Posted by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 12:09pm
Msg #217315
Just introducing
I'm a newbie here and just wanted to say 'hey.' Been reading tons of messages on the forum and checking out this web site. Went to chat live but found myself the only person in five chatrooms -- guess it's not a popular feature. lol
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Reply by OR on 10/19/07 12:12pm
Msg #217317
Re: you need to ask if any one wants to go live that is all. n/m
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Reply by MichiganAl on 10/19/07 12:16pm
Msg #217318
"Been reading tons of messages on the forum."
Congratulations, you passed your first test. You actually read first. We like you already.
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Reply by Yoli/CA on 10/19/07 12:19pm
Msg #217321
Welcome aboard, Elaine! n/m
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Reply by CJ on 10/19/07 12:47pm
Msg #217328
What did you learn from reading the forum? n/m
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Reply by CJ on 10/19/07 12:47pm
Msg #217329
What did you learn from reading the forum? n/m
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 12:58pm
Msg #217337
Re: What did you learn from reading the forum?
Too much to recall, but enough to question having gone through the NNA SA course, wonder whether or not I'll receive payment for the services I've already performed, realize it's par for the course to get documents in your inbox just before the scheduled appointment, know that I wasn't the only a one to get short-changed in this career field, and realize that I have a heck of a lot to learn . . . more reading, surfing, studying, marketing, and money spending are on my horizon!
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 12:50pm
Msg #217332
Thanks! I've never done these message boards before so it's all a learning process. Appreciate the warm welcomes. Until signing on here I've only been listed with the NNA. Apparently this site is pretty popular so I'm hoping being listed here will drum up a little more business. Anyone want to give me the skinny on whether or not I should pay to upgrade my membership here?
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Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/19/07 12:54pm
Msg #217333
You should absolutely be a premium member if you hope
to get business. The NNA site basically results in the really low paying SS. Notary Rotary is where I get most of my business. When I started a few years back I joined up with everyone who had a directory and Not Rot was the one I got the greatest share of business from so I dropped the others. Check the find a notary tab and see how much competition you have. As a basic member you are way down on the list as a Premier member you are positioned much higher. I hire people and I usually don't look much further than the first couple of names on a list. Good luck!
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 1:02pm
Msg #217339
Re: You should absolutely be a premium member if you hope
Thanks. I figured as much but wanted to check before cracking open the rapidly waning wallet again!
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Reply by Becca_FL on 10/19/07 1:02pm
Msg #217340
Search your zip code and you will find NO premier members
Since that is the case, it would definitely be worth it to be a premier member...you would be at the top of the heap.
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 1:08pm
Msg #217345
Re: Search your zip code and you will find NO premier members
I'm at the top now! thanks
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Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 10/19/07 1:12pm
Msg #217346
Welcome to the industry. Be careful what companies you sign up with. Look at how many closers they have in your area that will tell you how new they are. There's a lot of money being wasted out there signing up with closing agent websites. Good luck
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Reply by CJ on 10/19/07 1:31pm
Msg #217351
Since you read first . . .
Here are some tips:
1. Sign on the X (SOX), United Notaries, and Signtaures Plus have a real problem with paying. I won't work for them unless I am in the mood for freebies. But they need the influx of green newbies to stay in business.
2. Always make sure you have extra reams of paper and ink on hand so you don't run out during a rush email job after hours.
3. Engineers, Elementary School Teachers and English as a second language people are the BIG readers. They need at least 2 hours to get through a loan. When ever I try to hurry them, they just dig in their heels and take longer.
4. Try to get processors or loan offiers or SOMEONE's phone number when you go out to a job, becuase even though you are just there to witness signatures, they will ask you a bunch of questions.
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 1:36pm
Msg #217352
Re: Since you read first . . .
preciate the pointers -- already learned a couple of them the hard way though! baptism by fire seems to be the norm for me in anything i do. 
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Reply by Ndwa on 10/19/07 2:15pm
Msg #217356
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know
Did you know this forum have spelling/grammar police on duty?
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Reply by cassiewi on 10/19/07 2:19pm
Msg #217358
I think you meant
that this forum has spelling/grammar police on duty. LOL Just kidding....
