PILLARReal Estate
A stone Westchester estate at dusk with warmly lit windows, a curving gravel drive, and mature oaks

Rye & the Sound Shore

A higher standard in real estate.

Residential sales. Investment properties. Trusted relationships. A more personal approach to Westchester real estate.

The foundation of PILLAR

What we stand on.

On relationships
The value of a relationship isn’t measured by who you know, but by who shows up.
On success
True success isn’t what you build for yourself, but what you make possible for others.

Rooted in Rye

Rye · Port Chester · Harrison · Greenwich

No. 01Residential

Homes for the way you actually live.

Every house has a story: the porch where summers were spent, the walk to Milton Point, the neighbors who became friends. We take the time to understand it before we ever talk about price.

Selling your home
Honest pricing, thoughtful preparation, and steady communication from first walkthrough to closing.
Buying a home
Whether you grew up here or are moving up from the city, we help you find the right street and school.
Quiet sales
For neighbors who would rather not put a sign on the lawn, we can make private introductions.
A fieldstone colonial estate in Harrison with a pool and bluestone terrace at twilight
Summer on a Rye side street

Where we work

  • Rye
  • Port Chester
  • Rye Brook
  • Harrison
  • Mamaroneck
  • White Plains
  • Greenwich
No. 02Investments

Local properties. Long-term thinking.

A local main street at dusk lined with shops, lampposts and an American flag
Downtown, early evening
"The best investments are usually the ones you can drive past on the way to the station."
  1. 1

    Rentals & multi-family

    Two-families, small apartment buildings, and rentals near the train, with realistic numbers on both sides.

  2. 2

    Mixed-use & main street

    Shops with apartments above, along Purchase Street, Westchester Avenue, and the Boston Post Road.

  3. 3

    Plain-spoken advice

    When to hold, when to sell, and what a property is really worth, without the sales pitch.

No. 03The PILLAR Network

The right connection can change everything.

White colonial home with black shutters, a columned portico and lit front walk at dusk
Nicole Tripodi Paxton smiling beside a partner from LAZZ Development

The PILLAR Network connects people to trusted relationships, local knowledge, resources and opportunities, built from deep generational connections across Rye and the Sound Shore.

Whether you need a lender, an attorney, a contractor, or a good word about a school, the right introduction is usually one call away.

  • Homes
  • People
  • Schools
  • Local business
  • Culture
  • Opportunity

The philosophy behind the network

“It’s not who you know that matters. At the end of the day, if you don’t have that network in your corner, willing to pick up your call and help at a moment’s notice, your connections mean nothing.”

Lou Larizza

The circle, in real life

  • Stone estate home with a circular drive and landscape lighting beneath a pink sunset
    Homes worth coming home to
  • A local crew in bright safety shirts regrading the dirt track at a community field
    Rebuilding the local track

Concierge

Real relationships, developed over generations, at our fingertips.

The network is built around that idea. Every introduction we make is to someone who will actually pick up the phone for you, at every stage of the move and long after closing.

  1. 01

    Before you buy

    Lenders, attorneys, inspectors and insurance advisors who return calls the same day, because they have known us for years.

  2. 02

    Getting it ready

    Contractors, stagers, painters and landscapers we trust with our own homes, lined up so your listing shows at its best.

  3. 03

    Settling in

    Introductions to schools, coaches, clubs, doctors and the neighbors worth knowing, so a new address feels like home quickly.

  4. 04

    For the long run

    Property managers, accountants and fellow investors for when you are thinking beyond a single home or a single transaction.

One call, and the right people are in your corner.

Visit The PILLAR Network(opens theryenetwork.com in a new tab)
No. 04Our Story

Built on relationships. Defined by trust.

The front entrance of a white shingle-style home in Rye with columns, ivy, and boxwood

PILLAR existed long before it had a name. It grew out of a lifetime of relationships, entrepreneurship and community impact here at home.

The idea is simple: buying or selling a home in your own town should feel like working with a neighbor, not a call center.

The concept is a small, local firm that takes on fewer clients and gives each one more attention. You get the same person from the first coffee to the closing table, and someone who picks up the phone long after.

Rye and the Sound Shore are made up of close-knit towns, each with its own character. PILLAR is envisioned as a firm that knows them well, and that measures success by the families who come back and the friends they send our way.

The name is the promise. Generations of roots here make us pillars of the community, not just people who sell homes in it.

Supporting the schools, the teams and the local shops, and being there when a neighbor needs a hand. Years of showing up are why the right people answer when we call on your behalf.

  • Honesty

    Straight answers, even when they are not the easy ones.

  • Local

    We live here, shop here, and send our kids to school here.

  • Loyalty

    Built on the kind of relationships that last.

  • Community

    Deep roots make us pillars of this community. We show up for it, and it shows up for our clients.

The FounderMeet Nicole Tripodi Paxton
No. 05Contact

Begin a private conversation.

Every relationship begins with a conversation. While PILLAR is in development, we welcome expressions of interest from those who share its vision.

Region
Westchester County, New York
Meetings
By appointment only
Area of interest

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Built on relationships.
Defined by trust.

The right connection can change everything.

PILLAR Real Estate · Rye, New York