tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59187267000120778852024-02-06T23:32:45.628-06:00Notaries and Notary News by Brenda StoneNNN publishes notary news that is important to notaries public; we cull out the noise and distractions to provide you with notary news and facts relating to notaries.Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-70378939091144731622022-03-27T20:29:00.011-05:002022-03-27T20:57:49.847-05:00About those Scammy Notary Courses that Promise $10K per month and $500K per year...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKN45OKGv79X2u3iFywWdR0drcOIoSxvVkmPILNGib_fEn1DugYAAcJLx9K1K0x4UMPkr56wvIlHLKGwphrDBA0vYsi7h65jD_8sAQm8inH_dDxHgp1anCld2tsAOuVYtZsxbgLZ8E6SxXna2oHbgoLS1dpS1kLs2PvkkiFYuZKVCDgQVROpiA4ocC/s791/220327%20FLIMFLAM.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="791" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKN45OKGv79X2u3iFywWdR0drcOIoSxvVkmPILNGib_fEn1DugYAAcJLx9K1K0x4UMPkr56wvIlHLKGwphrDBA0vYsi7h65jD_8sAQm8inH_dDxHgp1anCld2tsAOuVYtZsxbgLZ8E6SxXna2oHbgoLS1dpS1kLs2PvkkiFYuZKVCDgQVROpiA4ocC/w400-h219/220327%20FLIMFLAM.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This long article began as an editorial posted in our group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/notary.signing.agent.network" target="_blank">Notary Signing Agent Network</a> on Facebook </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several people have asked if they could share it and I am cleaning it up a bit and putting it on my blog. Please take action and try to find the right sources to report these scammers to. </span></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 - 8:30 PM CDT</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's the basics of the original post in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/notary.signing.agent.network" target="_blank">notary group</a>. </span></h2><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">New Notaries - Save your $$$. </h2><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn a trade by taking established courses that teach you how to do the work of a signing agent. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don't buy in and start shelling out your hard-earned money or credit cards to give these parasites who promise you riches a pocket full of money.</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"> Flim flam is everywhere. The latest? </h2></div><div>New notaries teaching new notaries how to tell other notaries what to do for money (thousands per month) when they barely know how to do the job themselves!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Some folks need to get a skill and learn how to do something besides trying to suck the money out of the pockets of new notaries public. It's like they've been given a big old vacuum cleaner with a long hose and they're always trying to suck on somebody else's purse rather than learning how to perform a useful skill.</div><div><br />This is shameful scraping the bottom of the barrel.</div><div><br /> Everyone wants to be a big shot YouTube star.</div><div><br /> Nobody wants to get the experience. These con artists are so special that they don't even need to know how to do the work before they teach it.</div><div><br />Now I've had my say and I've warned nearly 30,000 notaries that there are people out there who sell snake oil.</div><div><br />That's why this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/notary.signing.agent.network" target="_blank">group</a> is here and the admins continue to do the work. It's not here for the newest brand of snake oil to prance around in.</div><div><br />Hold your money close to you, new folks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Do not believe the BS. Just do your work. Learn from the NNA's, the AAN's, or Notary.net's notary courses. Take AFFORDABLE basic courses from me and Jake, Michelle Riley, or another course provider like Phyllis Traylor, or the courses written by the late Carol Ray. </div><div><br /></div><div>Leave those desperate flashy people and their nonsense courses alone. Get good at what you do and learn customer service. </div><div><br /></div><div>Don't give out more money if it's not a reputable long-term signing agent course from trainers who have actual experience.</div><div><br />I heard the other day that one of these flim flam people would like an introduction to me and the honest people in my circle. </div><div><br /></div><div>Nope. It's not going to happen. I already know who y'all are and our groups are safe spaces that you are not welcome in. And when I see good people who I've mentored or spent time with publicly falling into the ranks of the Flimflam and Liar's Club, I'm pretty much done with them, too. If we don't like this Six Figure nonsense, then let our actions say that we don't. It's unethical, people! It is wrong to lure new people into this business based on a greed concept. </div><div><br /> If the words "Make $10,000 k per month...!" come out of the mouths of your consorts, then you are helping them build legitimacy, you need to reevaluate whether you're just here to bilk your fellow notaries like they are or if you are actually capable of adding value to anything that you do anymore.</div><div> <br />I've never seen a long-term, quality filled platform that produces good content performing in packs constantly. When you pack in with them, that's all about building legitimacy for people who plan to scam and they prey on your vanity.</div><div><br />And don't even get me started about all the affiliate programs that people will push not even knowing if the program is good or rotten.<br /><br /></div><div>If you are a leader, you need to stand for something. <i> Like I am about to stand on any online notary platform who is lying to notaries about Texas having approved it. But that is another story. I will tell it to the Texas AG first.