Reply by Marinna/FL on 5/12/07 11:48pm
Msg #189985
Funny you mention all that in a post from a couple days ago. I remember Becca having some not so friendly words about my support for a signing company in Orlando - re: $100 not being acceptable and now I'm a lowballer in there area, wow, but then someone replies in agreement to Becca, and turns around and says $125 is acceptable, so $25 makes someone acceptable, or $25 less is a lowballer....as I read this forum response I have to wonder... as Ducky is not getting paid at all for a job according to her more recent post...hmmm...this equals out to be less than average pay according to any business plan--but those probably don't count. My borrower happened to live 3 streets over, gas wasn't an issue for at this point, total of 212 pages printed, 6 pages faxed, no time really spent on calls, maybe 3 minutes max on my cell, 15 min. printing, 15 minutes sorting, 45 min. at the table (they passed their newborn back and forth, somewhat entertaining in fact) 15 min. prepping return package, 5 minutes faxing (which I have nice 4-in-one HP, cost is barely 5 cents, toll free number) FedEx comes to my office every day, hand him the package. Done. I guess I should have turned it down? I can't help but wonder how many NSA's would have turned this $100 job down, especially if you only had maybe 75 signings under your belt. Give us newbies a little break...fair? I do, by the way, have a business plan, and my full time job, nor my reverse mortgage seminars and loan consulting pay for my NSA costs, I put my NSA dollars into this business, and have quite a good plan for other monies that I bring in...and I say this because someone on the post brought it up, and it works very well. As I wrote, several pages back, I would like to reiterate my "P.S" and the commentary at the end of my recent post, so here it is again, pardon the duplication, but I think it's beneficial to those who might not go back and read that post from a few days ago. First, P.S. Those comments to my post were a little harsh, I knew on NotRot, some women (I haven't seen any men throw daggers at someone yet) but I know it's a dog-eat-dog world out there; but let's remember, we can market ourselves at Title Company's, Banks, Mortgage Companies, etc. and the pay is substantially better. One Title Company I do signings for pays minimum $175 per single closing. It really pays to put together a nice resume, and let them know what you can do. Make it look nice, I tend to like the glossy 4"x6" cards and you can add your photo, experience, availability, area of coverage and mention your work style, your personality, whatever assets you have, let them know. If they give you a call, prove yourself, and this builds relationships. I don't think just working for signing companies is enough, at least in my opinion. I'll get off my soap box now. Secondly, and most importantly~Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there! My daughter is 22 now, and oh sometimes I wish she was little again :-) But watching her grow, and seeing how she's become a successful young woman, caring, kind, outgoing and happy - is the best part of motherhood.
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