About Joy Santiago

"In 1998, i started my professional career in REAL ESTATE and it's been great ever since: I have assisted and sold homes to hundred's of families and indivudals including many of Detroit's best, including Derrick May, Mike Grant and Stacey Pullen. Also included in my client list is Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr, Half Past 3's JD Simpson, and Founding members of Create Detroit: Karen Batchelor and Ann Slawnik. Being part of the "creative class" has given me the knowledge and the experience that makes my outlook on the real estate world "different and unique".

My Background & HISTORY

In 1990 I started booking entertainment travel through my family's company, A&J TRAVEL. Being a club kid, I was involved in booking travel for all the DJ's and artists of the dance music world...(i knew everyone's real name). In 1991 I started a booking and management agency, later to be called the MOSHI COMPANY. I booked and managed many of the Detroit Techno and House music artists like, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Richie Hawtin , John Acquiviva, Underground Resistance, Aux 88, Mike Banks, Jeff Mills, James Pennington, Blake Baxter, Chez Damier, Dwynn, the late Ken Collier, Greg Collier, Alan Ester, Mike Grant, Stacey Pullen, and much more. I was fortunate enough to travel all over the world!

More about Joy:

With motivation and drive, Joy Santiago has achieved great success as one of Ralph Roberts Realty’s top agents and sales manager.

As an Associate Broker and agent specializing in selling homes to homebuyers and investors in Detroit, southern Oakland, and Wayne Counties, Joy has sold and closed over $20,000,000 in real estate in the metro-Detroit area in just the past three years alone. Along the way, she earned the Ralph Roberts Realty 2001 Top Salesperson, 2002 Top Sales Volume, 2002 Salesperson of the Year,2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006, 2007 Top Agent awards.

Early in her career she mentored with one of the best-selling Realtors in the nation, Ralph Roberts, learning that customer service and receiving the most up-to-date training and information about real estate and the local market are key in assisting homebuyers achieve their goals. As a real estate investor herself, Joy also knows how to find great deals for investors.

Raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Joy was taught that education and hard work foster success. Joy attended Ann Arbor Huron High School and Eastern Michigan University, and then moved to downtown Detroit where she worked in sales and management before becoming a REALTOR®. "I know that taking care of my clients and doing what is best for them, is always the best policy, says Joy. Honesty and integrity is always a given."

As a metro-Detroit resident for most of her adult life, Joy respects and understands each individual and families’ needs, and can make most any real estate-related dream or goal come true.

Joy’s personal interests include photography, travel, shopping, and gourmet cooking.  Joy is always available to answer questions, and is more than pleased to provide a personal overview of the home buying process to anyone new to real estate, and is more than willing to prepare comprehensive presentations for investors.