This is a dated Photo of Bill Merrell taken in the early 1990's. Below is a You Tube Link of Bill Merrell in 2007
Many People have inquired as to Bill C. Merrell's and the school's background/history, and this web link has been built to explain our background as simply as possible. Bill Merrell designed the courses presented at the school and is the sole founder of the school, which is in it's 3rd decade of operation.
Bill does hold advanced degrees. He also has extensive educational and hands on experience related to the school subjects as follows:
Real Estate Salesperson Program which lead to a Real Estate Sales License 1970's.
Completed Real Estate Brokerage Course which led to a Real Estate Brokers License in 1980's
Attended both Residential and Commercial Appraisal Courses in late 1970's and 1980's
Attended Property Inspection Courses in 1980's
Sold, Managed, Listed and Rented Home in Suffolk County from 1970's until opening of the school
Appraised both residential and commercial homes from late 1970's until opening of the school
Managed properties for private investors from 1982 on
Performed Home Inspections, including Draw Inspections and Compliance inspections from 1981 until 1998
Certified to teach Licensing courses for Real Estate Sales and Brokerage in NY State
Certified to teach Real Estate Appraisal courses, both residential and commercial in NY State
Certified to teach Home Inspection Licensing courses in NY State
Certified for Real Estate Continuing Education Teaching. NY State
Certified for Appraisal Continuing Education Teaching, NY State
Certified for Home Inspection Continuing Education Teaching, NY State
Opened School in 1991, and maintains the role of senior instructor and school administrator to date
The School is known as both the Appraisal Education Network School and the Merrell Institute
Wrote over 50 state approved courses, for which Bill hold a number of copyrights
Wrote multiple manuals which hold copyrights for appraisers, realtors and inspectors
Owns the Merrell Cost Manual used in NY State
Owns Merrell Web, hosting and securing domain names throughout the USA and Canada
Maintains 2 major site: www.merrellinstitute.com and www.realestatefoundation.org
Links to, maintains and/or owns over 2,000 additional real estate related web sites
Approved by the Government of Turkey for Appraisal Training in 2002
Approved for Inspection and Appraisal Training by a delegation in China 2007
Since 1980 received following designations: GRI, CMI, CREA, RMU, CRA, CA-R, CFI, CFA, RHI, plus others.
Credentials Chairperson for the Independence Party in 1995
President of a several hundred unit condominium community for 5 years
Served on the Advisory Council for Hauppauge Business Education Department for 5 years
Served as a Board member for 3 years of Cooperative Communities of Long Island
Multiple School Courses and/or consulting by Bill Merrell has been approved by the following agencies, organization and entities:
NYS, Dept. of State, Division of Licensing Services
US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Reserve Bank
NYS, Governors Office of Regulatory Reform
NYS, Dept. of Education, VESID,
National Association of Real Estate Appraisers
National Assoc. of Certified Home Inspectors
Housing Inspection Foundation
Appraisal Foundation
North American Association Network
Association of Construction Inspectors
International Real Estate Institute
In a nutshell, Bill's programs are only as good as the persons he has hired over the years. The men and women state approved to teach deserve a great deal of the credit for Bill's success in this field. We have successfully trained over 10,000 persons in NYS to date and plan on our training programs to continue for many years to come. We meet the demand of the real estate community and are ready with innovative, career oriented programs for the adult professional who has a desire to learn.