Topic : General Business
Clear the Clutter: Taking Advantage of a Tough Time
by Kelly Robertson, Instructor, Coach, Mentor
If you’re like me and love this business, it’s hard to turn away from Loan Signing and face the fact that we have to get a “real job.” For some of you that found it necessary to go back to work, I have a feeling it may take you all week to match what you [...]
February 08 Featured Notary:
Christine Ortiz
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
Our Featured Notary for February is Christine Ortiz, a Mobile Notary and Certified Signing Agent in Wailuku on the Hawaiian island of Maui. She has more than 16 years dedicated to mortgage loan processing and notary signings and has notarized thousands of documents over the years. Think there’s a difference between how a professional notary [...]
Getting Ahead in Reverse
by Kelly Robertson, Instructor, Coach, Mentor
I’m really happy that rates went down again this week and I’m thinking positive about our industry hoping that President Bush will be signing the FHA Modernization Act soon. Upping the limits on government-backed loans, reducing their origination fees and easing up on qualification requirements should mean more work for us. HUD doesn’t just mean [...]
What You Think About Is What you Bring About
by Kelly Robertson, Instructor, Coach, Mentor
Friends, trust me on this: Many of the “poopie-heads” (more about this term later) that were in our industry are just about gone. That’s the truth so quit worrying about your competition; there isn’t any. Get it out of your head once and for all that there’s someone in your neighborhood who’s a better Notary [...]
Changes to 2008 California Law Pertaining to Notaries Public
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
We’ve noticed a lot of visitors to our site looking for “changes to California law.” Rather than referring you on to the California Business Portal/Notary Public page, we’re quoting that information for you here but you can visit the Portal page to verify the info. We’ve also provided links to the text of each related [...]
Additional Non-Loan Signing Ideas
by Laura Vestanen, Mobile Notary, Notary Signing Agent
Here’s another excerpt from Laura Vestanen’s book, “Marketing Your Non-Loan Notary Services.” Laura gives the types of documents that may need notarizing, contacts you should make and where to advertise. These ideas should get you thinking outside the notary-signing-agent box and thinking notary public work. Leases, Especially Commercial Owners of commercial property, especially business parks [...]
Notaries Public Are Formidable!
by Virginia (Vikki) Watanabe, Notary Signing Agent, Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
As I sat down to write this, my last article for 2007… Wait! Really? 2007 is gone??? As I was saying, as I sat down to write this, I began thinking about our industry as Notaries Public. We go through lots of ups and downs. Most of us know the ebb and flow of the [...]
Should You Pay To Be Listed With A Signing Service?
by Kelly Robertson, Instructor, Coach, Mentor
I’m hearing a lot more from students (and seasoned professionals, too!) who have the same question: “Coach, since it’s slow, should I consider paying to sign up with signing companies?” Here’s my answer: These signing companies need you! They need to have a large database of signing agents all over their state, region or the [...]
No Loan Signings? Now What?
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
We’re hearing from some members that their loan signing business has dried up, and they’re giving up and looking for regular employment. What does that mean for you? Less competition if you can hang on. There will be a shake up among signing agents just as there is among loan originators and real estate agents. [...]
Notaries Public: We Are More than Signing Agents
by Barbara Sonafelt, Notary Public, Signing Agent, Trainer
As Notaries Public we have a lot to offer our societies and communities we live in. That being said, we must also realize the increase of security issues and identity laws causes far too many issues for us in our communities. One of biggest problem areas we have is within the senior community. The majority [...]