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Early Life and Education
Anthony Avila was born and raised in Fremont, California. Avila attended the University of California Berkeley where he studied Economics.

Early Career
Tony’s experience in the housing sector began during the Savings and Loans crisis when he worked at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco overseeing troubled, government-controlled savings and loans. He joined Montgomery Securities in 1996, which became Banc of America Securities in 1998. While at Banc of America Securities, Tony was an advisor to the Pebble Beach Company, helping to bring the Pebble Beach Resorts back to U.S. ownership. In 1999, Tony represented The Irvine Company in its acquisition of Irvine Apartment Communities. In late 2001/early 2002, he advised D.R. Horton for the acquisition of Schuler Homes, the second largest homebuilding acquisition in the U.S. In 2002, Tony joined JMP Securities where he founded and lead the Homebuilding Investment Banking team for six years. Some notable transactions include advising Transeastern Properties on its sale to TOUSA in August 2005, advising Town and Country Homes on its sale to The Blackstone Group and K. Hovnanian Homes and advising on the formation of a $250 million joint venture between Metro Development and D.E. Shaw to acquire distressed land.

Builder Advisor Group
Tony is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Builder Advisor Group, a boutique investment banking firm that advises residential real estate and land development companies on financial transactions including capital raising, debt restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. Since its inception in 2008, Builder Advisor Group has completed more than 75 mergers and acquisitions as well as more than 70 debt and equity capital raises.

Encore Capital Management
Art Falcone and Anthony Avila started Encore Real Estate Funds in 2008–2009. Avila was a principal at JMP Securities who ran the investment banking platform for real estate. Since 1999, he was also the investment banker for Transeastern Properties, where he had worked on the sale of the Transeastern in 2005. Shortly thereafter, William Powers, a senior executive with PIMCO, joined Encore Capital Management.

Encore is a vertically integrated real estate developer, operator, and institutional investment management firm.

Encore currently operates three funds, Encore Housing Opportunity Fund I, Encore Housing Opportunity Fund II and Encore Housing Opportunity Fund III, and one private REIT, called Rescore. Encore is developing over 20,000 rental apartments, homes for sale, and residential lots with sell out revenue of approximately $4 billion. Encore assets under management are approximately $2 billion with investments across Florida, California, Texas, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Board Memberships
Tony is a board member of the Positive Coaching Alliance and a member of the Finance Advisory Board for the Sisters of the Holy Family

Ironman Competitions
Tony is an avid Ironman triathlete and has participated twice in the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Tony has also run the Boston, Big Sur, San Francisco, California International, Chicago, and New York Marathons