Posted by Tamara upton on 1/26/06 10:05pm
Msg #91562

what is the best way to get started

Help, i just got my commision and became a signing agent in world wind time. Its all so new and so much info. Anyone have any pointers on how to get it all together so i really know what im doing, and what is the best way to get started? Should I jump right in or test out the water first? I would be thankful for any suggestions............

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 1/26/06 10:31pm
Msg #91568

use the orange search button. There is tons of information already posted on this topic. Just read, read, read...

PS. Did the NNA get you too?

Reply by Anonymous on 1/27/06 12:14pm
Msg #91790

Thank you for being so kind, this is a new sight for me. I appriciated your help.

Reply by Becca_FL on 1/26/06 10:47pm
Msg #91575

>>>Should I jump right in or test out the water first?<<<

Sure, jump on in. Why not? Seems to be the thing to do now days.

>>>i just got my commision and became a signing agent in world wind time.<<<

Hurry, join the millions making millions and do it without any knowledge of the industry.

I think tomorrow, I'll become a doctor. Oh yeah, I need to study for that and commit to learning my field. Darn.

Reply by NM_CO on 1/26/06 10:48pm
Msg #91577

And on top of what Becca just said, please make sure you know what a county is before accepting a job. Thanks.

Reply by gobiz23 on 1/26/06 10:50pm
Msg #91578

No need to be so rude. It was a valid question. Even you were new at one time.

Reply by Roger_OH on 1/26/06 11:15pm
Msg #91591

Read message # 76283 for some ways to understand this board and its responses.

Reply by Anonymous on 1/27/06 11:59am
Msg #91778

Thank You

Reply by CaliNotary on 1/27/06 12:00am
Msg #91610

Ahhhh, now I understand your other response.

You do realize that this particular thread is the THIRD one of it's kind that was posted TODAY? And that it is posted on here pretty much every day? And that when these people post this question, there is a message on the screen that tells them that this question is asked over and over again and their answer is already on the board 10,000 times over?

Exactly how many times do we have to endure the same question by people who are too lazy to even scroll down the page, let alone read the board, before we can be less than welcoming with open arms? Luckily it's not for you to decide, because it's been asked several hundred times since I reached my limit.

I personally think that everybody on this board should just start ignoring this question when it's asked. No "welcome to the board", no "read message 33235", no bitchy remarks. Just let em hang dead in the air and force these people to find the answers on their own. They're all right here for the taking if they're willing to put just a teensy bit of thought and/or effort into it.

Reply by Anonymous on 1/27/06 7:31am
Msg #91652

......And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...

Good grief!

Reply by CarolynCO on 1/27/06 8:16am
Msg #91678

Re: Ahh, Cali has a groupie. nm

Reply by Anonymous on 1/27/06 12:05pm
Msg #91785

We are not LAZY as you called us people or we would not be on here trying to get info. It's People like you who seem to think you own this board and are above everyone else.....Every class i took told us to come and get some info. from this place.. That the people on here were full of info. to share and could give us good advice. Some are. But reading alot of these post I seems that this is a place for people like you to vent.....your rude opinions......Keep them to yo9ur self and if you are tired of the question dont respond............

Reply by CaliNotary on 1/27/06 2:11pm
Msg #91824

".Keep them to yo9ur self and if you are tired of the question dont respond............"

Now you know that isn't going to happen. Any other suggestions?

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/27/06 12:16pm
Msg #91792

CaliNotary...best way to get started...query

I read all the archives of GMN and NR for a month before posting...did google after google...what did you do?

Reply by Dorothy_MI on 1/27/06 12:21pm
Msg #91798

Paying customers??

Are you complainers that want information spoon fed to you financial supporters of this board? Need I say anything more?

Reply by CarolynCO on 1/27/06 12:26pm
Msg #91801

Re: Dorothy

Isn't that usually the case -- if someone is getting something for free, they complain the loudest.

Reply by CaliNotary on 1/27/06 2:21pm
Msg #91828

Re: CaliNotary...best way to get started...query

I knew somebody in the biz, so I got personal training. I dont' even remember how I discovered this board, but I had already made the effort to learn the very basics of the job before I started posting here.

Reply by CarolynCO on 1/27/06 8:14am
Msg #91677

Re: gobiz - how long ago did the NNA sucker you in? nm

Reply by Anonymous on 1/27/06 11:58am
Msg #91777

Thank You

Reply by Tamara upton on 1/27/06 12:12pm
Msg #91788

Are you always this rude? I was told to come and get information from this sight. Dont you remember the saying "if yu dont have anything nice to say dont say nothing at all?" I sure YOU new it all when you started ........Miss Perfect.....What are you affraid of us newbies taken you work? Guess what? You dont seem that bright from your coments, so im sure it wont be hard.....We will get the info we need, we are just trying to get it from valid places, and when we do look out.......

Reply by CarolynCO on 1/27/06 12:18pm
Msg #91793

I'll GLADLY let you have the $35, $40 and $50 signings that are offered to me -- and then I'll be happy to take my full fee from the company when I have to go out and clean em up --

and if you are referring to Becca as not being that bright, you definitely need to come off your pedestal, eat a little crow and be amazed at how much you could actually learn from her experience.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/27/06 5:54pm
Msg #91892

You were either misled or missed something.

"I was told to come and get information from this sight [sic]".

Someone either misled you or you misunderstood or maybe you just missed part of the message. If you were misled, I'm sorry, but it's not our fault. This board is NOT meant to be an unpaid hotline or a free continuation course, although if used properly, it can serve as such. At the top of the page I see as I'm typing this, under the Notary Rotary trademark, it says: "The Premier Web Site for Professional Notaries". And it used to be that. People exchanged information about bad companies, unusual experiences, technical problems, etc. Those message are still here but are getting lost in all the complaining and chatter.

I think of a "professional" in any line of work as someone who is beyond the apprentice stage and has at least mastered the basics of their field. But perhaps because of ignorance or laziness on the part of some teachers (or selective listening on the part of some students...), more and more people are coming here with an expectation that this will be their short-cut continuing education program. Keep in mind that you paid for your training class and the teacher was being paid to answer your questions while you were in class. Well, you're out in the real world now, and it's time to earn your stripes. And no one here owes you anything and they have nothing to gain by helping you.

Many new SAs have come here with the right attitude and have been welcomed and treated with respect [well, at least as much as anyone else here ever is...;>)]. They've shown a willingness to make the effort on their own to learn and find the answers they're looking for and if unsuccessful, have requested help in a way that doesn't imply entitlement. And they will usually get it in abundance.

And yes, when we help someone, it might mean a loss of business for us or someone else down the road (although it might be business we wouldn't want anyway...) For the most part, the people whose advice you really want - those who are the most successful - won't be affected at all, because their clients know that they know what they are doing and can depend on them to provide the kind of service they expect. So how has your message motivated those people to give you their hard-earned knowledge?

I encourage you to get your information from "valid places". That's the whole point most of the above posters were trying to make. Don't expect it to be served up to you on a silver platter, but it's all here for the searching! However, one bit of free advice: a lot of what you might read here is the blind leading the blind. There is lots of bad information given, so be careful whose advice you follow. If you read enough, you will be able to figure out which posters to listen to and which to ignore - or to double check!

Reply by Dorothy_MI on 1/27/06 7:22pm
Msg #91905

AMEN!!! - nm

Reply by Dorothy_MI on 1/27/06 11:43am
Msg #91773

Primer - Messages 33325 and 76283

First read these two threads. Then you will understand some of the responses you have garnered.