Seattle Real Estate Groups, Committees, and Certificates

[Salvador Diaz]

Hello All,

My name is Salvador Diaz and I am a new Realtor in Seattle. I have only been doing this for about 4 months now and I want to continue my education not only on the real estate but become ingrained into the Seattle market. I want to know if there are any groups, committees or anything of that nature that I can join. The groups I am looking for are something like the Seattle housing council, The Washington State housing commission (Things like that). I don't mind volunteering, I just want to indulge myself to learn as much as possible.

Secondly, I want to know if there are any extra certificate I can get while I am a real estate agent I plan on doing the Realtor certifications, but are they any others? 

Any and all information would help and is appreciated! Stay safe!