About Us
Welcome to Living90045.com! Living90045.com is brought to you by one family living and thriving in Westchester, CA. Tracy is a non-practicing attorney and active web entrepreneur. Doug is a civil engineer specializing in light rail transit projects and is also a green living enthusiast. Zoe is our six year old daughter and resident authority on pink, fairy princesses and social justice.
We moved to Westchester almost six years ago, just before Zoe came home from the hospital. It was a near perfect storm of life events. Tracy & Doug had only been married a short time, Tracy was changing careers and we had a baby on the way — all while living in a one-bedroom highrise apartment with five cats in the marina! We knew we needed to make a change and we needed to make it fast.
Enter realtor Diana Hobson, a long-time friend and business networking colleague of Tracy’s. We knew very little about Westchester (despite living next door in Marina del Rey for quite some time), but Diana knew what a great value Westchester real estate represents for young families. We knew we wanted to live on the west side of LA and that we wanted good freeway access. Westchester offered both.
We were also house hunting in Mar Vista, but quickly found that while 3 bedroom, 2 bath homes were similarly priced, Mar Vista homes were much smaller. We knew a good real estate value when we saw it, and we wasted no time zeroing in on a Westchester house for sale. Great guidance and advice from our excellent Westchester real estate agent helped. She also knew the other local agents and which ones could be trusted to “play nice.” Real estate agents who play nice are important when you have a baby on the way and not a lot of time to waste. Ultimately one of the agents on the other side of our deal didn’t play as nice as he should have, but Diana did a fabulous job getting him whipped into shape.
It didn’t take us long to figure out we made a great choice when we picked Westchester. We love its proximity to beaches and to Marina del Rey (one of Tracy’s favorite places in the whole world). Westchester represents an excellent real estate value for LA’s west side of town and offers a strong range of housing options. You can’t argue with Westchester’s great freeway access, offering the 90, 405 and 105 freeways all very close by, and we absolutely love that the neighborhood is family-oriented and that we have terrific neighbors who all watch out for each other. We also look forward every Fall to our block party.
So why are we blogging about Westchester? This blog is a special experiment conceived by Tracy, who is an Internet maniac. Will this blog attract local readership? Will Westchester residents find it? Will they care? Can Westchester benefit from a strong Internet voice? More and more young families like ours are moving to Westchester. With so many people turning to the world wide web for information, can a voice like this blog find an audience? Come along for the ride and let’s find out together.
Do you have a question about Westchester, or a secret tip to share? Contact us and we’ll do our best to find an answer or get your tip shared. Would you like to contribute an article or guest perspective, email us with your idea. The topics we cover and publish on can be found on our site.
Do you want information about buying real estate in Westchester or selling a home in Westchester? Tracy specializes in online marketing consulting for realtors and has information and realtor relationships to share. Email Tracy, and she’ll get you what you need to buy, sell or relocate in or out of Westchester. If you are a Westchester realtor and want to be part of Tracy’s referral network, please drop Tracy a note and introduce yourself. Tracy can also provide information on setting up community blogs similar to Living90045.com.
