Posted by Linda_H/FL on 4/14/12 4:25pm
Msg #417941

I love going to a GNW assignment with an attorney

who happens to be carrying a blank check...thank you very much..

I'd do those all day long!!

Reply by JanetK_CA on 4/14/12 5:36pm
Msg #417944

Then there's those like the one I had Friday morning... I was to notarize a signature for the father of a (non-practicing) attorney who was attending the appt. The father was recuperating from a recent heart attack. The appt. was scheduled and rescheduled multiple times (OK, that goes with the territory) by the attorney's secretary. I had asked her up front about the older gentleman's ID and explained the options and after checking, she assured me that it would not be a problem.

Turns out that this attorney assumed that he correctly remembered the requirements and that either she or I got it wrong. He was under the impression that the ID was good for 5 years AFTER the expiration date, instead of good for 5 years from the date of issue. NOT! Fortunately, we were able to find two credible witnesses - and this was an ideal use of that option.

The attorney didn't have a blank check, but he DID have a plenty of cash! Fortunately, they were very pleasant about the ID situation, although he did try to push back a little. Didn't work...

Reply by leeinla on 4/14/12 6:27pm
Msg #417947

What is the secret of getting jobs from estate planning attorneys? It seems to me that most of their legal secretaries are notaries too. Some attorneys are notaries also. I am in Los Angeles, so I would never compete for your business.

Thanks,

L.

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 4/14/12 7:58pm
Msg #417951

I received a call last week from an Attys secretary wanting me to go to someones home to swear them in before they took her deposition on the phone. The secretary emailed me a notary cerificate where I was to sign that I did swear the client in.

On the bottom of the form there was a spot for me to notarize my own signature..Cant do that in Ohio. After several rounds with the secretary she insisted that I must notarize it! I told her no can do and please find somone else. She called me a few hours later and stated that I was correct and that the attorney advised that I does not need notarized! She also said that she has been doing this for 9 years and that no other Notary had ever questioned this form! Too bad..

Doing the swearing in took 5 min..Not cash but great money..I could do these all day long!

I have done a lot of varied GNW for attys and when I asked where they found me they say Not Rot or one of the other well known sites.

Reply by Priscilla Witman on 4/15/12 11:18am
Msg #417971

I was called to a doctors office once...

...when I got there, his receptionist handed me the documents, told me to have a seat, and let her know when I was done. I asked, where is the doctor? She said, oh he's with patients, he can't see you right now. I was shocked. I said, well I can't complete this until he's in front of me. She got really angry at that point and said I will have to find room for you, nobody else does this. When I got back to see him, he was as pleasant as could be. She just didn't want to bother him. He told me I was the first notary in years he had to actually see for a notarization. And this is my competition.

Reply by LKT/CA on 4/14/12 10:26pm
Msg #417960

<<<What is the secret of getting jobs from estate planning attorneys? It seems to me that most of their legal secretaries are notaries too. Some attorneys are notaries also. I am in Los Angeles, so I would never compete for your business.>>>

I have found that networking, through your city's Chamber of Commerce. I believe the fee is tax deductible (please verify this). Attend as many of their ribbon cutting ceremonies, breakfasts, luncheons and mixers as you possibly can. Getting to know the other members - you'll meet many from all different career venues. This builds that business relationship and trust. It doesn't happen overnight. From being a Chamber member, the others are part of another networking group and will invite you to their meetings, which opens the door for more networking. You'll also meet realtors, brokers, title and escrow officers, financial planners, etc.

This is how I met an estate planning attorney. She has a commission, as does her executive assistant and they only notarize at the office. Neither of them do mobile notarizing - the assistant refuses to give up her weekends. This is where I come in and this is where I make anywhere from $50 to $200 on the spot.

Thru the Chamber of Commerce, I also met a real estate loan broker - did quite a few loan signings for him at $150 each (or $175 for reverse mortgages). The signings were done in his office (2 miles from my home). He printed docs - both sets. I'd show up, do the signings, he was in the next room if the borrowers had questions. I'd notarize and hand him the docs and leave. Got paid within 2 weeks. If I did remote signings, usually on the weekends, he'd print docs and I'd pick them up from his office, get them signed and drop them off at his home (less than 10 miles from my home), or he'd drive to my house, pull up to the curb and call me. Then I'd run out to the curb with the docs. We had a great arrangement and he was always available for questions for the remote signings.

Reply by LynnNC on 4/15/12 2:29pm
Msg #417973

"We had a great arrangement "

What happened?

Reply by LKT/CA on 4/15/12 8:50pm
Msg #417983

Re: "We had a great arrangement "

Business dried up.