Joy
Basa-Gill lives the good life
Joy Basa-Gill has got it all.
For one, she has a very supportive husband who’s
as hands-on as she is in raising their three-year old son.
Her
relationship with her brothers and sisters
remain sturdy, something the distance between Europe, the Philippines, and
United States has not withered. And her career as a realtor
has never been better.
Born and raised in the Philippines, Joycelyn “Joy” Basa-Gill
first went to Seattle in 1998 to meet her aunt prior to
their European tour. On her
second visit to the United States, a friend invited her to work as an accountant
for a mortgage company in California. In 2001, she met her husband-to-be Jerry
Gill whom he married a year later.
In June 2004, Joy worked as a loan officer where she learned the ropes in financing
housing loans. Her penchant for scouting for houses prodded her to study becoming
a realtor in Highline Community College. In September of the same year, Joy got
her license as a realtor. She then joined Century 21 Real Estate Center.
Happily, becoming a realtor is not just another job for
Joy. She persevered and took her new career very seriously.
On
her first year as a realtor, Century 21
awarded her for being number one among its top producers. She received a Centurion
Trophy—an award given to realtors who have earned US$250,000 to US$350,000
in annual commissions. The award served as Joy’s pat-on-the-back and
it gave her a go-signal to continue with her career as a realtor.
Don’t lie to your clients
Joy attributes her success to her knowledge in the real estate biz. She says
that she walks her clients through the whole buying process, from choosing which
investments would best suit their needs up to the processing of housing loans.
"I always see to it that my clients are well-represented in all their real
estate needs,” Joy tells One Philippines. She prides herself and her
company for being one of the most professional real estate agents in Washington.
She also believes that one of her major advantages as a
realtor is that she doesn’t
lie for the sake of closing a sale.
"(Clients) deserve the truth in the whole process of buying or selling,” says
Joy. “I don’t push clients to decide on…which property to buy.” She
believes that patience is something all realtors should always have for their
clients.
Like many Filipinos working in the United States, Joy pampers
her clients with
the Pinoy’s brand of hospitality.
"I care about my clients,” says Joy. “I will give them the best
service ever.”
Raising a ‘magalang’ son
These days, Joy is targeting to receive the Double Centurion Award. But while
at it, she also makes sure that she shares her blessings with her family in Roxas
City.
She also wants her son, RJ, to develop the Filipino value
of being “magalang” (respectful),
especially to the elders. Being very close to her immediate family, as well
as to her cousins in Roxas City, Joy wants to integrate
her son into their family
in the Philippines. In her trip last December, she brought her husband and
son with her and the Gill family stayed in Roxas City for
a month.
"My son enjoyed his stay because he has so many cousins playing with him,” Joy
gladly shares with One Philippines. “Ayaw na ngang umuwi.”
Asked what she thinks 2007 holds, Joy says that “It all depends on one’s
motivation and determination to change or not to change, to succeed or to fail,
to improve or to remain the same.”
But after all that was said, Joy attributes her success
to God. After having received the Centurion Award, Joy
has been
asked by many about where she gets
her clients. To which she always responds, “From heaven.”
"I believe they are all God’s blessings,” says Joy of her clients. “I
ask Him to bless me all the time so that I can also be a blessing to others.”
To Joy, her real secret to success is: “I pray and
I work hard!” |
