Placentia, California Real Estate Agent - Tina Maraj

Tina Maraj began her real estate career shortly after graduating from Troy High School in 1988. While she was attending college in Fullerton she studied advertising with an emphasis in public relations. During this time Tina was also very active with local association of Realtors serving on many committees. After college Tina dedicated herself to building a thriving real estate career and brings a vast knowledge of internet marketing and tech savvy!

She began working in the Century 21 system and was trained by a top real estate broker in the area. After completing 6 years learning the basics of the business Tina took her business to the next level and joined Ron Holborn at RE/MAX of North Orange County, the #1 RE/MAX office in the area. Over her 21 year Career Tina has achieved many top sales awards including being a part of RE/MAX 100 Percent Club for several years and in March 2010 Tina was inducted in The RE/MAX Hall of Fame for a decade of consistent real estate sales production.

Tina Maraj is a "small business" member of The Fullerton Chamber of Commerce. She also volunteers as an ambassador for the Fullerton Chamber welcoming new business members into the city. Tina supports the local arts and culture of Fullerton by membership in the Fullerton Museum and Fullerton Arboretum. She also supports Cal State Fullerton and Troy and Fullerton High School athletic teams. Most recently Tina has been asked to be on the advisory board for Fullerton College, which helps raise funds for local student scholarships.

More about Tina and the services she provides her Fullerton clients can be found at her Placentia, California Real Estate website.

Placentia, California Facts, History, and Local Events

Placentia, meaning pleasant, is in north Orange County, near Fullerton and Yorba Linda. It is home to over 45,000 people, and is known for a simple, family centric, lifestyle. Charming small town atmosphere, two high schools, a large number of athletic and cultural opportunities for youth, and many annual heritage events and parades make Placentia a great place to bring up a family. This Orange County town has transformed itself, in recent years, from an agricultural area to a bedroom community. Once, the people who called Placentia home worked their own land and grew crops and fruits. Today, most residents travel outside the city to work, commuting daily to other urban areas. The last few orange groves that are scattered around the city have already been earmarked to make way for the final transformation of more urban development.

Placentia, California Area Map Settlers first arrived in this area over a hundred years ago. In 1837, the governor of Mexico first granted the land which included the area that is Placentia today, to Juan Ontiveros. The first pioneers purchased land here in 1865, and soon settlers began to arrive and build homesteads, churches and schools. The first crops were vegetables, walnuts, some common oranges seen as inferior in quality. Orange county founder Alfred B. Chapman then imported Valencia orange trees, and the first grove was planted, in Placentia, in 1880 by Richard Gilman. This was the first commercial grove in the county of an orange that would go on to lend its name to the entire county. The Valencia orange went on to become the biggest crop in the area, and in the entire county. The decline of orange farming in Placentia began with a disease called quick decline, and was further accelerated by the population explosion during the mid to late twentieth century. Oil had a part in Placentia history, when oil was discovered on C.C. Chapman's land in the northeast and on Samuel Kraemer's land around 1919. The city was incorporated in 1926, and was the smallest in Orange County.

Schools in Placentia are run by the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, which operates three high schools in the city. These are the El Dorado High School, the Valencia High School which is the oldest , and the El Camino Real High School. Placentia also has three public middle schools, a number of public elementary schools, and some Independent schools.

Recent exponential growth in population has not taken away the pleasantness of life in Placentia. Although it remains a fast-growing community, it has held on to its beautiful suburban homes, and paid special attention to ensure good schools. Its abundance of wholesome recreation has been an added factor.