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Lee-AR

Arkansas
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Posted - 03/05/2023 :  06:40:15 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Still slowest it's been in MANY years. But, I did get a job from a new-to-me Title company this week thru this directory. 123Notary has always been my best source of new direct business. Keep up the good work, Jeremy!

If you don't value your time and experience, nobody else will.
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BeReal

Texas
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Posted - 02/13/2023 :  10:48:13 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
January rocked. This month (Feb 2023) the bottom dropped. So, I have extra time to training review, test and coordinate equipment, especially mobile printer, scanner and hot spot.

However, I am blessed with the best clients and customers of clients. Often time, even knowing my value, and travel time and cost, I will bid what I think sounds high, then find "the Client" pays me more than what I ask.

I try extra hard to do things well, and hopefully in a way that someone will be both surprised and delighted.

I have noticed that sometimes when I "lose" a bid, the same one will come back to me -- somehow the NP/SA got sick or something else.

In particular, I enjoy my business that has come through my listing here. Its not a LOT, but it's enough to encourage me to keep on keeping on.

Thanks, Mary Walters
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Lee-AR

Arkansas
678 Posts
Posted - 02/02/2023 :  11:04:34 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I started doing loan signings in 1993, before it was a 'thing'. They were very sporadic for the next 7-8 years. Began to take off about 2000, but I did not view it as a career until I moved to Arkansas late 2001.
From that point on, income increased every year...until 2022--which was the worst year EVER. And it most definitely looks like 2023 is going to be like 1993 except for one thing: In 1993, pay was always XXX and often that first X was NOT a 1.

2023 and for most likely the next couple years, there are way more notaries than signings, so hiring party will be most likely to pick the cheapest...and there are too many who have no idea they'll be working for free or at a loss until it's too late. By the time interest rates drop (questionable that they'll ever go below 2.5 seen in '21), the most likely scenario is that Lenders will have the big tech RON companies doing it all.

If you don't value your time and experience, nobody else will.
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jbelmont

California
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Posted - 01/27/2023 :  3:32:36 PM  Show Profile  Visit jbelmont's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I heard that Notary business is slow, but I wanted to hear from the rest of you if you have opinions.
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