Kirk & Company - Real Estate Counselors

Mr. Kirk is the Principal and Founder of Kirk & Company and oversees the firm’s operation and appraisal and consulting assignments. David has specialized expertise in the valuation of multifamily housing, fractional interests, air rights, and ground leases. Mr. Kirk is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in the state of Massachusetts and a licensed real estate broker in the states of Massachusetts and New York.

Mr. Kirk has analyzed and opined on the fairness of a variety of related party real estate transactions for public and privately held entities. From 1993 to 1999, he served as a fiduciary and as a real estate investment advisor to the Prudential Retirement System, and he has similarly served the Virginia Retirement System. He has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the National Association Securities Dealers (NASD). He has been trained as an arbitrator by the NASD and as a mediator by the National Association of Realtors and NASD. He has qualified as a real estate valuation expert in federal district, bankruptcy and appellate tax courts.

Prior to founding Kirk & Company he was a Senior Vice-President and Principal of The Boston Financial Group, the Director of the Boston Financial Consulting Group, and an account executive with Landauer Associates of New York. Mr. Kirk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in Architecture and the Wharton Graduate School of Business where he majored in Finance.

Mr. Kirk is a member of the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) and Appraisal Institute (MAI) and in 2001 served as President of both the CRE and the Massachusetts Chapter of The Appraisal Institute. He is a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) and a member of the honorary land economics society Lambda Alpha International and currently serves as President of the Boston chapter. Mr. Kirk was a member of the Board of Editors of Banker & Tradesman and a contributing writer to the New England Real Estate Journal. He has been a speaker and a panelist at conferences of the Urban Land Institute, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, the Society of Real Estate Appraisers, and the Massachusetts Bar Association. He was chairman of an advisory working group on Troubled Properties for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mr. Kirk co-authored Real Estate: A Hidden Corporate Asset (American Society of Real Estate Counselors, 1986). He has written articles which have appeared in national real estate periodicals including The Appraisal Journal and Real Estate Review. His article, "Using the Reversion/Shelter Approach to Appraise Subsidized Housing," co-authored with David A. Smith, was honored as the best Appraisal Journal article written in 1983, recipient of the Robert H. Armstrong Award.

Mr. Pelletier joined Kirk & Company in 2005 to assist in the appraisal and consulting process, which includes narrative appraisal reports, feasibility studies, acquisition analysis and customized market research. Mr. Pelletier specializes in the appraisal and analysis of market-rate, mixed-income, and affordable housing properties.

Prior to joining Kirk & Company, Mr. Pelletier served as campaign intern with John Kerry for President and interned with a legislative aide in the Boston office of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Mr. Pelletier received his Bachelor’s Degree in Finance with minors in English and Government from Bentley University where he focused on Corporate Finance and Real Estate with coursework in Real Estate Law, Real Estate Financing and Urban Planning & Development.

Mr. Pelletier is a Licensed Real Estate Appraiser Trainee in the state of Massachusetts and has successfully completed coursework provided by the Appraisal Institute. Mr. Pelletier is a member of the Preservation Society of Newport County and Fall River Historical Society, non-profit organizations that preserve and protect the architectural heritage of Newport County, Rhode Island and Fall River, Massachusetts.