Posted by Chantel on 2/26/04 9:34am
Msg #1039

More information please....

Hello all!

I just joined this group and was hoping some of you seasoned
professionals could answer some questions for me. I have been
researching notary signing as a possible part time income and have a
ton of questions. First let me state I am a commissioned notary in
Nevada; however, I haven't made use of my commission for the last
2.5 years and really only ever used it in-house at a construction
business notarizing contracts. So literally I have notarized like 5
signatures over and over again. Anyway, I was chatting with a gal on another message board that stated she was a mobile notary signing agent and had been for the past eight months. I inquired as to what a signing
agent was and how she was trained. She explained briefly and stated
she was trained through nationalnotary.com. I am actually surprised
that there is a market for this as I always thought title companies
had in-house notaries and that the loan documents were signed and
notarized there. Goes to show what I know.

So this leads to my questions, first what kinds of companies hire
mobile notaries for loan signings? Are these like ditech or the
other various brokers that allow application on-line? Second, I have
been reading further on nationnotary.com and finding some of the more
seasoned signing agents are opposed to the way they train newbies, so
I am curious if there is a better resource for being trained
appropriately. Also, I think it is signingagents.com indicates
membership includes access to a mentor in your state. Could anyone
give me more info on this company and if their program/membership is
worthwhile. They indicate they have training available but don't go into much detail. Also, for those of you that are signing agents in Nevada, particularly Las Vegas, how is the market?

Thanks in advance. I look forward to any advice you can give.

Chantel