How I got here.

Derrik Carlson was born in Durango, Colorado, and grew up in a small town south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City and earned degrees in finance and management.

While at Westminster, he met Holly Carlson, who later became his wife. Between that first meeting and the wedding, the work that followed shaped how he represents buyers and sellers today.

In college, he joined an Inc. 500 mortgage bank to learn lending from the inside. Based in Salt Lake City, he helped homeowners and investors buy and refinance from Alaska to South Carolina.

At 23, he bought his first investment property, then took a post with Altura Investments to run day-to-day operations on an 85-unit resort condominium project on Roatan, Honduras.

About a year later, he came back to Utah and started a lending company that made short-term bridge loans for home builders. He kept buying and rehabbing rentals at the same time.

Between his ninth investment property and marrying Holly, he applied that mix of finance, development, and ownership to representing buyers and sellers in Park City and Deer Valley. He has been a licensed Park City agent since 2012 and leads REAL ESTATE IN PARK CITY, the Luxury Division of KW Park City Keller Williams Real Estate.

He holds CNE, RSPS, LHCS, and CELA. Call or text (435) 200-5478.

Real Estate Experience

Resort Real Estate Advisor
KW Park City Keller Williams Real Estate · Park City, UT
January 2012 – Present

• Buyer and seller representation for luxury homes, ski properties, and golf communities across Park City, Deer Valley, and the Wasatch Back.
• #1 Keller Williams agent in Utah by production volume, 2026 year to date. Previously ranked #35 globally among individual Keller Williams agents.
• Practice concentrated from $2 million to more than $20 million, including $10 million-plus and off-market work.
• Luxury Division of KW Park City Keller Williams Real Estate.

President, Owner, Manager
Wyoming Properties
September 2006 – 2019

• Directed contract personnel and evaluated performance on owned and managed properties.
• Handled complaints, inspections, bids, and the scheduling of maintenance, repairs, and remodels.
• Kept sales, rental, maintenance, and operating-cost records; prepared budgets and financial reports.
• Showed property to prospective tenants, collected rents and deposits, and paid insurance, mortgages, taxes, and operating expenses.
• Reviewed rents against the market, marketed vacant space, and negotiated sales and leases.
• Analyzed values, taxes, zoning, and growth before acquiring property, and negotiated construction and ownership financing.

Foreign Operations Director
Altura Investments · Roatan, Honduras
February 2007 – March 2008

• Day-to-day operations for an 85-unit resort condominium project on 17 acres.
• Liaison among suppliers, builders, developers, local government, and subcontractors.
• Project budget, cash flow, and sales process.

Residential Loan Officer / Manager
USA Lending Group / Meridias Capital · Greater Salt Lake City Area
June 2003 – February 2007

• Explained loan types and terms; compiled credit files and analyzed ability to repay.
• Worked loan markets in Alaska, Colorado, Montana, Tennessee, Florida, Utah, and Wyoming.
• Reviewed files for completeness, worked with underwriters, and handled borrower issues.
• Interviewed, hired, and trained loan staff, then supervised the desk.

Education and Designations

Westminster College · Salt Lake City, UT
Finance and Management
2002 – 2006

CNE · Certified Negotiation Expert
Real Estate Negotiation Institute · 2013 – current
Training for competitive, high-value transactions where terms matter as much as price.

RSPS · Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist
2015 – current
Tax, ownership, and use structures for vacation and resort property.

LHCS · Luxury Home and Condo Specialist
Institute for Luxury Home Marketing
Training in pricing, positioning, and marketing for premium property. (Earlier ILHM coursework, 2014 – 2017.)

CELA · Certified Expert Listing Agent
Real Estate Negotiation Institute · 2022 – current
Listing strategy for sellers who want value with controlled exposure. See the CELA Certification notes.

Keller Williams Luxury
2014 – current
Luxury Division training and tools through KW Park City Keller Williams Real Estate and Keller Williams Luxury International.

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