Posted by SarahBeth_CA on 5/18/05 5:20pm
Msg #38798

To Register or Not To Register

In the never ending circle of marketing here's what happened today. I e-mailed a ss for registration information. They sent it. As I'm reading through it I saw that the fee for 1 loan package was $50, edocs $25. You know if they offered that for a HELOC that was within 5 minutes from home sure I'd take it. But no way would I take $75 for a refi of 120 pages 15 miles away. So at this point the registration pack is just gonna sit there.

Reply by missy_socal on 5/18/05 5:23pm
Msg #38800

My thoughts on this tend to be... I would go ahead and register with the company. If and when they call, you can always state what *your* fee for that particular signing.

Reply by Joseph_CA on 5/18/05 5:32pm
Msg #38803

Is it slow in Riverside too Melisa?

Reply by missy_socal on 5/18/05 5:36pm
Msg #38806

Well, 'slow' is kind of relative. :-)

I've been a little busier than usual. I've just recently started doing edocs, so I've been getting more calls. I was hoping to start out my big edoc career with some easy HELOC's, but these have all been monster refi packages.

Are you in Riverside, also?

Reply by Joseph_CA on 5/18/05 5:40pm
Msg #38808

Yes in Riverside Co But I dont cover your city though

Reply by missy_socal on 5/18/05 5:47pm
Msg #38810

Joseph,

Do you speak Spanish, by any chance? I've been getting a few calls lately for a Spanish speaking notary, and I would love to be able to refer them.

Thanks,

Melissa

Reply by Joseph_CA on 5/18/05 5:49pm
Msg #38811

Yes I do! Can I call you ? Or just e mail me at [e-mail address]

Reply by missy_socal on 5/18/05 5:55pm
Msg #38812

I've sent you an email n/m

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 5/19/05 11:40am
Msg #38990

hey Joseph and Missy I lived in Riverside for over 20 years. We moved to the High Desert a year ago. I checked realtor.com out of curiosity to see how the prices had gone up and just about puked. There was a house on our street on the other side of the park in the older phase of homes going for $420,000.

Reply by missymrtn_socal on 5/19/05 12:01pm
Msg #38999

home prices

Yes...it's pretty much insane out here now. Thankfully, we moved out here about 2 1/2 years ago.
The bright side of all this growth is that Riverside County is finally getting some decent shops and restaurants. When we moved here from South OC, I couldn't even find a Starbucks! I had to drive to Brea or back to South Coast to hit a Pottery Barn. Talk about deprivation! ;-)

I heard that high desert prices have been skyrocketing, also. It used to be one of the last affordable places to buy a home in So Cal...not so, anymore?

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 5/19/05 12:10pm
Msg #39002

Re: home prices

Starbucks, right across the street from the Galleria (or the Tyler Mall as us oldies would call it). What I miss is Don Jose's. Yes if we wanted to sell right now we could get double what we paid. I glad we didn't wait to buy because in the first 4 months it went up enough to price us out of being able to buy. That and rents out here are insane, nieghbors were paying almost $300 more a month in rent than our house payment and they had 1 less bedroom than us.

Reply by Stephanie_CA on 5/19/05 4:25pm
Msg #39069

Re: To Register or Not To Register...This is great!n/m

Reply by CaliNotary on 5/18/05 5:36pm
Msg #38807

While it can't hurt to register with the company, the odds of a $50 company agreeing to pay more than that are pretty slim. With so many signing services out there, why waste time signing up with the ones that you're probably never going to accept work from?

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/18/05 6:01pm
Msg #38813

You can always cross out their fees and subsititute yours, that way if they call you, they know what your fees are.

Reply by Victoria/FL on 5/18/05 6:16pm
Msg #38814

I guess it depends on how big the registration package is. I've had discussions with companies that list $50 as their 1 loan package fee and advised them that the fee was too low. They responded to please register, that I can always negotiate the fee when they call. If the registration package is easy to fill out, go ahead and send in. If it's large, then don't.

PS: Of course, I haven't had any luck negotiating "up" with a $50 SS!!

Reply by Luis on 5/18/05 6:34pm
Msg #38817


yeah! you turned down a $50 signing appt. well just to inform you that when you turn those $50 down the signing service that called you will inform other signing services not to use you ever again. so yeah $50 dollars sucks but sometimes you have to eat your pride in order to get some more work. all the signing companys use the same websites to find there notary's and they talk too. just an FYI.

Reply by Mario on 5/18/05 6:47pm
Msg #38822

I don't think signing companies go out of their way to let other signing companies know about notaries that turn down $50 signings.

Reply by Luis on 5/18/05 6:56pm
Msg #38826

trust me they do!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/18/05 11:34pm
Msg #38926

" trust me they do! "


Trust me, they don't!

Luis, you are so full of it!
I used to, at one time, accept signings from the company you work for, as long as it was in my immediate area - FASS would not approve more than $50 - although they did when they were desperate! - so I stayed in my own immediate area.
Then I read where they started "hand holding" so I turned down all other signings from them.

If they paid more than the measly $50 they would be able to get more experienced notaries and cut out the hand holding!

Reply by LawrenceOK on 5/19/05 8:57am
Msg #38968

Then they are black listing and that is illegal.

Reply by Jon on 5/19/05 11:03am
Msg #38984

Luis,

A wise man once said,

"It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Sadly, it is obviously to late for you, but you may want to pass the wisdom on to your friends.

Reply by PA Notary II on 5/18/05 6:56pm
Msg #38827

LUIS: Give it up, already. If you want peon wages....go get'em. We understand!! HONEST !!

Reply by Luis on 5/18/05 7:00pm
Msg #38829

ok but when your waitting for those signing companies to call you and give you your fee that you desire just remember i'll be working.

Reply by Victoria/FL on 5/18/05 7:04pm
Msg #38833

Yeah - working for minimum wage. Go for it! We're all very happy for you.

Reply by CaliNotary on 5/18/05 8:17pm
Msg #38870

Why do so many people assume that those of us who ask for higher fees are just sitting and waiting for the phone to ring? I've made over $3300 this month already by doing a total of 37 signings and have greatly enjoyed the large amounts of free time I've had. I suppose I could have tried to double my workload and make the same amount of money by accepting a bunch of $50 signings, but I kinda prefer my way thankyouverymuch.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/18/05 11:30pm
Msg #38925

Re: To Register or Not To Register - Calinotary

Yes, I prefer that way too I believe in working smarter not harder!

I make more money for less work, and I am deliriously happy!

Reply by patricia on 5/18/05 10:54pm
Msg #38919

I have made over $3700. so far this month. I do 2 to 4 signings per day 5 or 6 days per week and yes I did do one $50.00 signing. the rest paid much more.

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 5/19/05 11:50am
Msg #38992

Oh here's the icing on the cake of marketing I called a different ss yesterday who told me that they wont hire anyone until they have well over 50 signings under thier belt or a years experience. And guess what thier base fee was once you had enough experience to work for them, $50. I just want to get my 50 signings in so I can start marketing to title co's and lenders directly. $50 is barely enough to get a new notary out the door considering the prep time you take being new. I fought the urge to laugh at her and tell her what a rip it was. I just said "thank you and have a nice day".

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 5/19/05 11:52am
Msg #38993

The registration package is 25 pages long with around 10 to fax in. It's still in my e-mail collecting cyber-dust. So on to the next one.