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Introduction
 The Association
of Online Appraisers (AOA) is
an IRS-recognized and registered 501(c)(6)
not-for-profit
international association for all personal
property
appraisers whether offering
traditional appraisal services or
appraisals via the Internet.
The AOA offers the option of belonging to a high-quality, professional
appraisal society offering ethical
and performance
standards as well as opportunities
to earn Accredited Member or Certified
Member credentials for the low-cost of $60 per year.
Our
Vision Statement
To
empower the professional personal property
appraisal community to best serve the
public.
Our
Mission Statement
To
promote and encourage education, professional
appraisal performance and ethical conduct
among personal property
appraisers.
Our
Goals
The AOA believes
that when done in a professional and
conscientious manner, traditional appraisals
as well as online appraisal reports help
serve the public. For this reason, the AOA's
goals are:
- To
help member appraisers become more
knowledgeable and skilled — both to
improve their marketability and to
improve the effectiveness of the services
they offer to the public.
- To
encourage sound professional practices
among members.
- To
increase public awareness of what constitutes
good appraisal practice.
- To
establish standards by which the public
can gauge the professionalism of appraisal
services and the adequacy of the appraisal
work product.
The AOA accomplishes
these goals by:
- Focusing
on developing the knowledge base and
standards of practice for traditional
and online personal
property
appraisers as well as for online appraisal
management companies.
- Establishing
standards of professional practice
and a Code of Ethics for the provider
of traditional and/or online appraisal
reports.
- Adopting
the Uniform Standard of Professional
Appraisal Practice (USPAP) as promulgated
by The
Appraisal Foundation of Washington,
DC as a standard for those offering
appraisal services.
- Publicizing
Association standards and educating
the public as to what constitutes professional
appraisal practice.
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