Thanks. I do want to emphasize that I appreciate it when you guys respond and give your thoughts. I won't agree with everything and will voice opposition to a point when I think it's worth doing, but that doesn't denote a lack of appreciation. Just a different perspective.
I appreciate you reaching out to say that you understand where I'm coming from with this.
Speaking for myself, I do have pressures that force me to accept less than ideal signing fees. For instance, I'm legally obligated to maintain a certain income level in order to be the sponsor for my wife's green card. Taking excessively low signing fees would make that impossible, but taking signings that are just below the threshold of acceptability, provided they meet certain criteria (such as being within a certain distance/number of pages, with/without scan backs) becomes more a matter of necessity.
But this is also why I would like to find ways for us to unionize ourselves for the mutual benefit of creating a set of standards that put us on more of a level playing field with the other sides. It's a double-edged sword, to be certain, but doing so would ensure the income that a notary ought to be making, it would help enforce a greater degree of standardization for minimum skill level as an NSA (which would be good for the SSs, lenders, escrow and title offices, and the signers). Of course that would largely benefit notaries who work through SSs, but if this is the direction the industry is going in, then that's the goal we should be working towards. I may be wrong about that, but that's just what I see, so far.
I see this industry (and to be fair, my perspective is limited) as a sort of perpetual wild-west. Somewhat chaotic, but with infinite possibility. |
