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I work in a hospital. I love the healthcare atmosphere and the wonderful care I see given to patients every day. Occasionally, I get a call to go to a patient’s room to notarize a document. Yesterday was just such a day and away I went with my rolling National Notary Association “office on wheels.” [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 :: Topic = General Business,Notary Education
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 [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 :: Topic = General Business,Other Income
Great News! The AAVBA finally received the documents which enable us to go LIVE! If you’ve been with us from the beginning, you know that it has been a long and sometimes, very frustrating road. The launch date of the American Association of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants website, AAVBA.org, is expected to be before the end [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2008 :: Topic = Other Income
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
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 = Featured Notary,General Business
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 [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 :: Topic = General Business,Notary Education
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 = Other 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 [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 :: Topic = Newsletter
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 Continue reading
Posted: December 30th, 2007 :: Topic = Featured Notary,Notary Marketing
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 [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business