Posted by Kathy Fletcher on 1/29/10 3:06pm
Msg #320261

Spanish Speaking Notary needed in Glendale, AZ

Please call me if you are a spanish speaking notary in the Glendale, Arizona area. I have a client who is looking for one.

Call (602) 882-2205

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 3:29pm
Msg #320271

are the Docs in english or espaņol ?

Reply by Kathy Fletcher on 1/29/10 4:58pm
Msg #320291

Re: The documents are in English n/a n/m

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 5:08pm
Msg #320292

Re: The documents are in English n/a

I get this quite a lot and I understand the comfort level borrowers want in a transaction as important as purchasing a home. No matter whether they are Hispanic or Asian ( yes they sometimes do it too) the docs are in English. I personally think you should not be allowed to pick your notary based on what language the borrower feels comfortable with if the docs are in
English. I am black and I speak Spanish and some Mandarin and Cantonese....I
make the borrower feel comfortable and then proceed with the signing.....in
English. One of the things I have also noticed is that in the is area people who are by lingual charge more for their services and that not fair either. IMO

Reply by Yoli/CA on 1/29/10 5:27pm
Msg #320295

Re: The documents are in English n/a

James, why is it fair to charge extra for signings after 5 pm or extra for signings with short notice but not fair to charge extra for a language other than English?

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 5:36pm
Msg #320298

Re: The documents are in English n/a

I think we provide a service at X cost and additional skills helps us to get the job done. Should I charge more to go into affluent neighborhoods because I am on the lower in of the economic scale yet can talk to the borrowers about bonds and, certificates of trust, Chicago Options, homeowner association bylaws and dominoes?

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/29/10 7:09pm
Msg #320318

Re: The documents are in English n/a

"...yet can talk to the borrowers about bonds and, certificates of trust, Chicago Options, homeowner association bylaws and dominoes?"

While it's wonderful that you can do all those things, they're not particularly relevant to what you are being hired for. Some additional skills, however, are very relevant to the assignment and make you more valuable. As you know, supply and demand controls fees that a company is willing to pay in any given situation. The more competition there is in any area, the easier it is for them to go down the line and just call someone else if someone's fees are more than they are interested in. But if they have a specific need, like a notary who speaks the language their borrowers request, that narrows the field considerably and makes that notary of more value to the hiring party.

I take your point about providing service and, realizing that it's the borrower who pays in the end, in most cases I try to limit any extra fee. But it's also often the case that these signings will take longer partly because the documents are in a language the person isn't comfortable with. And I have found a wide range of literacy among people who prefer a Spanish speaking notary. If the person works doing some kind of manual labor, they often are not as comfortable with paperwork and not infrequently, may even be unused to signing their name. Sometimes I have to write out the date on a piece of paper for them to copy. And filling in forms is another matter altogether.

Conversely, I've met with some very well educated Spanish speakers. I did one on Tuesday with an interesting, delightful older couple from Argentina. (His parents were Spanish and she was Italian... ) They hadn't requested a Spanish speaking notary and I'm sure would have gotten by fine in English, but when they found out I spoke Spanish, they were much more comfortable proceeding in Spanish. In that case, it was totally a matter of just providing the best service I was capable of, and the issue of an extra fee wasn't even considered. (I may have another one like that tomorrow.)

I think this is just another way for us to charge commensurate with our value to our client. jmho.

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 11:09pm
Msg #320357

Re: The documents are in English n/a

I'm just going to say this, it's relevant to establish a comfort level. JMO It works for me. I do not expect anyone to like/dislike what I do.

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 5:47pm
Msg #320301

Re:We shouldn't penalize the borrower because

...we must sometimes use additional skills to get the job done. Yesterday I cleaned the ink off the thumb of a 90 year man who was dying and could barely sign a POA, no extra charge.

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:19pm
Msg #320323

...and the 90 yr old was cognizant...? these I don't touch.. n/m

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 5:22pm
Msg #320294

I have yet to see mortgage docs in spanish....and these need to be! The same for any other language that the BO speak as a first language. I think its fair for them.

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 5:29pm
Msg #320296

This is an on-going problem in our country and personally I can care less. I have learned that the key to success ( for me) is following the rules. I'm certain that if I wanted to buy property in France, South Africa, Yemen or Spain the recordable documentation would be in English. NOT!

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 5:47pm
Msg #320300

following the rules?? que? n/m

Reply by Notarysigner on 1/29/10 5:54pm
Msg #320302

controlar n/m

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:04pm
Msg #320317

ha, si usted desea que yo me controlar, no ponga comentarios

aqui en esta foro que prende fuego bajo mi falda! ....no quiero luchar con usted, pero usted parece que lo estas buscando.

Reply by Calnotary on 1/29/10 7:17pm
Msg #320322

Wow! Cari that's a terrible Spanish, hope you were joking! n/m

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:20pm
Msg #320324

....yeah right.... n/m

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/29/10 7:22pm
Msg #320326

Re: Wow! Cari that's a terrible Spanish, hope you were joking!

Let me guess... she's got fire in her skirt(?), doesn't want comments and that she doesn't want to fight.????

Cari, that was a hoot.

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:25pm
Msg #320329

wow I must be bad if gringos can understand...he he ;)

but you got it more or less. I speak puerto-rican-cuban spanish, mixed with a touch of da Chicawgoan lingo.......

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/29/10 7:29pm
Msg #320332

Hey...that's "Gringa" to you. n/m

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/29/10 7:30pm
Msg #320333

And, I meant to add: (:>) n/m

Reply by John Schenk on 1/29/10 7:45pm
Msg #320339

No habla mucho Espanol, Grinda! LOL n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 1/29/10 10:25pm
Msg #320352

Is that Grinch's wife? n/m

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:45pm
Msg #320340

:) n/m

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:23pm
Msg #320327

whups should read 'quero'....sorry for the typo ..;) n/m

Reply by Calnotary on 1/29/10 7:26pm
Msg #320331

Es este otro Viernes como el de Fairfax Signings? Salud!! n/m

Reply by Cari on 1/29/10 7:42pm
Msg #320337

ah no por dios Calnotary....just havin' clean fun! :) n/m

Reply by Pat/IL on 1/30/10 1:43pm
Msg #320379

Como tu frijole? n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 1/30/10 2:28pm
Msg #320380

How is your bean??...eh???...:) n/m

Reply by Pat/IL on 1/30/10 2:31pm
Msg #320381

No. 'How you been?' n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 1/30/10 3:06pm
Msg #320382

Como has estado?...:) n/m