Posted by frances arnone on 5/25/06 6:56am
Msg #122170

rates

Can anyone tell me where I can find a list of standard rates?

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/25/06 7:10am
Msg #122171

Frances,

I read through this board to figure out what I wanted to charge.

You will get much info if you do that.

Use the orange search button to find msg #33325 and read the whole thread. Especially pay attention to a post by "Maureen" which is advice to new people.

Reply by KBLedgard_CA on 5/25/06 8:29am
Msg #122182

Frances, check with your SoS for fees you are allowed to charge. In California, we can charge $10 per notarized signature whereas in Texas, for example, I think it is only $6. Am I correct Brenda? My advice to you is read, read and read some more. Know your state laws inside and out.

Reply by Missy_Lulu on 5/25/06 8:59am
Msg #122188

Also surf different notaries websites, some give their rates. When I started I did a lot of surfing to see what the going rate was for different things.

Reply by Cassie_CA on 5/25/06 11:15am
Msg #122216

Missy Lulu's suggestion is a good one. I did the same thing when I first got into the business.
One additional suggestion I would make is to review at least 30 notary/ signing agent's websites for your region to get a good feel for the average going rate for travel, etc.....
Some notaries charge too little and some notaries price themselves out of the market.
You'll also get a good feel for how you want to structure your fees - will it make more sense for you to charge an "hourly" travel/ time rate or does a "per-mile" fee structure work better?
You will find a good fit - and Good Luck!

Reply by frances arnone on 5/25/06 3:36pm
Msg #122277

Cassie, thanks so much your suggestions will be a big help.

Reply by Marlene/USNA on 5/25/06 2:39pm
Msg #122258

"Maureen" to Brenda/Tx. . .

All my life, I've answered to anything that begins with M: Maureen, Marilyn, Madelyn, Mavis, Margaret, Mary, Mary Ann, Mary Kate - someone even called me Mailene once. It was just easier, and I didn't like my name all that much anyway.

So I've let the 2 or 3 "Maureens" go by. This time, however, you have sent poor Frances off on a search for posts by "Maureen," and she is doomed to failure in her quest.

I'm setting the record straight. It's "Marlene."

But I've always wanted to be called "Arden."

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/25/06 2:41pm
Msg #122260

Re: "Maureen" to Brenda/Tx. . .

Ok - gotta ask. Why "Arden"???

Reply by Marlene/USNA on 5/25/06 2:49pm
Msg #122262

Re: "Maureen" to Brenda/Tx. . .

Oh, I read it somewhere as an insecure kid who was called Maureen all the time, it sounded distinctive, strong, commanding - but not forgettable!

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/25/06 5:43pm
Msg #122297

BelindaTx to Merlane and Francesca:

Frances and Marlene - I did not mean to butcher Marlene's name or to send you on a wild goose chase.

I deserve a wedgie for that. Sorry...very sorry.

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/25/06 5:01pm
Msg #122292

Marlene- the name game

I just met "Maureen" at the retire+ment center a few weeks back and I think I was so impressed with her and her tales from Stewart Title of the 60's & 70's that I have been having heck switching.

At my new pt job, my name was Barbara for several days.

My ex-mother-in-law (delightful woman) called me "Linda" for two years after I met her. Never bothered me but it drove her son CRAZY.

I am impaired in the most critical area of my life right now however as I cannot remember my new DIL to be is AnGELa not AnDREa...thank goodness her mother is Andrea. OH thank goodness.

Here's a picture of the happy little couple, by the way...

http://www.robtx.net/gallery/engagement/008.jpg

Reply by Marlene/USNA on 5/26/06 9:40am
Msg #122460

Re: Marlene- the name game

What an attractive couple! Nice blue eyes on the hunk. . .er, I mean your son.

Believe it or not, I've been called "Brenda" before, too. I have such a difficult time with names and faces, I forgive anybody anything regarding same. . .

Reply by DTNotaries on 5/25/06 7:14pm
Msg #122311

purchase the blue cd from ebay.com key word notary public or signing agent.