I feel your pain Alabama. Although for the last several months I see a clear pattern. Slow first half then super busy hectic last half. So don't fret , as volume increases so do the varieties in fee opportunities.
About the turning down of closings. I really never do that in the true sense of the term "turn down". I simply use variations of the following. If the caller tells me that their fee is $X and that is lower than my rate I say "Really, that's going to be quite difficult for me to give this priority because my fee for similar signings has always been $_. (await response - usually one of surprise or confusion)
50% of the time they say "OK, hold and I'll see about getting authorization for that" then you know the routine. Usually you have it.
The other 50% they say "That's quite out of our range"(then comes the quibbling over mileage/doc delivery, etc). After which I say "I understand if you need to pass me by on this assignment. No hard feelings. Please keep me in mind for the future. Goodbye.
Thus, it is the companies themselves that limit the quality of SA they deal with. And need I mention that almost all companies in that last 50% group call back again and surprise!! they are more flexible with their pay.
Don't let your frustration get you down. |
