Kirk Barker has been appraising commercial properties since 1996. In that time, he has been involved in over 55 lodging appraisals and feasibility studies.

Within Barker Shields, Kirk is a hospitality expert. He has been brokering lodging properties since 2000, and specializes in the analysis of hotel, motel, and resort-type developments. He is also experienced in determining market values for commercial real estate properties, performing feasibility analyses for proposed properties and forecasting potential revenues, and discretely networking buyers and sellers in the hospitality industry.

One of his favorite recent projects was the sale of a distressed lodging property in Salt Lake valley. He was able to help the buyer get into a good deal and enable the seller to avoid bankruptcy. Using his expertise and contacts to create win-win situations like this is one of the best parts of his work.