Posted by CentralNY on 6/23/12 9:05am
Msg #424412

Closing Instructions

Just received closing instructions from a title co. to please not smell offensive and not to bring any family members to the closing. Sad, sad, sad and yikes.

Reply by bfnotary on 6/23/12 10:21am
Msg #424414

Wow, they must have people not showering and taking (kids probably). I have never done that. I would turn back a signing if I didn't have a babysitter. And never any excuse to take the husband. I don't get people sometimes. I go to signings solo, After showering of course. Lol. Some people just amaze me.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 6/23/12 12:32pm
Msg #424431

We live out in the boonies here - when I first started

down here in FL I took my husband with me on my nighttime closings - two sets of eyes could find these remote places a whole lot easier than one - but the hiring party AND the borrowers were aware he'd be with me.

Now I only take him with me when a second witness is required - like I said the boonies - spaces so far apart down here you can be lifetime neighbors and never see them. So when signers say they have NO ONE who can witness, I have to believe them - and on their approval and the hiring party's okay I still bring him - but as a witness now he gets paid...

Reply by bfnotary on 6/23/12 5:55pm
Msg #424465

Re: We live out in the boonies here - when I first started

That is different tho, you had permission. And if witnesses are required, that is totally different. Here, we don't need witnesses. At least for pa properties. I have had a couple signings for out of state homes, where I needed witnesses, But the borrowers provided them, If they didn't have both witnesses, I would have had husband go with me.

Reply by JerryhFL on 6/24/12 4:58pm
Msg #424526

Re: We live out in the boonies here - when I first started

I didn't think you could notarize your spouses signature in Florida

Reply by HisHughness on 6/23/12 10:50am
Msg #424418

Far, far more amazing ...

... is that a title company or signing service would actually send out such instructions. Were I running that company, I would be mortally embarrassed to admit that I had actually hired someone who did not have the social skills to know what a deodorant stick or a bar of soap is. It is a dead giveaway that the company does not vet signing agents for professionalism, but only for price.

What a bleak commentary on our business! The next thing you know, they'll be hiring retired lawyers to handle remote closings. And then you all better start looking for jobs at Wal-Mart, because the business is going to hell in a handbasket.

Reply by LKT/CA on 6/24/12 2:51pm
Msg #424518

If the someone - be it spouse or friend - rides along for safety reasons (it's late or the location is remote) or is the driver and stays in the car, I don't see why that's a problem. My hubby has come with me to one or two signings and sat in the car. He has water/snacks, his Ipod, cell phone, my business card and a copy of the confirmation of the loan signing if someone calls the police to report a suspicious man sitting in the car for a long time in "their neighborhood".