Posted by lowerAL on 1/23/08 1:09pm
Msg #232014

SLOW DAY

I guess I will have to look for a JOB!

Reply by Yowheelz on 1/23/08 1:29pm
Msg #232019

Been looking but jobs are harder to find than signings. Last week was good, not great but good. This week should be good since it is end of month has been terrible.

Reply by ME/NJ on 1/23/08 1:37pm
Msg #232021

Damn right, looking for a decent job is getting hard to find and the older you are makes it even harder. Now if you want 7-9 dollar work plenty of stores will hire you.

Reply by MistarellaFL on 1/23/08 1:47pm
Msg #232024

What is the minimum wage these days? $6.75? n/m

Reply by Carmen/123 on 1/23/08 1:51pm
Msg #232026

Re: What is the minimum wage these days? $6.75?

It will depend where you live. California is now 8.00.

Follow the link for the other states.

http://www.laborlawcenter.com/state-Minimum-Wage-rates.asp?gclid=CNG-346QjZECFRsTawod-jEFGQ

Reply by MistarellaFL on 1/23/08 1:59pm
Msg #232030

Re: What is the minimum wage these days? $6.75?

Florida is $6.79, I was close!
I can't imagine how I could live on that amount.

Reply by Charles_Ca on 1/23/08 3:20pm
Msg #232053

It really doesn't matter what minimum wage is it just

is the minimum, raising it just causes everything else to raise to the same level. Purchasing power does not increase when the minimum wage goes up and minimum wage was never intended to be a living wage. All increasing minimum wage does is devalue the dollar.

Reply by Kathy/ID on 1/23/08 2:39pm
Msg #232042

Re: What is the minimum wage these days?

In Idaho it is $5.85. I cannot see how people can live on that

Reply by Charles_Ca on 1/23/08 3:06pm
Msg #232048

$8.00 in Ca and $9.36 in the SF Bay Area, but, the

purchasing power is a lot less than the wage would indicate.

Reply by snowflake/PA on 1/23/08 1:50pm
Msg #232025

Slow day here as well. No calls. Very sad indeed. May have to get a "real" job again.

Reply by Carmen/123 on 1/23/08 1:53pm
Msg #232027

Hang in there; folks are reporting that it is picking up. It my take awhile to trickle down to you.

C

Reply by CF on 1/23/08 1:57pm
Msg #232028

I thought that EOM owuld be better than this. I have 5 for this week- I really need about 5 more to make it a decent month- not great but decent!!! Believe you me- no good paying jobs in Michigan either!!!!

Reply by Miranda/VA on 1/23/08 1:58pm
Msg #232029

virginia is bad also. No calls. did receive one day for monday.

Reply by MistarellaFL on 1/23/08 2:02pm
Msg #232032

I haven't had one all week..newbies take note!

And nothing except a revised note signing on my books for today, IF the brw gets a satisfactory answer about it from his LO.
<Sigh>
Not only is this not profitable anymore, but I am bored to tears.
This is my 5th year as an NSA, and I have a large TC clientele, who says nothing is
happening with them, either.

Reply by jba/fl on 1/23/08 2:20pm
Msg #232037

Re: I haven't had one all week..newbies take note!

Am doing a pool loan today (2nd) and when I was called the owner of co. said that this may be last for looong time as tightened rules and...

Like the above poster, I am bored to death and changing my outlook (not email server) about this as a career/job/sideline/hobby.

I apply to cos - get notices that 'we are no longer accepting applications from your area', 'we have 10million in your area' (not $$) or see that the company is not longer able to accept your email -undeliverable. Discouraging at best..

Reply by Charles_Ca on 1/23/08 3:24pm
Msg #232054

I suspect that in Ca this will change with the new rules

The renewal in CA is getting a little more difficult and many will drop out becasue they won't want to comply with the renewal requirements just to say that they are notaries. In CA for the first time in a number of years the real estate licensees giving up their licenses has exceeded the new applications, this will eventually help the business overall.

Reply by christiSocal on 1/23/08 7:18pm
Msg #232077

Hadn't thought about it that way... Good!

The only thing that bothers me about the changes is the pic part, but since I reupped last June, I got over 3 yrs to lose enough weight to be happy about a pic!

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/24/08 6:47pm
Msg #232236

Re: Hadn't thought about it that way... Good!

Christi, I just got mine done today (at Costco for $5.38, incl tax). Fortunately, I realized that no one is really going to see them anyway. It's just for the background check. But if this is good incentive for you, go for it!

Reply by Merry_CA on 1/23/08 2:01pm
Msg #232031

Still good in No. CA!

Continue to average 3-4 a week.... but this is after hours (I have a "day job" and weekends here in the SF Bay Area.

Reply by Mdene_AZ on 1/23/08 2:07pm
Msg #232033

Re: Still good in No. CA!

Slow in WA has been all month.

Reply by Kathy/ID on 1/23/08 2:42pm
Msg #232043

Re: Still good in No. CA!

I have had one signing all month long. ( I also do this in the evenings and weekends). I have had a call for one over 100 miles away but I got the standard "I will see if we can get that approved and call you back"

Reply by JenCA on 1/23/08 5:36pm
Msg #232064

Re: Still good in No. CA!- Not in my part!!!!

I am in Sacramento... and my phone has been super silent!!! Hey SF shoot some my way!!! lol Just kidding, but I have also called a couple ot TC and it has been slow for them too... all I can do is hope and pray!!!

Reply by NCLisa on 1/23/08 5:46pm
Msg #232066

When I worked at the Bay Area TC's

Jan & Feb were catch up months. We caught up on all the reconveyances that we didn't have time to deal with earlier in the year. Filing, organizing, and everything there was never enough hours in the day to do when things were normal or busy.

Reply by Dennis_IN on 1/23/08 2:22pm
Msg #232038

Business is picking up

I have had 10 so far this week. I was getting worried. I hope it continues

Reply by ME/NJ on 1/23/08 3:06pm
Msg #232049

Re: Business is picking up

7 signings this week 6 of them quick HELOCs, no calls for Friday or Saturday yet. That means it will be a last minute free for all. I'm looking for babysitters now even though I have nothing on the books yet. Friday and Saturday night looking for a "trusted" baby sitter is hard to come by.

I had to turn down a last minute deal close to my house last night because I could not get a baby sitter. I see last minute deals are going to kill me now.

I have to say not a great month but much better then some months I had last year.

Reply by desktopfull on 1/23/08 3:15pm
Msg #232052

So far so good this month for me, not bragging, but anything

is an improvement over the last 2007 quarter for me, I was lucky to get 2 closing a week during that period. So far this week 9.

Reply by Carmi/CA on 1/23/08 5:28pm
Msg #232063

Only had 2 so far for this month and one for tonight.

I had one scheduled last night but BO cancelled when she found out that feds cut the rates again. I guess she'll try to get a better deal from her LO.

Reply by OR on 1/23/08 7:58pm
Msg #232082

Re: done 4 so far w/2on books 3/general = slow in Oregon n/m