American by birth, Southern by the grace of God, Texan by choice.
I wasn’t born here, but I got here as quick as I could. This page is the other guy. The guy behind the businesses, not the businesses themselves.
Photography when the light is right. Real estate when a family needs a home. A career in national security for most of the working day. A little writing in between. Stick around for whatever shows up.
Husband, father, photographer, broker, agent.
I am based in Frisco, Texas. Husband to a wonderful wife, father to adult twins, and the kind of person who tends to wear several hats at once. A semi-professional photographer when the light is right. A real estate broker when a family needs a home. And, for most of my working life, a career federal agent in the national security arena. Who knows what’s next?
The four hats add up to a particular point of view. I have spent decades reading rooms, gathering information, and helping people make consequential decisions under pressure. The same instincts show up in real estate, in my photography, and in the way I write.
This page is not another business site. It is the other guy. If you arrived here from one of my companies, you probably wanted to know who is behind it. That is the idea. Stay a while.
Three sites, three hats.
Each link below opens the working site for that part of my life. Different audiences, different tones, same person behind them.
Par-Tx Realty
Buying and selling residential real estate across North Texas. Frisco, Plano, McKinney, and the wider DFW area. Honest representation, no aggressive pitch.
Par-Tx Creative
Branding, websites, and creative work for small businesses across Texas. Clean, considered, and built to last. Same hands behind the camera and the keyboard.
Images by Rob
Editorial, portrait, and landscape photography. Texas light, real moments, and the kind of frames you would actually want on a wall. Prints available, commissions welcome.
Latest thoughts
What buyers are actually asking about in North Texas right now
A short read on the questions buyers walk in with this season. Less about prices, more about the daily things that change a neighborhood.
Read →Notes on Texas light in May
The light in May does something specific to dust and color. A short field note from this week with a camera in the truck.
Read →Drop me a line.
No contact form, no automation, no funnel. Just an email address and a person on the other end who actually reads it.