Mr. Barnes graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with a BS in Biochemistry in 1982. In 1988 Mr. Barnes received an MBA with a Finance concentration from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Barnes received the MAI (Member Appraisal Institute) designation in 1989. He also holds the CRE designation awarded by the Counselors of Real Estate. Mr. Barnes entered the real estate business in 1981, first as a principal acquiring and renovating small rental properties, and then as an appraiser in 1983 with Moore & Shryock in Columbia, Missouri. In 1984 Mr. Barnes moved to Chicago to join Real Estate Research Corporation. He joined Cushman & Wakefield in 1989 as a Senior Appraiser in Seattle. In 1990, Mr. Barnes was elected an officer of the company as a Director and Manager of the Seattle practice. In 1998 he left the company to travel and returned to CB Richard Ellis. After 18 months of corporate advisory work he joined first one, and then a second, startup in executive roles. Mr. Barnes returned to Cushman & Wakefield in 2001 as Director. Mr. Barnes joined McKee & Schalka as Principal in 2006.

Mr. Barnes has authored a number of articles in the Appraisal Journal and other real estate publications, and has been a guest speaker or panelist for real estate organizations including NAIOP, IREM and the Appraisal Institute.

Mr. Barnes is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (Washington State Certificate No. 1100578), and has completed the requirements of the continuing education program of the Appraisal Institute. In his appraisal experience, Mr. Barnes has appraised and analyzed a wide variety of commercial property types, and provided critical appraisal, consultation and litigation services to a diversified range of clients.