Mark Sikes

About Mark Sikes

Specialized Professional CompetencyAppraisal of fee simple, easement, leased fee and leasehold interests of existing and proposed developments including, but not limited to, commercial, retail, industrial, single/multi-family residential, transportation/energy/communication corridors, agricultural, lodging/hospitality, and mixed-use developments.Qualified as testifying expert, counseled clients and testified in federal and state courts, and municipal and administrative proceedings including depositions, arbitrations, mediations, special commissioners hearings, jury trials and bench trials.Provided real property valuation and counseling services in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Wyoming.Representative Assignments and AchievementsCounseled and valued real property rights for private property owners and public agencies for dispute resolution including right-of-way acquisition, breach of contract, construction defects, environmental contamination, estate taxes, title deficiencies, sale/purchase and financing.Counseled and testified in public improvement projects in Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Successfully counseled and testified on behalf of the majority of property owners acquired by the State of Texas for expansion of the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas.Provided Houston based Real Estate Investment Trust which owned substantial office, industrial and retail portfolio real property counseling and valuation services for litigation arising from shareholder dispute.Valuation of real property assets for one of the top 50 private landowners in the nation for estate tax purposes. Counseling and valuation for one of the world’s largest publicly traded companies regarding environmental contamination and potential stigma as part of several toxic tort disputes.

Experience

1. Co-managing Partner

   Deal Sikes

   Feb 2009 — Present

Education

• Washington and Lee University

  BA, Economics

  1988 — 1991

Skills

• Investment Properties
• Single Family Homes
• Real Estate Economics
• Residential Homes
• Due Diligence
• Foreclosures
• Brokerage
• Reo
• Leases
• Investors
• Real Estate Transactions
• Disposition
• Dispositions
• Sellers
• Appraisals
• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Development