Earlier this week, Solidifi and Kirchmeyer Associates announced a deal that brought the two companies together, working under the Solidifi name, and quickly bumped the company to the third largest independent provider of residential real estate appraisals in the United States. And with that big transaction came big questions: What does this mean for appraisers and current lender clients? What did this deal mean to the Kirchmeyer brand? And what’s next for the new big dog in town? Valuation Review sat down with Solidifi’s Chief Valuations Officer Andrew Bough and James Kirchmeyer, chief executive officer of Kirchmeyer and Associates, to talk transitions, technology and the future of the company.