Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Tuesday

Today I met a client in Koreatown adjacent/Echo Park to look at a house. It was a Craftsman, that still had some semblance of that style remaining, but had been "updated" by a prior owner. It struck me driving back how these unique neighborhoods had evolved over time in LA - how downtown grew and spread, and how each area has had its own celebrated, and sometimes infamous, past. Of course I came back and checked it out on Wikipedia...

It made me think back to one of the reasons I became a Realtor(R). I wanted to explore ALL that LA has to offer. I want to appreciate the history of this relatively new city - and really take advantage of the diversity of the city. So here's my pledge - I will try to do so regularly - and report back to the Blog.

Monday, August 9, 2010

So here goes....

This blog started as a result of a lunch. A great lunch with a colleague, at a restaurant called Good on Sunset. About once a quarter (since we worked together on a deal), we've met for a bite and to talk shop. The end result of this meeting, besides getting backed into in a hit and run that was recorded by a kindly citizen who asked for money in exchange for the information, was this blog.

Doing a blog has been on the radar for some time, but it's one of those things I keep saying "I'll get to it" like organizing and scanning all the photos I took in high school or transferring my cassette tapes to digital. Now, however, I am accountable to my colleague, and I will do my darndest to keep from getting the guilt-ridden reminder emails.

So for you, Mr. Westerhout, here is post #1.