</i><br /><br /></div><div> People need to be tough enough to say <i>"I can build myself up without having to get on video or audio with Flimflammers who are just selling their BS crash courses of nonsense." </i></div><div><br /></div><div>Stand for something! Stay away from questionable money grabbing people. Stop suffering from FOMO and make your own plan. Don't be a follower of those con artists. </div><div> <br />Now this all came up because I found myself in a group full of innocent folks being preyed upon by gabby folks who are going to make them rich. (HA HA HA. You are making them rich, don't you see?)</div><div><br />Now some of you might feel like these are the rantings of a old jealous notary or whatever you want to think.</div><div><br />Folks, I could walk away from this tomorrow and never look back at notary work. I am not going to lose money from these pirates who are stealing money from single parents trying to find a way to pay more bills and an easier life. All those new notaries need to do is stay the course and learn the work, but they are being lied to on Clubhouse, Facebook, and YouTube about how rich they will be if only they pay these weasels money to teach them. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you hate what I'm saying, that's really because you've fallen into their spell or you are one of those people who get up every morning thinking about what you can get notaries to pay you to do. You are a con or you have fallen under the trance spun out by the con. </div><div><br />I am speaking to the people who come and tell me thank you for telling it like it is. Somebody needs to say it. I'm talking about people who tell me,</div><div><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">" I've paid $500, 1,000, even thousands of dollars and I got nothing in return from these "teachers.' Please keep getting the word out."</div></div></blockquote><div><div><br />If you don't like what I'm saying, it's understandable. Go elsewhere and enjoy the dream until you have to put down your crack pipe. People who have been conned by MLM programs don't like hearing the truth either until they're no longer under the spell.</div><div> <br />Thank you and have a great rest of your evening.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Several people wanted to use this editorial but the truth is that we need more than an editorial. We need to either take action or leave this issue alone and retire. </h3><div>Here is what I want to say about the snake oil and the flimflam. </div><div><br /></div><div>I cannot stop this garbage alone with editorials. I don't want to gripe if I am not going to take action. That is draining and ineffective.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please do not message me or email with another scammy course because it breaks my heart and I can't look at it without feeling very emotional and sad. I do not want to gripe or bemoan it and be the only one that ever makes a post on social media that says "THIS IS 100% BULLSH1T!" </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the least, we can all get information out in our groups to help people see that anytime there are statements like "Make Six Figures a Year..." or "Make 10K per month..." there is probably a scam course on the horizon. See what your state has to offer along these lines. Snake Oil is gushing around here and we need to put a stop to it or shut up about it. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even one or two of the big notary retailers have supported these kinds of activities -- it is pathetic to see ethics disappear and the gold mine of new notaries is the new thing to dig into. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>New notaries - Trainers who talk dollars first and foremost to get you to sign up for a course are scamming you. </b>They are making $10K per month BY digging into your pockets! They barely know the business. </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Call to Action: </b> Texans who have been scammed by these people with their "creative" ideas to get money from unsuspecting new notaries and you are in Texas, please report them to the </span><a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer-protection/common-scams" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Texas Attorney General</a> <span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> using that link. If you didn't get the tools promised in their training courses to make that money, you need to let someone know about it. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>A court of law needs to make them show how they personally made their own $10K per month</b> doing whatever it is they will teach you to do. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's time lawmakers saw what kind of notaries are training notaries and the kind of hook$ they are using to lure in more people like them. Not a bit of ethics are being taught and I think it's time for accountability. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, if you take a course like that and you didn't receive the tools to make that amount of money, visit the "common scams" page of the </span></span><a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer-protection/common-scams" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Texas Attorney General</a> and start reading. </div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Call to Action: Other than Texas</b> - Find out how to make them accountable in your state.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are a notary leader and you have a social media group where you are letting them hang out, you know that they are contacting your group members secretly or on your platform. By allowing them in the groups, you are providing them legitimacy. Show them you aren't in favor of this garbage. Click that delete and block button. </span></div><div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For those of you who have paid money to these trainers and you realize you can't ever make $10K per month doing what they are promoting that you do, take action. It's not you. It is them.