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Selling the most beautiful move up homes in Western New York and local food and drink expert.

06/18/2026

Come take a tour of parkwood!

Open house Saturday and offers due Tuesday.

Or dm me and I’ll show it to
You!

06/16/2026

—— NEW LISTING——

251 Parkwood Ave
Kenmore, NY

4 bed 🛏️
1.5 bath 🛁
1,438 sq ft 📐
Basement 📦
Central air 🔥❄️
Tree lined street 🌲🌲
Tons of updates throughout 🤩🤩

Offered at $239,999 🤯🤯
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Welcome to 251 Parkwood Avenue, your chance to own a move-in ready, low-maintenance 4-bedroom home on one of Kenmore’s most beloved tree-lined streets. This is the kind of neighborhood where the streets are quiet, the trees are tall, and the community feels like home before you even unpack. Step through the front door and natural light greets you immediately. The living room is bright and inviting, with a large window that draws you forward into a seamless dining and kitchen combo. The kitchen delivers where it counts with generous counter space, ample storage, and a breakfast bar that makes the whole space feel open and connected. This is a layout that just works. Down the hall you’ll find the first bedroom tucked conveniently next to a tasteful, modern full bath. Just across the hall the entrance to a spacious basement awaits, an impressive footprint that handles all your storage needs and then some. Head upstairs and three more bedrooms await, each freshly finished with brand new drywall, paint, and carpet throughout. The half bath is functional and ready for your personal touch. And the fourth bedroom features a skylight, because sometimes the best ceiling is the night sky. This home has been loved and updated thoughtfully over the years, and is genuinely ready for its next chapter. Offers due Tuesday, June 23rd at 2:00 PM.

06/15/2026

I’ve lost offers. More than I’d like to admit. Especially early in my career. Here’s everything those losses taught me.

The small things matter more than most people realize. Post occupancy, letting the sellers leave items behind, making it easy on them in ways that have nothing to do with price. Sometimes that’s exactly what tips it in your favor when the numbers are close.

Always call the listing agent before you write the offer. That conversation tells you what the seller actually wants. Not what they listed for. Not what they said publicly. What they actually want. That’s the difference between a good offer and the right offer.

Send the offer formally. A professional presentation tells the seller something about the buyer and the agent behind them before they ever read a number.

Never try to guess what everyone else is going to offer. It’s a losing game. Go with your buyer’s absolute best and let that be the number. That’s the only one you can control.

And always throw something. The last thing you ever want is your buyer finding out that house sold for exactly what they could have offered and didn’t.

I don’t love losing. But I learn from every single one. That’s the job.

If you’re a buyer in Western New York and you want someone who’s going to fight for you with everything they have — DM me. 🏡

06/13/2026

Something most people don’t know about me, I’ve been obsessed with watches for a long time. Never had the wrist to show for it yet. One day.

If you want to know me better, start here. This is my grail watch.

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak John Mayer. Yes that John Mayer. And yes I know. The watch community had plenty to say when this dropped. I get it. Slapping a celebrity name on a piece can feel cheap and the criticism wasn’t coming from nowhere.

But here’s where I land. John Mayer isn’t a celebrity who wandered into watches for clout. He’s been one of the most serious collectors in the world for years. He already has a Rolex that’s essentially named for him. The man knows exactly what he’s doing on a wrist. So when AP brought him in I think the result speaks for itself.

What they created with this dial is genuinely extraordinary. Through an electroforming process they grew a brass stamp atom by atom. The result looks like a crystalline starry night frozen in metal. Pair that with the white gold bracelet, blue sapphires across the face, and a chronograph complication on a Royal Oak and it becomes something I cannot stop thinking about.

Not on my wrist yet. But it’s on my mind constantly.

Watch people! Did AP earn this one or was the criticism fair? Drop it in the comments. 🕐

06/12/2026

Some meals you remember forever. These are a few of mine.

Prescotts Provisions is one of the best steaks in Buffalo and it comes down to one thing, intention. Everything on that plate is deliberate. The prep, the detail, the ex*****on. Nothing is an accident and nothing is missed. That kind of consistency is rare and it’s why I keep going back.

Free Street does ramen night every Thursday and it doesn’t get nearly enough attention. The ramen itself is great but the chicken katsu is what stopped me. Out of a corner bar, incredibly flavorful, and cheaper than it has any right to be. One of the best surprises I’ve had eating out in a long time.

Concord is what happens when your friends open a wine bar and actually do it right. What most people don’t know is that they own Amabelle cheese shop right next door. So every piece of cheese on that menu is coming straight from there. The chilled shrimp alone is worth the visit. The vibe is even better.

Mira has been the hottest restaurant in Buffalo for months and every single visit reminds you exactly why. The prosciutto radiatore is no longer on the menu but if it ever comes back order it immediately. A rich bomb of a dish that I’m still thinking about. The sausage pasta is one of the best I’ve ever had and that one’s not going anywhere. Start there.

And then there’s the last one.

