Posted by Elizabeth Soliday on 12/4/06 8:29pm
Msg #163855

Newbie tips from a semi-newbie

Just a couple tips/pet peeves to share today.

Look through the first document package before you print the second set. Some companies (Notary Pro?) put a customer copy in with the package. - You will be mad at yourself after you print the second one then realize

Read the latest email from your signing service or title co. before printing all the documents (then possibly realizing there has been a cancellation/change)

Hope this saves someone some heartache.

Reply by VickiWA on 12/4/06 10:02pm
Msg #163865

Thanks for the tip. Just wondering when a newbie becomes a semi-newbie? I would like to know when I graduate

Reply by closerchris on 12/4/06 11:03pm
Msg #163876

What's a nubian? :)

Really, though.... Working directly for a title company, I closed loans all the time, that was one of my core duties. I contracted and interacted with independent notaries all the time. I developed an opinion of what I was looking for in an independent NSA, and took that with me when I left. While I still consider myself a newbie as in I've only been working for myself for three months, I've been closing loans for years.

Is a newbie somebody who doesn't know how to explain the APR on a TIL or are they somebody who agrees to close a loan with SOX? Are you a newbie if you know where to go to look for the answers instead of asking them?


Oh, and bonus points if you pick up the obscure reference in the subject line lol

And, yes, this is all just IMHO and I'm not taking a shot at anybody. I'm just throwing it out there just because, I'm not looking for validation, its just something to think about.

Reply by Joan Bergstrom on 12/5/06 1:40am
Msg #163883

I haven't worked for Notary Pro but World Savings also includes both copies in one email.

World Savings is a great company to work for but they do their Deed of Trust (CA) Acknowledgement different than most companies because they require a loose Ack certificate to be attached to the Deed of Trust.

Reply by Hassan Pater-rov on 12/5/06 2:19am
Msg #163887

I just did a World Savings. You are right. DOT needs only a loose acknowlgement. I was wondering why there was not an AKA name and signature certificate.

Reply by hcampersFL on 12/5/06 6:30am
Msg #163895

I would say Elizabeth that is a great reminder. While looking over the first set of printed docs (when you have time) check for other things that you will need. Extra copies of RTC, will they need copies of more than 1 id, are there more than 1 BR. These are things you need to know before you arrive at your appointment.
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