Affiliations

Assiter & Associates is a member of and affiliated with numerous national, state, and local auctioneer and real estate associations. These associations are result oriented and provide for us the opportunity and vast resources to best serve you. They each carry their own codes of ethics in which we abide by to protect you, the client. Through these affiliations our associates have completed numerous educational seminars, continuing education classes, and testing to acquire professional designations and required licensing. Please feel free to explore these organizations and state regulation departments.

Tom "Spanky" Assiter, CAI is a member of the following:

The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) is a dynamic, harmonious, pro-active trade association for professional auctioneers across America and Canada. The NAA provides progressive leadership and education for the membership, industry, and consumer. The goals and objectives are: to provide educational advancement for its members, to educate consumers and governmental agencies on the benefits of the auction method of marketing, promote professionalism and ethical behavior among auctioneers, to promote programs that increase membership participation and growth, to influence legislation, and to compile and disseminate industry data.

The Texas Auctioneers Association (TAA) is a statewide organization of individuals and companies who are involved in the Auction Industry. TAA was organized in 1956 to support, maintain and improve the auction profession, advance public knowledge of the auction profession, promote high standards of ethical conduct in the auction profession, provide for civic and community service, and foster development of friendships and networking opportunities. Auction Marketing Institute, Inc.

(AMI) is an education association offering three designations for auction professionals--Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI), Accredited Auctioneer Real Estate (AARE), and Graduate Personal Property Appraiser (GPPA). AMI is the educational arm of the National Auctioneers Association.

The CAI designation, Certified Auctioneers Institute, is the highest designation awarded in the auction industry. It is a three-part executive development program designed for decision-makers in auction firms and is held each spring at Indiana University in Bloomington. Course content includes such topics as marketing your auction firm for increased profits, understanding accounting, legal and financial principles that auctioneers need to succeed, developing communications skills, and learning the most effective methods of selling real estate and personal property at auction.

A REALTOR is a licensed real estate broker or sales person who is a member of the local Board of REALTORS. He or she subscribes to a strict code of ethics that pledges fair treatment of buyers and sellers. He or she is knowledgeable about the real estate industry and works to protect the rights of property owners. REALTOR is a registered trademark of the National Association of REALTORS. The National Association of REALTORS is the largest trade association in America.