| Membership
Membership
in the Association
of Online Appraisers is
open to  individuals
as well as to organizations. The cost
is $60 per year. One
may join the AOA as either a Candidate Member
(one with less than two years experience), Regular Member
(one with two years experience and who
does appraisals), or as a Sponsoring Member
(one who supports the AOA precepts
but does not do appraisals.)
Candidate
Members may only be individuals — not
organizations. Candidate Members are
beginners who do not yet have two years
of appraisal experience (or market-related
experience) within their anticipated
area of specialization. There are no
prerequisites to becoming a Candidate
Member other than providing
three personal references and to pay
dues. Candidate Members may apply for
Regular Member
status once they
have satisfied the requirement for
two years of appraisal or market-related
experience. Candidate Members may make
use of AOA association logos which
must be linked to http://www.aoaonline.org
if used on the Internet. Candidate
Members are not entitled to use the
AOA membership logos nor are they entitled
to use any AOA-related designation
acronym after their name.
Regular
Members may only be individuals — not
organizations. Prerequisites to becoming
a Regular Member include:
- Define
area(s) of specialization
- Have
a minimum of two years of appraisal
experience (or market-related experience)
within the area of specialization
- Provide
three personal references
- Provide
curriculum vitae, résumé, or professional
profile
- Agree
to abide by the AOA Code of Ethics
- Agree
to prepare online appraisal reports
in accordance with the AOA Appraisal
Report Writing Standard and with The
Appraisal Foundation's Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice (USPAP)
- Pay
dues
Regular
Members may make use of both the AOA
association
logos (which must be linked to http://www.aoaonline.org
if used on the Internet) as well as the
AOA
membership
logos. Regular Members who have earned
the Accredited Member designation
are entitled to use the designation
acronym
AOA AM after
their name. If the Certified Member designation
has been earned, the Regular Members
is entitled to use the AOA CM after their
name.
Sponsoring Members may
be either individuals or organizations.
Sponsoring Members support the Appraisal
Report Writing Standards of the AOA as
well as the AOA's Code of Ethics. There
are no prerequisites for those joining
as a Sponsoring Members other than paying dues. |
