Introduction

The Association of Online Appraisers (AOA) is a registered 501(c)(6) not-for-profit international association for personal property appraisers who are either offering traditional appraisal reports or who are involved in offering online written appraisal reports (either as individuals or via an appraisal management company) through the use of digital images and Internet online reporting.

Our Vision Statement

To empower the professional personal property appraisal community to best serve the public.

Our Mission Statement

To promote and encourage education, professionalism and ethical conduct among personal property appraisers.

Our Goals

The AOA believes that when done in a professional and conscientious manner, traditional appraisials 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.

• Focusing on developing the knowledge and professional development for traditional and online personal property appraisers, and for online appraisal management companies.
• Establishing standards of professional practice and a Code of Ethics for the provider of traditional and 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 appraisals, and by participating with The Appraisal Foundation and its Boards and Advisory Councils to further the profession.
• Publicizing Association standards and educating the public as to what constitutes professional appraisal reports.