Our founder, Darrel Clark, has been a state-certified appraiser since 1990. He’s also FHA-approved and a review appraiser for the Utah State Division of Real Estate. Darrel has also been a licensed real estate instructor and an expert witness in the Utah 4th District Court. He has a degree in business management from Brigham Young University and also attended the University of Washington and Arizona State University. In addition, he has had numerous appraisal practice and theory classes over the past 30-plus years.
After years as a mortgage loan officer, branch manager, and vice president of a national mortgage company, he decided in 1988 to start his own appraisal business. During his time in the mortgage and appraisal business, he has seen many business cycles. Mortgage interest rates were over 18% in 1981. No one imagined that we would ever see rates in the 3% to 6% range. Even the 6% plus range of today would have seemed wonderful. Since then, he has seen cycles of great appreciation and times of deflation. His unmatched experience and education give him a better perspective than most on current real estate trends and where the market is likely heading.
As a young man, he lived for two years in Guatemala and El Salvador and still speaks Spanish to this day.
His clients include local and national banks, mortgage lenders, attorneys, and realtors as well as individuals that require an accurate real estate valuation.