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you spend money on training that stated you would be able to make a certain amount of money after you take the training, contact the Texas Attorney General. The titles of courses that I believe are most dangerous to citizens are those that state a certain amount of money. So, if you take a course like that and you didn't receive the tools to make that amount of money, visit the "common scams" page of the </span></span><a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer-protection/common-scams" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Texas Attorney General</a> and start reading. </div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Please be prepared to take action or let's not discuss anymore. It makes me very upset that the scammers know we are doing nothing to stop them. </b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-16986856854939243062022-03-27T17:11:00.018-05:002022-03-27T21:35:25.271-05:00 Overview of NSA Printing and Printer Solutions <h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">How should I print documents? What is expected? </span></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Today's article is about printing documents properly and having the proper equipment to handle the job. We will start with the right printer and then cover best practices for printing. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What printer do I need? </span></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>You can't use an ink-jet printer. You must have a laser printer.</b> </span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">It should be able to print at least 40-50 pages per minute. The faster, the better.</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The laser printer should have <b>two sources for paper</b> that will hold 50+ pages.</span></li></ol><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The top of the line for someone printing 5-10 packages of loan documents per day would be a great professional grade HP printer with two paper drawers. Otherwise, you will wear your printer fairly quickly. A set up like that will cost more than my recommended set up for new NSAs. If you are doing that much work already, you should look at my "second solution" below. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><b>My Printing Set Up </b></h3><div><b><br /></b></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">First, I will tell you about a less costly solution for starting out as a notary signing agent. I am an online notary more than a paper notary these days. For a lower cost solution, you can get started with Brother printers a little cheaper than with HP. If I ever start doing more paper than online work again, I will go with the second solution below this section and lease my printer. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvHYTn-GaXYYCfSCsE4HK_q28AJxTNrM0wJcqKAt55-RUOPTy72gNroh8S45uZYhz1kMD6hFxPMLhdHVSqLtFHsBr83uiTs-SQd30R54c0vgcxlXlmmPOoBRmPwBGRH4EiSY9KfXWZhE7VL1QFUiVYZmRbDUByjmscDvVWAXVYCqA98CGgWKc0oib/s532/22-0327printingNSAblog4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvHYTn-GaXYYCfSCsE4HK_q28AJxTNrM0wJcqKAt55-RUOPTy72gNroh8S45uZYhz1kMD6hFxPMLhdHVSqLtFHsBr83uiTs-SQd30R54c0vgcxlXlmmPOoBRmPwBGRH4EiSY9KfXWZhE7VL1QFUiVYZmRbDUByjmscDvVWAXVYCqA98CGgWKc0oib/s320/22-0327printingNSAblog4.JPG" width="231" /></a></div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">My current printer is a <a href="https://amzn.to/3NBBEK6" target="_blank">Brother</a> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3NBBEK6" target="_blank">HL-L5200DW</a> and I love it. I only use Brother toner in it. Currently, you can purchase this refurb <a href="https://amzn.to/3uAT0xO" target="_blank">printer for $399</a> with only one paper drawer, but you can also use the big multi-purpose tray as your second paper tray until you can afford to purchase one. The multi-purpose tray can accept 50+ pages of legal-size paper. The 520-page paper tray is $146 on Amazon - see the <a href="https://amzn.to/3iI7kyY" target="_blank">LT-5500 </a>. <b><i>That means a low-cost printer for a serious new NSA is $545 for both the large tray and the printer. </i></b><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I believe the <span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3NBBEK6" target="_blank">Brother</a> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3NBBEK6" target="_blank">HL-L5200DW</a> has been replaced by the <a href="https://amzn.to/386cd30" target="_blank">HL-L6200DW</a> for $409, the refurb is just about the only model that is available, but I purchase Amazon refurbs frequently. I should mention that you can put TWO paper drawers on the 6200 and subsequent Brother printers in this line.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The 520-page paper tray is $146 on Amazon - see the <a href="https://amzn.to/3iI7kyY" target="_blank">LT-5500 </a>. So $409 + $146 = $565 for the printer and the paper drawer/tray. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">A newer model is the <a href="https://amzn.to/3IDPGXX" target="_blank">HL-L6400DW </a>and the refurb is $484 on Amazon. If you want the tray to go with the newer model, you need the <a href="https://amzn.to/3iDRntB" target="_blank">LT-6505</a> which is $164. So $484 + $164 = $648.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In the picture below of my own printer, you will see that it has three <b>Xs</b> on it. The red X is on the multipurpose tray in which you can put legal-size paper and that can act as your second source until you get a full-fledged 2nd drawer. The blue X is on the tray that came with my printer. The black X is on the big printer tray that I purchased separately. