Welcome to the only premier organization in the global real estate community dedicated to your specialized field - Special Asset Management (SAM™). As an expert in this field, we look forward to providing you and your colleagues with the tools, training and best practices to reduce the stress of handling your REO workload.

Your membership application will secure free access to SAM Search™, our vendor management tool that includes direct contact information to real estate professionals nationwide ready to assist in the management, evaluation, acquisition and disposition of real property assets wherever they may be located. It can help maximize regulatory compliance and efficiency in handling your REO portfolio.

THERE IS NO COST TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO UTILIZE THE SAM Search™ VENDOR MANAGEMENT DATABASE. YOUR INFORMATION IS 100% SECURED AND CONFIDENTIAL AS EXPECTED BY FDIC INSTITUTIONS.

“We have an approved vendor list but I have found that Special Asset Management’s SAM Search™ can put me in touch with the professionals I need to get the job done competitively and to comply with regulations, especially in locations that would otherwise require my team to travel. Its one-stop capability is a resource that has de-stressed my life by making confidential and secure RFPs to qualified real estate vendors simple and cost-effective.”
~ Dan Sager, Vice President & Special Asset Manager, First Niagara Bank

WHY BANKERS ARE USING SAM

• Better able to control their investments and ensure a competitive “arms length” bid process.
• Assist in complying with FIRREA guidelines as well as banking laws both State and Federal.
• Experts hired through SAM may provide greater knowledge of the particular market/region.
• More accurately assess loan situations, award management and consulting contracts and/or begin the disposition process.
• Solutions are created and relationships between special asset management experts are forged.
• Continuing education, real-time data and benchmarking of best practices.