Posted by Anonymous on 6/7/06 2:13pm
Msg #124569

New Signing Agent

Hi, I am a new signing agent. I need to get more business. I really don't feel like taking the time to do research and market myself so I NEED everyone here to send me your entire list of contacts, as well as ideas on marketing, plus tell me everything I need to do in order to make the $100K a year I was promised.

Don't hold out on me... I know you got into the business the hard way by educating yourself, but I am too lazy for that so I demand that you do all the work for me. RIGHT NOW!

---POSTED ANONYMOUSLY FOR THE HUMOR EFFECT----
---THIS POST IS ALL IN GOOD FUN---

Jersey_Boy

Reply by Korey Humphreys on 6/7/06 2:29pm
Msg #124578

I'm new too! I just got my commission....

I have few questions tho. What is a notary public exactly? What do you guys mean by using the word "signing".


Through my edumaction I know that we don't need to check ID's. But do you think that would be a wise idear? I think its in our best intests to check ids. This is my advise to yuo all.

Reply by Paul Robinson on 6/7/06 8:31pm
Msg #124667

Re: I'm new too! I just got my commission....

>I have few questions tho. What is a notary public exactly?

A notary public is an individual who has been given permission by the government to authenticate signatures and take oaths. A notary is licensed by the state. The license procedure requires you submit an application and pay a fee. Most likely you have to be of good character and a resident of the state where you apply, or, work in that state. Note that the U.S. Supreme Court in _Bernal v. Fainter_ ruled a notary does not have to be a U.S. Citizen. In some states you have to take a test.

>What do you guys mean by using the word "signing".

Usually it means going to someone's residence or business and taking their signatures on the paperwork for a refinance of a mortgage or a trust deed. It could conceivably mean the signing of any document which requires a notary's countersignature but I've usually only heard the term applied to mortgage/trust deed signing.

Paul Robinson <[e-mail address]>
"A computer programmer and Notary Public
in and for the Commonwealth of Virginia, at large."

Reply by Paul Robinson on 6/7/06 8:39pm
Msg #124668

Re: I'm new too! I just got my commission....

>Through my edumaction I know that we don't need to check ID's.

I hope you're kidding. One of the requirements for authenticating someone's signature is that you *must* check ID unless the person is known to you personally. Some states allow you to authenticate someone based upon the statement of someone else, but unless your state allows this you have to get ID from them. Your commission could be revoked and you could be held liable if you do not get ID.

Now, in some cases it is permissible for someone to take an oath without authenticating as to their identity. It depends on the state, but, where someone is authenticating their signature you must have "satisfactory evidence" of their identity or know them personally.

> But do you think that would be a wise idear? I think its in our best intests to check ids.
> This is my advise to yuo all.

What state are you from? I was unaware of any state that allows someone to authenticate a signature without ID from them if you don't know them personally.

Paul Robinson <[e-mail address]>
"A computer programmer and Notary Public
in and for the Commonwealth of Virginia, at large."

Reply by Korey Humphreys on 6/7/06 10:24pm
Msg #124683

PAUL ---- LMAO ---- :-) ----- ...

Paul I was only kidding! LMAO :-) If you re-read everything from start to finish you'll notice the sarcasim. Of course I know what a notary public is!! LMAO

Oh God!! I hope you're kidding!! You made my night guy!! Goodnight!

Reply by Korey Humphreys on 6/7/06 10:25pm
Msg #124684

Thanks anyway Paul!!!!!!!!!!! :-) n/m

Reply by NCLisa on 6/7/06 2:32pm
Msg #124580

Well there are several "Do Not Pay" lists and "No No" lists out there. Really, the companies do pay and the companies are all great. We just don't want new notaries to see the lists and start taking our business away! So find those lists, and you'll get yourself a lot of really good business. Happy to be of help!!

