Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Kaya Suarez is a Director within Walker & Dunlop's property sales group. Mr. Suarez is responsible for the origination and execution of investment sales and equity capital raises for multifamily assets, with a focus in Southern Florida.

Before joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Suarez was a Manager with CBRE Capital Markets group, where he specialized in multifamily investment sales throughout South Florida. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Suarez was a senior financial analyst on Institutional Property Advisors' (IPA) Multifamily Investment team. Prior to joining IPA, Mr. Suarez was responsible for all acquisition and financing analysis at a distressed real estate investment firm based in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida. Before entering the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Suarez was an investment banker with The Bank of Montreal and UBS' Financial Institutions Group, as well as an originator with UBS' Equity Capital Markets Group.

Mr. Suarez received his Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, with a major in government and minor in economics.