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The second month of 2008 is upon us, and we’re continuing to hope that new foreclosures stop increasing and the inventory of homes for sale starts decreasing. There are positive signs that actions will be taken this year to reverse the trend we’re in now. Keep marketing in the meantime and look for other sources […]
Posted: February 6th, 2008 :: Topic = NEWSLETTER / Site News
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 […]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 :: Topic = General Business, Featured Notary
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 […]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 :: Topic = General Business, Notary Education
Just released a few months ago, my new book on marketing, Marketing for Reverse Mortgage Notary Signing Agent Work, couldn’t have come at a better time considering the current state of the real estate and mortgage industries:
Reverse Mortgages are the only growing part of the refinance market.
Volume of home loan refinances has declined to a […]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 :: Topic = Notary Marketing, General Business
First, I would like to apologize for the delay in going live with the American Association of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants (AAVBA) website. In an effort to give you a first class association and all that goes with it, the AAVBA must comply with certain regulations with the State of California and the Department of Financial […]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 :: Topic = Additional Income
GOODBYE, 2007!
2007 has been an interesting and discouraging year with the collapse of the subprime mortgage industry. The resulting deluge of foreclosures nationwide and a downturn in the real estate market has affected all of us. From the calls I’m receiving, some notary signing agents who have been around for a few years are still […]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 :: Topic = NEWSLETTER / Site News
Meet Maria Ganci, a Certified Notary Signing Agent in Mastic Beach, New York. With over 10,000 loan signings under her belt, Maria offers some valid insight into what it takes to be a successful signing agent. She has the advantage of being tri-lingual: fluent in English, Spanish and Italian!
Maria Ganci
Certified Notary Signing Agent
Mastic Beach, New […]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 :: Topic = Notary Marketing, Featured Notary
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’s not any. Get it out of your head once and for all that there’s someone in your neighborhood who’s a better […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business
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 […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business, Notary Education
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 […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business