**hope all can sense the humor and sarcasm in this post**

Reply by cyndi_ca on 6/7/06 3:20pm
Msg #124592

Start with SOX!!! n/m

Reply by Brenda/CA on 6/7/06 3:22pm
Msg #124594

Re: I have a great list to contribute!

Free for the asking! SOX is number one on that list!

Reply by Marilu Perez on 6/7/06 4:47pm
Msg #124607

Re: Start with SOX!!!

What's up with Sox? I did a signing for them in April and I have not received payment. This was my first time signing with Sox. Has everybody experienced the same problems with Sox and should I stop calling then for payment and never work with Sox again?

Reply by CaliNotary on 6/7/06 5:17pm
Msg #124623

Re: Start with SOX!!!

Of course you should stop calling them for payment. Then the next time they call you can accept the signing, post a message on here asking if they've cleaned up their act, and should you still do the signing even though they never paid for the last one?

That's the Notary Rotary way!!!

Reply by MelissaCT on 6/7/06 3:22pm
Msg #124593

I jsut got my notary...

and got my first call. Is $40 a good fee for edocs 80 miles away? I'm thinking that I'm charging too much... The company said that is high & the average is $25. What do you charge? Can I tag along on one of your signings? What companies pay the best, because I'm fresh out of NNA Certified training & really want to do my best.

next...

Reply by Anonymous on 6/7/06 8:46pm
Msg #124669

Re: I jsut got my notary...

> and got my first call. Is $40 a good fee for edocs 80 miles away?

That's a minimum and unless you really need the business I wouldn't take less. In fact, that's probably low. The usual fee is at least $40 and usually $50 for non-e-docs and another $25 for the docs. At least, the companies I have dealt with were paying that.

>I'm thinking that I'm charging too much... The company said that is high & the average is $25.

You're driving 160 miles round trip, which means you're spending at least three hours on the road. You're also having to print up - at your expense - anywhere from 150 to 200 pages of printouts based on the size of the package, and you think $40 is low? How much is gas costing you, anyway, 65c a gallon?

> What do you charge? Can I tag along on one of your signings? What companies pay
> the best, because I'm fresh out of NNA Certified training & really want to do my best.

I guess I'm different because I had to learn on the job. Here in Virginia you do not have to take a test to be issued a commission, you just basically need two people who are registered to vote to sign your application.

Paul Robinson <[e-mail address]>
"A computer programmer and Notary Public in and for
the Commonwealth of Virginia, at large."

Reply by rengel/CA on 6/7/06 4:52pm
Msg #124609

Oh, why don't you tag along with me on an official signing so I can teach you how to do it. Why, I'll even PAY you to come along.
N O T!!!!

Reply by las_CA on 6/7/06 5:07pm
Msg #124616

Thx for the laugh/giggle... nt

nt

Reply by Anonymous on 6/7/06 5:14pm
Msg #124622

Ameriquest in Minnesota

Call all their loan officeers....(Oh yeah, they closed all there offices a month ago).

But still, it is yours for the taking!

Reply by Anonymous on 6/7/06 8:25pm
Msg #124664

> Hi, I am a new signing agent. I need to get more business. I really don't feel like taking the
> time to do research and market myself so I NEED everyone here to send me your entire list
> of contacts,

Try doing a search on Google.

> as well as ideas on marketing, plus tell me everything I need to do in order to make the
> $100K a year I was promised.

I hope you're kidding. You'd have to be doing about 2,000 signings a year, or about 10 a day. I suspect $10K a year is more like it, and that's on the high end if you were extremely lucky and very busy. To be making $100,000 a year you'd have to be a mortgage processor, someone who works *creating* mortgages, not a signing agent.

Reply by Jenny_CA on 6/7/06 9:49pm
Msg #124671

Paul, This thread was posted as a joke

reread it from the start, it was a joke on the whole situation.

Reply by TitleGalCA on 6/7/06 11:35pm
Msg #124703

Thanks Jenny for stating what it is...much needed! n/m