Posted by Loretta/Maryland on 8/22/04 9:52pm
Msg #6507

I love this site....

I have only been to this site a couple of times before this weekend. I have been chatting alot on sourceoftitle.com.
I really like this site alot. I get alot of insight about alot of companies and appreciate all of your input and all of the humor.
I have really been burned out lately. Between running an abstracting business in Maryland and doing signings for those title companies, I don't have time to breathe. I had to sit down this weekend and find out who owes me money. Sometimes, I get 2 or 3 months behind on my billing.
I feel alot better today.
Loretta

Reply by Dennis/TN on 8/23/04 8:05am
Msg #6515

Loretta,
Maybe this is not the proper place to ask this question, but I'm new and you listed this web site in your message (sourceoftitle), so what is an abstractor or what is the profession? If this not the proper place for this type of question I apologize and will keep my questions/remarks to the notary business, but you never know until you ask.
Thank you. Awaiting your reply.
Dennis/TN

Reply by mimi_NJ on 8/23/04 9:13am
Msg #6516

I would also like to know what an abstracting business is?

Reply by Margaret S. Craig on 8/23/04 9:58am
Msg #6520

You do title searches for title companies

Reply by Ali-IL on 8/23/04 10:29am
Msg #6521

Can title abstracting be done as an independant contractor? I have been thinking about doing that also.

Reply by Loretta/Maryland... on 8/23/04 4:32pm
Msg #6551

Re: I love this site....I don't know if you're ready 4 this.

Abstracting is one of the hardest businesses to get in and get good clients and pay on time, just like notaries. I subcontract for 40 title companies/attorneys. I worked as a paralegal for 2 years in Virginia and then went out on my own as an abstractor in Maryland (as to not compete with the attorney.
My husband and I cover 6 counties in Maryland. An attorney/title companies call me regarding an address of a person that would like to refinance. I check all judgments/open mortgages and taxes for that property and the people that own it. Then I go in and complete the process by closing the loan.
sourceoftitle.com is good for first timers trying to see what the business is all about. You can see my ad in Maryland in Worcester County under Prosperity Abstracting, LLC.
Take care. Got 2 closings in about an hour.
Loretta