My grandfather made Sunday sauce every week growing up. Red, acidic, bright, browned homemade meatballs and spare ribs slow cooked until the whole thing became something velvety and deep and impossible to replicate. He cooked it so long it was almost like it had been blended. Just this perfect sauce.

I finally tried to make it myself. And somehow it tasted exactly like I remembered with just a little more zip.

That one’s not on any menu. That one’s just home.

Save this list. Buffalo eats well. 🍽

Prescott’s Provisions
Free Street Tavern
Concord (a wine bar)
Amabel Provisions
mirabuffalo

06/10/2026

There are homes you walk through and forget by the time you get to your car.

This is not one of those homes.

$750,000 sitting on the 14th hole of in Western New York with a backyard view that stopped me mid-sentence. I’ve been in this market for ten years and I still had to take a second just to stand there and take it in. That doesn’t happen often.

This is what luxury looks like in Western New York right now and it doesn’t get nearly enough credit from the rest of the country. The value here, the lifestyle here, the quality of what you can own here is something people who haven’t seen it simply don’t understand yet.

If this is the kind of home you’ve been working toward, it exists here and it’s more attainable than you think. This is exactly the market I work in and exactly the conversation I want to have with you.

Listing by the incredible .sells.homes , go show her some love. 🏡

06/08/2026

Buffalo gets a bad reputation it doesn’t deserve.

Yes the winters are real. Nobody’s arguing that. But the people who write this city off based on January have never stood outside on a day like today. Windows down, sun out, not a cloud in sight, and a city that genuinely comes alive in a way that most places never do.

I’ve lived here my whole life. I’ve sold homes here for ten years. And every single summer I’m reminded exactly why I never left and never will.

Don’t let anybody talk about Buffalo like it’s a consolation prize. This city is the whole point.

06/06/2026

Most people don’t plan their move-up. They just wake up one day and realize the house they bought doesn’t fit the life they’re living anymore.

Maybe you’ve outgrown the space. Maybe you’ve been watching your equity grow and haven’t done anything with it. Maybe you keep driving through neighborhoods that aren’t yours on Sunday afternoons and calling it “just looking.” Maybe the timing you’ve been waiting for has been here longer than you think.

Moving up isn’t about buying more house. It’s about buying the right one for where you actually are right now. And for a lot of people in Western New York, that window is open whether they realize it or not.

If any of these five signs hit close to home, it’s worth having a real conversation. I work with move-up buyers every day and I’ll give you a straight answer on what your next move actually looks like. No pressure, no pitch.

DM me MOVE UP and let’s talk.

06/05/2026

Some restaurants feed you. This one takes care of you.

Prime Seafood Palace in Toronto is Matty Matheson’s flagship and somehow every visit manages to be better than the last. We went up for a birthday celebration for some of our closest people and what happened over the next few hours was one of those meals you simply don’t forget. A party of 8, two sommeliers dedicated entirely to our table, and a room built in warm wood that makes you slow down the second you walk in.

The food was everything. Côte de boeuf, prime rib, filet au poivre, steak tartare, lobster pasta, fish crudo. Every single dish landing exactly the way it should. The kind of cooking that makes you stop mid-conversation because you need a moment with what’s on your plate.

But the detail that got us — they remembered a wine my wife loved from a visit over two years ago. In a restaurant operating at that level, in a city that busy, they remembered. That is not service. That is hospitality. There is a difference and most places spend their entire existence never figuring it out.

Here is what people don’t say enough about living in Western New York. Toronto is 90 minutes away. Not a flight, not a connection, just a drive up the QEW on a Friday evening. The food, the culture, the experiences that city has to offer are practically in our backyard and most people forget that entirely.

That proximity is part of what makes this corner of the world worth putting down roots in.

Happy birthday to the people who made the night worth celebrating. 🥂

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06/03/2026

Clarence or Williamsville are two of the most sought-after suburbs in Western New York, and the debate comes up constantly with move-up buyers.

Both have a village. Both have great neighborhoods people fight to get into. But they feel completely different to live in and that difference matters more than most people realize before they buy.

Williamsville is closer in and you feel it. The Village has real Main Street energy. Restaurants, shops, sidewalks you actually use. The homes have history. Victorian architecture, established streets, the kind of neighborhood that already has a story before you move in. The school district is one of the largest in Erie County, nearly 10,000 students across 13 schools. For luxury buyers, Roxberry and Woodstream are where people land.

Clarence is what people picture when they say they want more space. Newer builds, bigger lots, some with actual farmland views. Clarence Hollow gives it a small-town feel without sacrificing anything. The school district is tight-knit about 4,100 students and Spaulding Lake is the crown jewel for luxury buyers. Your taxes also run about $125 a month less than Amherst on a $500K home. Over the life of a mortgage, that’s real money.

There’s no wrong answer. Williamsville gives you the village, the character, the proximity. Clarence gives you the land, the newer builds, the breathing room. The question isn’t which one is better, it’s which one fits the life you’re building.

DM me SUBURBS and I’ll give you a straight answer based on your budget and your lifestyle. I work in both markets every day.

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