A highly reputed social worker and real estate broker of Iowa and Illinois state Susmita Dahal was born in Nepal, in 1968, as a second daughter who enjoyed a marvelous childhood, because of her educated and prosperous family background. Before enrolling at New York University in 1991 for further study, she earned a master’s degree in economics from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu in 1990. She completed a Diploma in information systems from Black Hawk College.
A happy mother of two boys, she turned into a businesswoman in 2003 when her husband, a kidney doctor, got into a very unfair partnership dispute with his former partner. Everything changed. They were so stressed; they had just built a big house and moved in but had no savings or way out. She took the matter very seriously, and to solve the financial crisis; she explored some genius ideas. She enrolled in the Real Estate Sales Person class, which finally proved one of her life’s wisest decisions. She used to take the course in the nighttime so that she could also care for her family.
After completing her course, she joined Mel Foster Co., a renowned real estate company, in November 2003. She became the Top New agent and Top relocation agent in her first year of business. In 2014, she was hired by ReMax River Cities and still works there. She has won the Top Salesman Award with ReMax a couple of times. She received the Hall of Fame award with Remax within three years of being a ReMax agent. It is an award given to any individual who can produce over 1 million dollars in commission as a ReMax agent. She was the top agent for the Illinois Quad city area in 2011 and Top in the office in 2008, 2011, and 2016. She also achieved the goal of Top New agent 2004, Top Relocation agent 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. She was awarded with Top Agent Award in 2008, 2011, and 2016. A very persistent and hardworking woman, Sushmita Dahal, has sold over $100,000,000 of real estate in the market since 2003.
If asked about the secret of success, she has an obvious answer: “genuinely care about clients and always put them first”. She never gives up and keeps putting in her best effort until that is accomplished.
Apart from entrepreneurship, Sushmita has a wide identity as a social worker and philanthropist, which she built by serving many organizations for several years. She was the President of Quadcities Nepalese Society in 2011, Treasurer of Friends of India in 1997, and Board Member of Two Rivers YMCA in 2016. She has been a Member of the Quad City Board of Realtors since 2003, the National Association of Realtors since 2003, and the Rock Island Medical Alliance since 1994. As a result of her South Asian background, she is always willing to help anyone from Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan. She has volunteered to help and has helped her local court, police, and hospitals to translate and do other papers works. She raised over $100,000 for medical relief and supplies, for the earthquake victims of Nepal in 2015, through Quad City Nepali Nepalese Society while she was the President.
Sushmita came to the USA in February of 1990, as a newlywed wife of a medical resident, in New York City, where she didn’t even know anyone else. She wanted to learn and understand American Culture by exploring herself, and soon joined the Baruch College in Manhattan. She was amazed at how encouraging American Professors were, which even made her understanding of things more manageable. She moved to the Quad cities in June of 1994 with two little sons and many dreams, which seem to have been achieved.
Susmita Dahal: Enterprenuer and Social Worker from Iowa
