Posted by Kelly Pepper on 10/18/06 9:29am
Msg #153289

Does it "Pay" to become Certified?

Where's the best place to obtain your Certification, if it's honestly needed? Does it really mean anything to become NNA Certified?

Reply by Teddog/CO on 10/18/06 9:47am
Msg #153295

Use orange Search button for Pro's & Con's ;) n/m

Reply by Lee/AR on 10/18/06 9:58am
Msg #153298

IMHO & in one word: No. I have been doing this for 12 years. I am not now nor have I ever been certified. Nobody has ever asked. It has come up on internet sign-up forms and I check NO. I still get assignments from them. It came up once in a conversation with a company I called directly and I volunteered that I was not certified nor, frankly, did I have any respect for the certifying entity (NNA). They agreed with me. What else can I say?

Reply by Dennis Sullivan on 10/18/06 10:22am
Msg #153300

I agree, the notary certification process is a joke. My little sister could get certified. But I am not so fast to dismiss the importance of trade associations. You may not be a member but you reep the benefit from their actions. I have joined several groups and have found that a good portion of my business came tru their notary location sites. So they put more $ in my pocket than they take...

Reply by Charm_AL on 10/18/06 10:38am
Msg #153303

I'm going out of the box here. I have had several companies ask me if I'm certified (which I am) or was that certifiable? and if I carry E&O insurance. You do not have to do it thru the NNA. I believe the Signing Registry has a course. I took the test just to see if I knew what I was doing. I may be a title freak but I like CNSA after my name. You'll hear pros and cons all day on this issue. It does impress companies looking for you to read that you are available 24/7, can accept last minute appointments, are certified, bonded of course and insured.
my 2 centavos.

Reply by BobRogers_FL on 10/18/06 11:25am
Msg #153312

and, if you really want to make them happy, tell them that you are willing to travel a 100 miles for $35 fee and that you have no limit on fax backs, handholding, calling from the table, collecting all the data you can carry, and or any other instruction they wish to give you. That if the loan does not fund, they can forget about paying you anything. No problem with edocs that don't arrive when scheduled, you can work it in.

If you do this, you will get all the work you can handle.

Reply by CARID on 10/18/06 11:24am
Msg #153311

I have been in the mortgage industry for many years. I have never been certified. I have had my own business for 6 years. I have been asked once or twice about being certified. I will then show my resume. When I am signing up with a company to do closings and it comes up I mark that I am not certified. I still also get calls.

Reply by PJM/MI on 10/18/06 1:53pm
Msg #153339

Hello Mr. Pepper! Have you forgotten what I told you?
Pal Pam
(About time I saw a post from you.) And a HUGE HUGE Thank you for taking my over-flow today. Dinner at Sav's next time I see your bald head!

Reply by MichiganAl on 10/18/06 3:30pm
Msg #153378

Hi Kelly

Hope things have been going well since leaving T.S. Tough call on getting certified. Most of us agree that it general means very little. But when you're new to signings and don't have experience, you need to be able to show that you've got some knowledge of what you're doing. My opinion is that it can't hurt. No one's ever asked me if I'm certified, but at least I can put it on my business card, website, and any listings I have. The knowledge you gain from studying the cert. manual can't hurt either.

Alex