Posted by Linda Lieberman on 4/28/09 9:46am
Msg #286522

"Last minute callings"

I would like to know if anyone else get called the last minute to do a closing, or you get a call to do a closing at 10:00 am , the closing is at 6:00 pm, and you don't receive the e-docs until
5:00 or 5:30 that night. Is this only happening to me.
Thanks.
Last call in PA

Reply by Stamper_WI on 4/28/09 9:50am
Msg #286523

Had one last night. Had about a 3 hour warning but it was one that was supposed to close almost 2 weeks ago, Flood plain issues. I was only 10 minutes late getting there. Scared the heck out of some deer getting there.

Reply by Linda Lieberman on 4/28/09 9:55am
Msg #286525

Do you ever get calls in advance.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 4/28/09 11:12am
Msg #286530

Actually, lately I have had more of them that are a week out ahead of the closing. But the day before or day of is more the norm.

Reply by Linda Lieberman on 4/28/09 11:15am
Msg #286532

Thanks for all the inputs.

Reply by doglover/CA on 4/28/09 4:11pm
Msg #286573

One closing I did last week, I was called about it a week in advance.

Reply by ME/NJ on 4/28/09 9:50am
Msg #286524

Nature of the beast

alot of last minute deals are a PITA. You would think after the EOM things would go better..ha ha. Last minute deals have picked up over the last couple of months, oh look the rate lock is about to expire get it signed.

Reply by Prosperity on 4/28/09 10:17am
Msg #286528

Got a call last night at 7:15pm for an 8:00pm signing. I was already in my "bedtime" frame of mind.

Reply by SReis on 4/28/09 10:45am
Msg #286529

How about calling 30min before closing time....

This happened last week. They called at 10:30am for an 11am closing & the closing was 25min from me. I was still in my pj's & had literally just promised to take the kids to the movies because it was school vacation week. Sorry, no can do. Good luck though! I'm assuming someone either dropped the ball or maybe the orignal closer cancelled last minute.

Reply by Art_MD on 4/28/09 11:16am
Msg #286533

Re: 6:57 for 7:00 closing....

Got a call last night - voice mail (didn't hear phone over lawnmower noise)- at 6:57 asking if I could do a closing at 7:00 - e-docs. Either they forgot to schedule an SA or an SA cancelled.

Art

Reply by Lee/AR on 4/28/09 11:31am
Msg #286536

8pm for 8pm... 1 1/2 hrs. away w/edocs

First call was a week in advance...'needed approval' on fee.
A week later, call at 6:30 pm w/edocs that 'will be ready any minute' for same 1 1/2 hr. away.
Tho' they will now meet my fee, I decline anyway (I know that 'almost ready' routine--and, ummmm... No thanks.)
8:05 pm same night--Call "Docs are ready now, can you still make it?" I was so flabbergasted, all I could get out was "No!"

Reply by HKB on 4/28/09 12:15pm
Msg #286541

Re: 8pm for 8pm... 1 1/2 hrs. away w/edocs

I think this is a part of the business .... take it positively ..... they always meet your fees ... so its a good thing.

Once I got a call at 09:00 p.m. I was in my night clothes .... the rate was expiring .... told them make me an offer which I can not refuse ... and they did ... it was not far away ... about a mile and a half or may be 2 away.

Our attitude changes every thing.

Have a fun week.

Reply by Carole Breckbill on 4/28/09 12:20pm
Msg #286542

...and they made you an offer you couldn't refuse!! n/m

Reply by HKB on 4/28/09 12:43pm
Msg #286545

Yes Carole they did n/m

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 4/28/09 1:04pm
Msg #286547

Re: 8pm for 8pm... 1 1/2 hrs. away w/edocs

It's like if you're driving through Death Valley and are running low on gas.

Guess what? There's only one gas station in Furnace Creek...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/20/ys_gas.jpg

Reply by Raquel Towarnicki on 4/28/09 1:15pm
Msg #286552

Nop, is not only you, but I still do not know why this happens.... is a mistery to me.

Reply by Colleen Heaton on 4/28/09 1:20pm
Msg #286554

No, it is not just you as everyone has testified to here! It's more the standard operating procedure these days.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 4/28/09 3:10pm
Msg #286564

One of my classics, occured on March's last EOM date.

Was pulling into my driveway at about 10:15 PM after a whole
bunch of signings.
Was getting ready to walk into house for a visit with my favorite bird
(Grey Goose).
Night manager at on of my regular TC called me and said that he had
an emergency. One signing fell through the cracks and they needed to
get it done right away as bwr was leaving town early the next day.
Offered me double my usual fee without me even asking.
Postponed my bird visit until I finished work the next day.
Printed dox, drove to bwr and finished at about 11:55 PM.
They were very nice about it and thanked me profusely for accomodating
them that late. Nite manager said that "I owe you big time"
Sometimes I think that at EOM, the LOs suddenly rememer that April has
only 30 days this year, where it usually has about 43 days.
Just part of the game. May hay while the sun shines.

Reply by doglover/CA on 4/28/09 4:08pm
Msg #286571

One Monday morning at 9:15 AM I was called to do a closing scheduled for 10 AM at a location at least 30 min. drive from me with edocs. I had just woken up and was not yet dressed. Was told by the title co. that they had a hard time finding a local notary.

Reply by doglover/CA on 4/28/09 4:16pm
Msg #286574

As the Mamas and the Papas would say

"Monday, Monday, (da-da, da, da-da-da-da)
Can't trust that day (da-da, da, da-da-da-da)
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way........"

Reply by cdoty_IL on 4/28/09 5:47pm
Msg #286584

The Norm............

It seems more the rule than the exception for the past couple of months. It seems I either get last minute calls..........or calls a week in advance, of which 1/2 of them fall through.
It's no suprise, comes with the territory.

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 4/28/09 8:01pm
Msg #286607

It's the industry we are in you have to be ready to turn on a dime.

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 4/28/09 8:51pm
Msg #286617

I received a call yesterday..Can you do a closing at 3:00 today..It was 2:30 and the drive was 1/2hr away TC wanted it signed at 3:00..Gee how about printing time?? I was busy and could not help on that one.

Reply by Teddog/CO on 4/29/09 8:22am
Msg #286664

Last minute calls. I'll do some but it depends on if you have the time to print, travel and any other appointments you have. Most companies give you enough notice to be sure their BWR is taken care of. I try to stay away from those "last minute" jobs most tend to come from slow pay or no pay companies. JMO Also lots of errors on the docs.