First Valuation Hires Brandon O’Briant as National Sales Executive

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 1, 2011 - November 1, 2011—Westminster, Colo.— First Valuation, an industry leading collateral valuation services provider, has named Brandon O’Briant as national sales executive. O’Briant will manage existing client relationships and work to engage in new valuation partnerships for First Valuation. O’Briant will be based in Dallas, Texas, helping expand the First Valuation staff into a key geographic market as it continues to accelerate its growth initiative.

O’Briant comes to First Valuation with more than 15 years of experience in the property valuation, real estate, and mortgage banking industries. Prior to joining First Valuation, O’Briant served as the valuation manager and vendor relationship manager at Avelo Mortgage, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, where he directed and managed valuation diligence for all Goldman Sachs loan acquisitions and dispositions. Additionally, he had direct oversight of all valuation servicers and was directly responsible for vendor management, products/services development and implementation.  

O’Briant holds a degree in Real Estate from The University of North Texas and is a certified residential appraiser and real estate broker in multiple states.   He is a graduate of The Realtor Institute and holds a GRI designation.  

“Brandon’s experience as an appraiser and background working for large lending institutions brings an ideal skill set to our organization,” said Chris McLain, Vice President of Sales at First Valuation. “Not only will he serve as an ambassador of our full suite of collateral valuation solutions, he’ll bring an invaluable consultative approach to our clients.”
O’Briant joins a rapidly growing organization at First Valuation.  The company recently launched the First Valuation brand after nearly a decade of doing business as BrokerPriceOpinion.com.  As a nationwide valuation services provider and appraisal management company, First Valuation has added several new large lender clients and continues to expand market share.  O’Briant’s addition to the company will strengthen its reach into the capital markets and servicing market segments.


About First Valuation   
First Valuation is an industry leading valuation services provider.  Launched from the foundation of BrokerPriceOpinion.com, which was founded in 2004, First Valuation provides highly customized nationwide valuation solutions that allow client specific rules and criteria to be included in its automated quality control process. The company offers both residential and commercial valuation products including BPOs, appraisals, automated valuation models (AVMs), photo and condition reports, retrospective valuations, commercial valuations and reconciliation/review products. The company utilizes a combination of unique placement processes, local market experts, state-of-the art technology and expert quality review to provide the highest quality products in the market. For more information, please visit www.FirstValuation.com or call (303) 991-9919. The company’s social networking can be accessed on LinkedIn (First Valuation), Facebook (First Valuation) and Twitter (@firstvaluation).

Press Contact
Krista Bruce
Marketing Manager, First Valuation
(303) 991-9919