About DPR

Firm Profile

  • BARRY A. DISKIN, Ph.D., MAI, CRE, ST.-CERT.GEN.APPRAISER - 0000270
  • DAVID W. BESHEARS, MAI, ST.-CERT.GEN.APPRAISER - 0001681
  • ROBERT M. KISSEL, MAI, ST.-CERT.GEN.APPRAISER - 0002479
  • JACK P. FRIEDMAN, Ph.D., MAI, ST.-CERT.GEN.APPRAISER - TX 1322721G
  • SEAN P. RUANE, ST.-CERT.GEN.APPRAISER - 0002867
  • JULIE STORY REG.TRAINEE - 0017069
 

Diskin Property Research (DPR) was established in 1984. We are a full-service real estate appraisal firm, working primarily in Florida and Georgia. The staff of DPR includes six appraisers. Our clients include attorneys, investors, developers, state and government agencies, private citizens, and lenders.

DPR appraises all types of commercial and industrial properties, including land, agricultural tracts, shopping centers, office buildings, restaurants, 1-4 family small-income property, and oil-changing facilities.

We are EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) capable, using the latest technology such as high quality digital photography, advanced appraisal software, and the Internet to deliver our appraisals to clients.

The company is owned by Barry A. Diskin, Ph.D., MAI, CRE, who is also currently a professor at a major university in Tallahassee, Florida, where he teaches two senior-level appraisal classes to real estate majors, and one masters-level appraisal class.

DPR is affiliated with Beshears and Associates in Tampa. David Beshears, the principal of that firm, has been appraising property since 1991 and started his company in 1994.  He, also, specializes in commercial and eminent domain property in the state of Florida.  Beshears & Associates is a commercial appraisal and consulting firm, which specializes in providing valuation services for underwriting and litigation support. Beshears & Associates strives to exceed the client's expectations with well presented, accurate analysis, and prompt service. Past assignments include office buildings, shopping centers, apartments and heavy manufacturing facilities. Clients include TriNet REIT, KeyCorp, Midland Loan Services, Bank of America, MetLife, Westinghouse, Melitta Coffee, Barnett Bank, SouthTrust Bank, Mellon Mortgage, and First Union National Bank.