$649,000
31 Larkin Mill Lane, Beacon
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,620 sq ft · 0.2 ac · 1925
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker · Beacon office
Marcus Oyelaran
"I spent nine years paying rent in Brooklyn. I know exactly what you're weighing, and I know the 6:48 express."
About Marcus
Marcus Oyelaran moved to Beacon in 2016 with two suitcases, a road bike and a spreadsheet. He'd spent nine years renting in Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy, three apartments, four landlords and one memorable winter without heat, while working in operations for a nonprofit in Lower Manhattan. When the rent on his last place went up for the third year running, he started taking the train north on weekends, "just to look." The spreadsheet compared the monthly cost of a one-bedroom in Brooklyn with a mortgage, taxes, insurance and a commuter ticket from Beacon. The spreadsheet won.
The agent who helped him buy his first house, a 1920s two-bedroom near the east end of Main Street, was Nadia Finch. A year later, after he had helped three friends from the city through the same process for free, she suggested he get licensed. He joined Fieldstone & Finch in 2017 and earned his associate broker's license in 2021.
Today about two-thirds of Marcus's clients are moving up from New York City, and most of them are buying their first house with a yard, a driveway, or a furnace that's their own problem. He's good at the questions people don't know to ask. How long is the walk from the house to the platform, honestly, in February? What do the property taxes really add to the monthly payment? What does it cost to heat a drafty 1920s house with oil, and what are your options if you don't want to? What happens when the power goes out and you're on a well? Where do you park at the station, and how long is the waitlist for a permit?
He's also good at saying when a commute won't work. Beacon to Grand Central is roughly 80 to 95 minutes on Metro-North. New Paltz has no train at all, and the drive in traffic is a real thing. Marcus would rather lose a sale than watch a client sign up for a three-hour daily round trip they'll regret by spring.
On the selling side, Marcus represents owners across Beacon and the towns just north, and he's particularly good with houses that need to be presented to city buyers: he knows what they'll ask about and what they'll overlook. His listings come with a one-page "commute and costs" sheet that's become something of a house style at the brokerage.
Marcus has run eleven marathons and does most of his thinking on long runs along the river and up the Mount Beacon trail. He coaches a Saturday morning beginners' running group that meets at the bottom of Main Street, and he will absolutely tell you which neighborhoods have sidewalks.
- Title
- Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker (New York)
- Office
- Beacon · 212 Ferry Lantern Street
- Direct
- (845) 555-0134
- marcus@fieldstonefinch.example
- Licensed since
- 2017 (salesperson), 2021 (associate broker)
- Specialties
- Relocation from New York City, first homes for city renters, commuter towns, sellers marketing to city buyers
- Towns
- Beacon, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, New Paltz, Cold Spring
- Languages
- English
Marcus's current listings
$612,000
88 Orchard Crest Drive, New Paltz
4 bd · 2.5 ba · 2,200 sq ft · 1.1 ac · 1994
Recent sales
| Address | Sale price | Represented | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 140 Ironworks Avenue, Beacon | $821,000 | Buyer | September 2025 |
| 57 Signal Hill Street, Beacon | $598,000 | Buyer | July 2025 |
| 12 Mill Race Court, Fishkill | $472,000 | Buyer | April 2025 |
| 9 Cobbler's Way, New Paltz | $515,000 | Buyer | February 2025 |
| 334 Long Pond Road, Wappingers Falls | $455,000 | Seller | October 2024 |
Reviews
We made offers on four houses in Beacon and lost three of them. Marcus never once told us "the right one is coming." He told us exactly why we lost each one and what it would cost to win the next. We won the next.
— Dana and Lewis K., bought in Beacon, 2025
He timed the walk from the house to the train for us at 6:30 on a weekday morning. In the rain. It was eleven minutes. We bought the house.
— Jordan P., bought in Beacon, 2025
We had lost two houses that spring. Marcus got us into 140 Ironworks Avenue the day it listed, told us what it would take, and we were under contract eleven days later.
— Claire and Tomás R., bought in Beacon, 2025