Tony Merlo has been named executive vice president/chief operating officer of eAppraiseIT LLC, a provider of real estate valuation services based in Poway, Calif.Mr. Merlo, who has 25 years of experience in the banking, mortgage banking, and title insurance industries, was most recently senior vice president of production for eAppraiseIT, a joint venture of The First American Corp. and Land America Financial Group. He was previously assistant vice president in the strategic sales division of First American’s Real Estate Information Services Group, and has also been assistant VP and regional manager for the Atlantic region of First American Title. The company can be found online at http://www.eappraiseit.com.
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