Posted by Christine Thomas on 11/1/10 11:31am
Msg #359175

becoming a signing agent

Who offers the best course to take?

Reply by ReneeK_MI on 11/1/10 12:20pm
Msg #359193

Right here ...

1. Read message #33325

2. see if you can volunteer clerical services inside a local title company and 'apprentice' yourself.

3. Google - learn your local recording requirements, learn your title interest laws (dower rights? courtesy rights? Homestead rights?) Read the GLBA & the TILA. Learn how the lending process 'machinery' works, learn enough to get a good comprehension of how the world you're entering revolves so you can better understand how you fit into it. Learn small business management, account receivables, invoicing procedures, tax consequences, marketing, business protocol and how to unjam a printer in under 30 seconds.

4. Learn because it's interesting, because it's your industry, because it's your world - NOT because you must recite such things back to any borrower, but the broader your understanding is, the better your delivery will be and the more you will know to NOT say.

Reply by jba/fl on 11/1/10 12:27pm
Msg #359195

and if there is one thing I can emphasize here that Renee

has said, it is her last line: "the more you will know to NOT say."

Reply by MistarellaFL on 11/1/10 12:28pm
Msg #359196

Excellent advice from Renee

Lots to learn!

Reply by JanetK_CA on 11/2/10 3:18pm
Msg #359374

More newbie advice... Listen to Renee!!

Something I'm always harping on here is to be careful who you listen to. There are always going to be those folks who sound very confident and sure in their posts but don't necessarily have all the facts and may or may not be right (although very often there IS no absolute right or wrong answer) - especially for another state . Some of them fall into the "often wrong, never in doubt" category.

Renee is not one of them. She's one of the most knowledgeable, astute posters on this board, and someone whose opinions I pay very close attention to. Naturally, though, things will vary from state to state and, as I said, there are no absolutes. Ultimately, we all have to use our own best judgment and being wrong can carry potentially significant consequences. So doing the reading and research she recommends will help equip you to make the right decisions for you in your particular circumstances.

Renee, this is some of the best advice I've ever seen posted on this subject! Many thanks!!