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Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/19/07 2:26pm
Msg #217365
That's really funny Cassie, LOL n/m
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Reply by cassiewi on 10/19/07 2:27pm
Msg #217369
Thank you, I try! And I've made mistakes too! n/m
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 2:19pm
Msg #217359
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know
nope -- but the gramer/splellin po-p0 wood hav 2 fined me first! Actually, I'm a journalist by profession and just get lazy from time to time. I'll try to behave myself from now on.
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Reply by Phillip/TX on 10/19/07 2:20pm
Msg #217360
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know
Elaine, there are not many on here that have not made a typo at one time or another, so please do not let them say otherwise!
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 10/19/07 2:22pm
Msg #217362
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know Phillip
We don't make typos! Our keyboards just have a mind of their own sometimes and refuse to output what we input
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Reply by Phillip/TX on 10/19/07 2:26pm
Msg #217366
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know Phillip
Oh okay... mind over fingers is that it??? or is it fingers over mind????
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Reply by Barb/MO on 10/19/07 2:37pm
Msg #217371
No topys here ;-) n/m
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Reply by Elaine Sedlock on 10/19/07 2:25pm
Msg #217364
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know
Thanks Phillip -- it's such a cold cruel world out there!
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Reply by Phillip/TX on 10/19/07 2:26pm
Msg #217367
Re: Since you read first . . .Did you know
You betcha!!!! Glad I could help.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 10/19/07 3:04pm
Msg #217375
Re: Before "Doc" gets it in:)
"it's such a cold cruel world out there!"
COLD CRUEL WORLD - The Warren Bros.
A high school girl in Southern California
Loses her life working in a fast food restaurant
And all the store lost was a hundred dollars
Sha la la la la la
While a six-year-old in Cleveland
ides his bike without training wheels, sis two front teeth missing
Smiles all the way to show his mother at the soccer field
Sha la la la la la
Under the very same sky
At the very same time
Somebody's laughing
Somebody's crying
Somebody's living
And somebody's dying
I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl
It's a beautiful day
In the cold cruel world
A young mother in Dallas, Texas who doesn't have long to live
Makes a video for each of her children's 16th birthday
It's the present that she'll give
Sha la la la la la
While a couple in Davidson County after a bitter separation
Reconcile and renew their vows in front of the church's congregation
Sha la la la la la
Under the very same sky
At the very same time
Well somebody's laughing
Somebody's crying
Somebody's living
And somebody's dying
I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl
It's a beautiful day
Tomorrow Wall Street's gonna rise or it will fall
The earth will keep on spinning 'round like some big old crystal ball
And we keep pretending like we really understand
While the children's choir keeps singing
"He's got the whole world in His hands"
Under the very same sky
At the very same time
Well somebody's laughing
Somebody's crying
Somebody's living
And somebody's dying
I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl
It's a beautiful day
In the cold cruel world
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a beautiful day
Yeah, yeah
It's a beautiful day
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a beuatiful day
In the cold cruel world
It's a beautiful day
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Reply by CaliNotary on 10/19/07 6:09pm
Msg #217431
Ain't it amazing?
There are weekly messages on this board telling us how horrible we are to new people, yet as far as I can tell everyone has been as nice as can be to Elaine. I wonder what it was that made everyone act so differently in this situation? Did we all get laid last night? I guess it's a mystery that'll never ever be solved.
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 10/19/07 6:16pm
Msg #217434
Re: Ain't it amazing?
Maybe it was the way Elaine introduced herself?
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Reply by CaliNotary on 10/19/07 6:21pm
Msg #217440
Re: Ain't it amazing?
Nah, that couldn't be it
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Reply by Loretta Reed on 10/19/07 8:56pm
Msg #217462
Re: Ain't it amazing?....As a matter of fact Cali.....
I did yesterday and I have not posted yet.............. So.........Welcome Elaine!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(My husband threw his back out over a week ago so I got some relief yesterday)
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Reply by Sylvia_FL on 10/19/07 9:42pm
Msg #217472
Re: Ain't it amazing?....As a matter of fact Cali.....
"(My husband threw his back out over a week ago so I got some relief yesterday)"
I am not gonna touch that one! No SireeBob!!! LOL
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Reply by Ernest__CT on 10/19/07 9:03pm
Msg #217464
Welcome, Elaine! You've made a GREAT start! n/m
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