Posted by Pierces Notary Services on 12/18/08 1:20pm
Msg #272330

Training husband

I was thinking about bringing my husband with me to closings that I do to sort of "train" him so maybe sometime down the road he could cover closings for me during the day when I am working. Of course, he would have to get his own notary commission. Do you think that is ok to bring him with me?

Reply by MaggieMae_CA on 12/18/08 1:36pm
Msg #272332

I would suggest the following if you want to bring someone to your signings:

1) Since the intent is for your husband to be trained, he should first have his notary commission.
2) Talk to the title/escrow/signing service and get their approval first.
3) When you call the borrower ask if it is alright for you to bring someone with you who will be auditing your work.

I have done some coaching/mentoring and have brought newbies with me to signings, but not without the 3 things on my list being checked off. I haven't had a title/escrow/signing service say no and the borrowers have always given the green light and are always excited to talk to the newbie asking questions like how they decided to get into becoming a notary, etc.

I have trained my husband AFTER he received his commission.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 12/18/08 1:47pm
Msg #272334

I just figured I'd try it before we spend the money for his commission to see if he feels he could handle it. Plus he can help me do packages, etc. He isn't working right now due to being out of work on disability so it would give him something to do.

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 12/18/08 2:02pm
Msg #272335

My husband received his commission, BGC etc before being going on signings with me. There were a lot of things he studied before he went out with me. Of course he had prior experience with confidential info and loan docs etc. before he went into this..That definetley helped.

Reply by MichiganAl on 12/18/08 2:05pm
Msg #272338

I completely agree

Without a commission and the approval of all parties, I think you run into some serious privacy issues.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 12/18/08 2:07pm
Msg #272340

Re: I completely agree

thanks - I think I will keep him home for now.

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 12/18/08 2:16pm
Msg #272342

Re: I completely agree

There is a lot of things he can learn from home..

Reply by Philip Johnson on 12/18/08 2:30pm
Msg #272343

It will never work. My wife has been trying to train me for

years and she says I'm un-trainable.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 12/19/08 12:40pm
Msg #272413

Re: It will never work. My wife has been trying to train me for

After 38 years I have come to the conclusion that husbands are completely untrainable (in some things)

Reply by Sharon Taylor on 12/18/08 8:11pm
Msg #272364

How about roleplaying some closings with him?

Maybe you could go through a couple of packages and completely black out any borrower, lender and title names, addresses, phone numbers, and other private information. Then roleplay some closings with him, you being the borrower and even playing both husband and wife borrower roles, and each time working in some of the questions, issues and problems we typically face at the table. Just a suggestion, and probably someone here will have a reason or three why not to do it.

Reply by Pat/IL on 12/18/08 10:12pm
Msg #272366

Re: How about roleplaying some closings with him?

Sounds kinky.

Reply by Maureen_nh on 12/18/08 10:45pm
Msg #272367

Re: I disagree

Yes you should ask the borrowers if you can bring him and explain why, but good Lord he can acess all this stuff unless you padlock your computer. Get real people.

At the very least you can have a qualified backup and at the most a family business.
Have him get his commision, of course, but in the meanwhile see if that is somethine HE would like to do.

Reply by UKCowboy_CA on 12/19/08 11:28am
Msg #272400

and you wonder why the signing companies don't take notaries serious. This is not a game.

Reply by Yowheelz on 12/22/08 10:28am
Msg #272585

My husband and I work as a team

Both of us are commissioned and Title Producers. I do the majority of the closings but when it gets to eom it is great to have the extra help. He also does a lot of the downloading and will bring docs to me when necessary. We never need to turn down signings with this double coverage. I just make sure to ask the tc if it matters to them which of us does the closing. There is only one company that I work for that is picky about this but I always ask if I'm not sure which of us will do the work.

I have trained a couple of notaries to do mortgage signings (none in my area of coverage) and what I did was sit with the trainee and the documents. We went over every page prior to the signing, explained what the documents were and used stickies to mark signature lines so there would not be any missing signatures. I then reviewed the doc with the trainee prior to shipping and made sure I was available by phone if any questions came up.