate firm.

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I grew up in Kenilworth in a community surrounded by adults that focused on family and friends. I invested effort into my community as a young person and leveraged these relationships to create opportunities in my career. I had been open to building quality relationships, and throughout my life, I have been trying to add value and assistance to others around me.

What influenced your path to success?

I treat my career as I would a marathon, and there is no right way to get to the finish line. My lifelong goal was to run in the Boston Marathon, which I did after having my first child. The challenges I faced in training gave me a framework to persevere through the difficulties of building my own business and to be flexible to the ever-changing market conditions. My goal was to become a top producer in one of the most luxurious real estate markets in the world and that is what I did!

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