Story of a gritty lady breaking into male bastion of actual property

Express News Service
ERNAKULAM: From being broke to working a profitable actual property enterprise, Dhanya Vishnu — a divorcee and a single mother of a three-year-old boy — has come a good distance. In truth, foraying into the male bastion of actual property labored in her favour, says Dhanya, who had earlier labored as an assistant supervisor with a well known builder in Kochi. The 38-year-old says a name from a divorcee and a mom of two broke her cycle of misfortune.

“The lady asked me to help her find a safe and secure rented house. She didn’t trust male brokers. She felt it was unsafe since she was a single mother and living alone in the city,” Dhanya says.Thus began her enterprise favoured principally by girls, and he or she started receiving extra enquiries.“That prompted me to start Aadhmiya Realtors in December 2020, with the help of my friend and business partner Denny. Now I’m a full-time real estate agent, which is a challenging task,” she says.She started her profession in 2006, with an occasion administration firm. 

“Then I shifted to Dubai and worked there for 13 years. My marriage and the birth of my son happened during that period,” she recounts. Family points pressured her to return to Ernakulam in 2019. Her son had turned one 12 months outdated, and her financial institution stability was zero.

“A single mom, with a baby and no bank balance! That’s a nightmare. I had to find a job, and landed one with a builder,” she says. But the pandemic pressured her to come back out of her consolation zone. With the assist of mates, she began making pickles and dishes like contemporary prawns, biriyani, hen fry and chapatis. Just because the enterprise took off, got here the second lockdown.

“An entrepreneur’s life is full of ups and downs. Most of the apartments restricted food from outside and hostels were forced to shut down. That affected my sales badly,” Dhanya says. She says it’s not unhealthy to ask for assist, and provides too. “A little support can go a long way in someone’s life,” she provides.