Posted by tony on 8/25/04 10:14pm
Msg #6710

i need help

need help on deciding to do notary full time and leave my job

Reply by Loretta/Maryland on 8/25/04 10:15pm
Msg #6712

Read my message below......thanks

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/25/04 10:16pm
Msg #6713

Sorry Tony, that is a decision only you can make.

Reply by tony on 8/25/04 10:19pm
Msg #6715

do you have a full time job

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 8/26/04 1:11am
Msg #6727

This is a full time job for me, but I have been doing it for 4 years now, and it took me a while to build up the business. But I don't have to work, so if I got out of this business tomorrow it wouldn't hurt me too much. Would have to cut down on luxuries that is all.
My husband works full time now and makes enough to pay the bills and put food on the table.
(I did have to make the bill payments and put food on the table for quite a while though, but now he is able to work full time again - He had several hospitalizations for his heart, and had to quit work for a while - , there is no pressure on me to make the money)

Reply by tony on 8/25/04 10:19pm
Msg #6716

do you have a full time job

Reply by Loretta/Maryland on 8/25/04 10:21pm
Msg #6717

I have an abstracting company during the day and conduct closings in the evenings.

Reply by Kelly on 9/2/04 1:25pm
Msg #7208

abstracting company

I am interested in doing abstracting or something else I can do from home. Any info you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I am in West Virginia.

My email is [e-mail address]

Reply by Tess/ME on 8/26/04 4:23pm
Msg #6758

Re: i need help - Yes Tony, you do

Reply by TD/Calif on 8/25/04 10:26pm
Msg #6719

You may want to try it on a part-time basis and check out the income figures to make your choice. I have a full time job and have been a notary for almost one year on a part-time basis, and I know I am not ready to make that move. Good luck!

Reply by Happy in Fl on 8/26/04 3:50am
Msg #6735

Re: i need help -Be careful!

If you go into this business "Half- Cocked" so to speak- You can be "Kicked by a Mule" so hard- and so fast- it"ll send you into the next county. This is not a "Get Rich Quick Scheme". There is no "Pot of Gold at the End of The Rainbow" without Hard Work! Like the Previous Posters have said- (and All the previous threads the last couple of years have indicated-) with the Miriad Number of "Questions- Answers- and Input-" you better "Know your Stuff"- especially the Notary Rules of your State- and the Generic Knowledge of it all. - before"Going for Broke". (You may just end up that way- unless you have some alternate source of income.) Really- I'm not trying to dampen your spirit- but" Look Before You Leap"- if you are in a desperate situation - and have to survive- and there are not many other avenues of income to explore-while your starting out- then perhaps it can be done. It's like learning to swim the hard way- instead of in the shallow end of the pool- or beach- someone throws you off the dock- or boat- and tells you- "Okay- Now Swim"! Then it"s "Sink or Swim"-literally. LOL.!