Posted by Wayne Clemons Jr. on 4/30/13 12:58am
Msg #467792

This job really is NOT that hard...

In the last 2 weeks I've been the second Notary as part of dual signings. Both times I've just had to laugh at the poor performance by the previous Notaries.

Here is a sample of their lack of attention to the one job they have...


http://notaryerrors.tumblr.com/

Reply by Mung/CA on 4/30/13 1:46am
Msg #467794

A trained monkey can do our job! n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/30/13 7:16am
Msg #467801

I, for one, truly take exception to this "trained monkey"

statement. No, a trained monkey cannot do this job if the job is done properly and completely.

Sentiments like this are what help erode this profession.

Reply by 101livescan on 4/30/13 7:41am
Msg #467808

Re: A trained monkey can do our job!

I think you've just sabotaged your credibility. If that's all you can say about this profession, then I tihnk it's time for a career change.

Yesterday I had six signings. My first one was for a refi for Bank of the West, three borrowers, vested, the Loan Officer was present. There were so many little details for this commercial loan product, I'm pretty sure no trained monkey would have known what to do.

My second signing was for Merrill Lynch $2Million refi, borrower and wife, physicians. No way would ML send a trained monkey to their mega estate in Montecito.

Okay, I had a couple of quickens and patched a signing that needed prior to funding conditions. Easy peasy

My final signing was POA, four borrowers, one 84 years old. The detail on this Wells Fargo refi for SB property, 144 pages, was no cake walk. I came straight home, put on my flannels and at an avocado, drank a glass of water and lights out.

One thing I know, Mung, I am no trained monkey and when it comes to damage control, I do it.

I'm appalled that you think only trained monkeys can do our jobs.

Reply by Notarysigner on 4/30/13 7:56am
Msg #467810

Re: A trained monkey can do our job!

I hope you didn't mean it the way it's sounding and being taken,..you are a notary also..

Reply by 101livescan on 4/30/13 8:05am
Msg #467812

Re: A trained monkey can do our job!

Speaking of apologies, Mung, you need to retract this statement and make a HUGE humble apology to this community!

Reply by Les_CO on 4/30/13 10:37am
Msg #467832

Re: A trained monkey can do our job!

Considering the apparent skill it takes to be President, Vice President, or a member of Congress, I’d say a good NSA needs more skills and intelligence than any of those jobs require. JMO

Reply by JanetK_CA on 4/30/13 12:55pm
Msg #467869

Enough, Les! Take it elsewhere! n/m

Reply by hodgy on 4/30/13 6:27am
Msg #467798

Those are some very bad errors and extremely sloppy. Is this your website showing what you actually had been the second notary to?

These are the notaries that get offered and take the $65 offers.

Reply by Barb25 on 4/30/13 10:42am
Msg #467834

Let's be honest, most jobs are difficult when you are new at

them. Assuming you have a good base knowledge of what you are doing, you gain experience in dealing wth the SS, borrowers, etc. you become more comfortable. You keep up with the changes required of you by the different SS or Title companies and of course the laws of your State. Then the job is relatively easy. Dealing with the "stuff" that has nothing to do with the "real" job ... late docs, irate borrowers, unreasonable customer service people, now that takes talent. As we all say IMO.

Reply by Paula Yakey on 4/30/13 7:30am
Msg #467804

,,,and GA an attorney only state.....?

Reply by snowflake/PA on 4/30/13 7:55am
Msg #467809

Our job can be diffcult. No 2 loans are ever the same. Attention to detail is paramount, and understanding what docs are that Bos must sign. Some are quick 15 mins. Some closings take an hour or more. Some are HARP, some are streamline, reverse, etc. I've closed small loans to 7 figure loans - They were network tv executives. You bet the hiring entities want a seasoned professional for their huge loans. Really a disgrace that you feel a trained monkey can do our jobs.

Reply by CopperheadVA on 4/30/13 8:31am
Msg #467814

I agree that those errors are pretty bad. The Georgia package appears to be an LSI loan - Georgia is an attorney state so *presumably* the notary was an attorney. But (at least in my area) LSI tries to pay as little as possible, so there you go. As far as I know, the notary can act as a witness in GA.

It took me a while to figure it out, but on the GA documents you posted, I think the state is changed to "GA" and then the notary initialed after that. It's all run together so at first look it was not clear to me what state it was supposed to be. It doesn't help that the hand writing is not the most clear. I always used block letters so my printing is clear and there is no mystery as to what my writing says.

I have found that MANY notaries will write the notary name where the signer's name is supposed to be in the certificate, or vice versa. My son recently had his signature notarized on a DMV document by a friend's mom - she put her own name where my son's name should have been in the certificate. We had to re-do.

And as to the trained monkey comment - I took it as a joke. How many times have we heard notaries say that signing services think that any trained money can do our job? I think Mung was alluding to that.

Reply by 101livescan on 4/30/13 8:40am
Msg #467815

Ok, I'll give Mung that, tongue in cheek.

Reply by Notarysigner on 4/30/13 8:57am
Msg #467816

copperhead always takes the high road! n/m

Reply by Jessica/FL on 4/30/13 11:40am
Msg #467852

Venue= GA and initials n/m

Reply by GOLDGIRL/CA on 4/30/13 3:58pm
Msg #467909

I recall that several years ago ...

... an executive with the horrible ... yikes, cant remember the SSs name right now, but they were located in Prairie Village, Kansas ... posted on NR about what losers we all were, saying any "monkey" could do our job.

Anybody else remember this?

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/30/13 4:12pm
Msg #467913

I do..

Reply by GOLDGIRL/CA on 4/30/13 4:48pm
Msg #467919

It was Nations Signature Closers ...

in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and the exec's name was Lance Lopez.

Can't seem to find his "monkey" post, but there are plenty of other "notaries are losers" posts by him.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/30/13 4:57pm
Msg #467921

I found "monkey" references going all the way back

to 2006 by various people... quite a trip down memory lane remembering some of the posters.

I remember Lance though - that was quite a furor

Reply by Bear900/CA on 4/30/13 7:09pm
Msg #467934

I'm reading this eating a banana! What's with that?? n/m