Kevin Clarke, MAI is the founder (1983) and President of Clarke, White & Veenstra. As a value advisor, his research, writing and teaching serves the needs of those who own, manage, sell, buy, and/or lend money on real property.  His perspective is that of a bystander, an observer of market participants and how they create wealth and value.  He provides professional opinions on universal investment questions, such as:  “What’s it worth?”  or “How can we maximize the value of our assets?”  Investors seek his advice to reduce risk or loss, maximize return on investment and build real wealth. His opinions are objective, impartial and unbiased, and provide a level of third-party insight unavailable from other sources. 

 

Mr. Clarke is an alumnus of the Executive Development Program (EDP), class of 1986/1987, the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He holds the MAI membership designation (Certificate No. 6298) from the Appraisal Institute and is a State of Washington Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (Certificate No. 1100169).  He is currently certified under the continuing education programs of the Appraisal Institute (12/31/2013) and the Washington State Department of Licensing (04/19/2011).  He is an Approved Appraiser with the Washington State Department of Transportation, and is an associate member (since 1983) of the Urban Land Institute.

 

He is also recognized for his unique expertise in negotiating and resolving real estate value disputes: the creation of value, and the claiming of that value.  He was trained in conflict and dispute resolution, including negotiation and arbitration, at the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School and the American Arbitration Association–former Arbitration Panel Member. He has also qualified as an Expert Witness: United States District Court, Western District of Washington (Seattle), Federal Bankruptcy Court (Washington and California), the Washington State Superior Court System and the Washington State Board of Tax Appeals.

 

For over 30 years he has analyzed and valued a wide variety of properties, completing certified appraisals for acquisition, mortgage financing, joint venture/partnership formations, portfolio valuation, asset disposition, property exchanges, charitable/gift donations, estate planning and settlements, partition actions, loan work-outs, bankruptcy, foreclosure, condemnation, and litigation.

 

His other activities include:

 

Professor–Income Property Appraisal (1982 & 1983) North Seattle Community College Real Estate Department, Seattle, Washington.

Author, "Market Price: A Practical Solution," The Appraisal Journal (July 1993).

Guest speaker for professional groups, seminars, and in-house training.

Citizens’ Commission on Compensation of Elected Officials, Chairperson, City of Edmonds, Washington; Term: 10/01/1999 to 09/30/2003.

Grief Facilitator, Journey Program (Bereaved Parents Support Group), Seattle Children’s (Hospital∙ Research∙ Foundation) Seattle, Washington (May 1999-Present).

Planning Board Member, City of Edmonds, Washington (February 2009-Present).

 

Kevin Clarke, MAI

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