Posted by Anonymous on 5/15/06 6:54pm
Msg #120016

NNA membership

How important is NNA membership for getting work?

Reply by Annette_CA on 5/15/06 7:01pm
Msg #120019

Some Title complanies pay attention to whether you are a member of an organization, some do not. It is entirely up to you. Most that I have spoken with like to see you have had Signing Agent training/experience. This is most often accomplished through a Notary organization.

Reply by Jenny_CA on 5/15/06 7:03pm
Msg #120022

My experience with the NNA merships has been this: People calling from that listing tend not to want to meet my fees.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/15/06 7:05pm
Msg #120023

I have a signing service and the NNA listing is the last place I look for a signing agent.

Reply by meizmel on 5/15/06 7:08pm
Msg #120025

Which listings do you use the most? Just want to make sure I'm on them!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/15/06 7:13pm
Msg #120029

Signing Registry listing (those that have passed the SR test get preference), and I use the NotaryRotary listing, then if I haven't found someone on those lists (I usually do though), then I check out Jeremy Belmont's site . I rarely have to resort to the NNA listings.

I am a Florida only signing agency. I occasionally get a request for an out of state signer (property in Florida), in those cases I will locate a signing agent and put the title company and the signer in contact with each other.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/15/06 7:15pm
Msg #120031

Re: NNA membership - note

I find if I mention the name of Jeremy Belmont's site, the message won't post - I get a "Problem with Post" message. Strange!

Reply by meizmel on 5/15/06 7:21pm
Msg #120033

Re: NNA membership - note

Thats ok. . .I just did a Yahoo search and it came right up! Thanks!!

Reply by CaliNotary on 5/15/06 10:27pm
Msg #120072

Re: NNA membership - note

Not strange at all, his company name has obviously been put into the banned words filter. I've had that happen with a few mild expletives.

I did have a post a few weeks ago that wouldn't post and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what the bad word was. No curse words, no company names, nothing at all in it that should have prevented it from posting.

Reply by NCLisa on 5/16/06 7:01am
Msg #120108

Re: NNA membership - note

I had that happen to me also. I didn't mention any companies, no swearing. I never did figure out what the problem was.

Reply by Dee_Fla on 5/16/06 10:22am
Msg #120162

Re: NNA membership - note

Cali and Sylvia...that has happened to me before too adn I couldnt figure out what was wrong and I just gave up the post and didnt post it. I guess we are really being monitored here to what can be said.

Reply by NCLisa on 5/16/06 7:03am
Msg #120109

I never bother with the certification on sites anymore. I don't want to pay for it, but I also don't feel that I need to be a certified signing agent. I was an escrow officer for 10 years, and a real estate paralegal for over 6 years. Do you consider experience over being certified, or certification over experience?

Reply by Novic on 7/18/06 2:20pm
Msg #133833

Hi Sylvia! What's the first place?

Reply by Annette_CA on 5/15/06 7:11pm
Msg #120027

I have received calls from my NNA listing (and they met my fee), but not as often as the calls I receive from this site.

Reply by Becca_FL on 5/15/06 9:29pm
Msg #120059

I have had two, yes that's two, calls from the NNA NSA site in the last year. My membership cost me nothing and that's just what I got from it.

Reply by lulu on 5/15/06 9:30pm
Msg #120061

Yep, you get what you pay for.

Reply by Brenda/CA on 5/15/06 11:00pm
Msg #120082

I agree with Becca/FL, I have only received two calls from my listing on the NNA site. I get a large percentage of my calls from Notary Rotary, followed by 123 and a small percentage from several other sites.

Reply by Joan Bergstrom on 5/16/06 1:00am
Msg #120100

How do you get a free membership from the NNA?

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/16/06 7:16am
Msg #120111

Re: NNA membership - Joan - about Becca's complimentary....

membership.

Becca made a remark on a board and they called and offered it to her for free to try it out for a year and report her findings.

Reply by lulu on 5/15/06 9:29pm
Msg #120060

99% of my business referrals come from the NNA where I am a Certified SA.
1% combined come from Notrot and one other site. I don't want to get beeped.
I've been an SA for a little over two years with very minimal past dues or collection calls needing made. The companies do meet my fees also.

Reply by Becca_FL on 5/15/06 8:25pm
Msg #120051

NOT! n/m

Reply by Dee_Fla on 5/16/06 10:27am
Msg #120164

I think for everyone it is different, while some may get alot of business from the NNA SA site, others may get very few or none at all. I do get a lot of my business from NNA and from this site as well, its like a 50/50 thing so far. Sometimes you have to play with "fire" to find out for yourself how it may work. Not everyone will have the same results. But the choice is really your's, even if opinoins of others do help. ...dee

Reply by Allison_MI on 5/16/06 10:40am
Msg #120175

Re: NNA membership - did not renew this year

For the last year I received ONE - yes I said ONE referral call from the NNA listing. I decided not to renew.. I ask all new companies whether title or signing service where they obtained my information for my records. 70% of my new calls come from Notary rotary and the rest from gomobile and 123.com,

best of luck to all who venture into the wrath of the NNA. And I keep getting those "how to become a signing agent conference brochures".

much success to all