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmJ2oOGNuaLsS_R1dFB5qvDT0cu-KDgYyttfn1aydVlFwgqQjQ9j6OgOSji-8u_ImQidZhh1UJcr8dMtttohUDyIDW8W9vmlvsSahZFZ_RnO_zBKcthrrAC5uS8kAgMwlSIG2DHeWehkclXkoSildzBSlkz7W_m1Q8jJS4cLGTBFU-pe8SbMHhCMs/s715/22-0327printingNSAblog3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="590" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmJ2oOGNuaLsS_R1dFB5qvDT0cu-KDgYyttfn1aydVlFwgqQjQ9j6OgOSji-8u_ImQidZhh1UJcr8dMtttohUDyIDW8W9vmlvsSahZFZ_RnO_zBKcthrrAC5uS8kAgMwlSIG2DHeWehkclXkoSildzBSlkz7W_m1Q8jJS4cLGTBFU-pe8SbMHhCMs/s320/22-0327printingNSAblog3.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><br /><br /><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">When I have used a printer having only the main paper tray plus a multi-purpose tray to print loan documents, I print in parts and not the whole thing at once. For instance, first I print <b>Page 1 - 50</b>, and then I print <b>Page 51 - 100</b>, and so forth<b>.</b> That way, I do not run out of legal-size paper during printing. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>Second Solution - Consider Leasing</b></span></h3><div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">If you want to go with something hardier than my set up, go with a professional grade HP or a professional grade of Brother Printer. For instance, look at this lease solution at <a href="https://totalprintusa.com/best-printers-for-notaries-and-loan-signing-agents/" target="_blank">Total Print USA for Notaries</a>. They believe in HP printers. I believe if you are going to be a high producer, this is the route you need to go. I have tapered off and I mostly do online notarization and I don't need a printer that will print all day long. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I don't know HP printers well enough to suggest what you need to use right now, but I am looking into it. </span></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></h2><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">NOW, let's talk about printing like a professional notary signing agent should print!</span></h1><div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Be Prepared to Print</span></h2><div><br /></div><div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>__ DO have a way to print two sizes of paper. </b></span></div><div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Read through this entire article to get the information you need about this. </span></div></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO keep at least </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">three </span></em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">reams of legal-size and six reams of letter-size paper on hand at all times. </span></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO keep at least one extra fresh manufacturer-branded toner cartridge on hand at all times. </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Do not assume you can buy knock-off toner cartridges until you try one in your spare time. Never try a knock-off as your only backup toner when you are slammed with work.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Printer manufacturers have become very smart at making newer model printers require manufacturer's branded cartridges. Even though your friend's 5200 may accept knock-off toner, your own 5200 may be a newer version of the model and not accept anything except OEM cartridges.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO learn to use your printer. </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">You will need to find tutorials that will guide you through setting it up and using it. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I would start with getting a manual. Here is how I would get my manual if it didn't come with my printer. I would search for it. First, I would put putting it in the search box: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Manual for" "Manufacturer" "Model of your printer." </span> Note that the quote marks are not necessary. </p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO learn to identify the sizes of your paper by looking at your packages on your monitor. </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">You must learn to identify the sizes of the paper by looking at your packages. (You can learn to tell the difference by searching online for a tutorial that will tell you how to do that. I use Adobe Acrobat Pro, and I go to the tools, then I select "Organize Pages" to see what sizes of paper I am dealing with.)</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In the image below, you can see that all the pages except page 2 are legal-size pages.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrYPC3-h6rnkJCi94Svt-PaJkF6rjEjt6431XKHdi6Xr2jIlJKy1ZGIT7HPSL5VNqp4bFI1U4ebpLDx6cj9669hyvhBlbl-6yrrPxoliFjd4pBjB_bCFNu6XvocJCmSvIBUl6ENOmBfqNscB8JVlVWPYfg8QStCFx6BqxLLlE_A36GFW51b85oODJ/s1910/22-0327printingNSAblog.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="Screen showing Adobe Pro "Organize Pages" Tool" border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1910" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrYPC3-h6rnkJCi94Svt-PaJkF6rjEjt6431XKHdi6Xr2jIlJKy1ZGIT7HPSL5VNqp4bFI1U4ebpLDx6cj9669hyvhBlbl-6yrrPxoliFjd4pBjB_bCFNu6XvocJCmSvIBUl6ENOmBfqNscB8JVlVWPYfg8QStCFx6BqxLLlE_A36GFW51b85oODJ/w640-h285/22-0327printingNSAblog.JPG" title="Know what size pages you will need to print." width="640" /></a></div><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Follow Best Practices</strong></h2><div><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO print two complete copies of documents unless told otherwise. </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">99.9% of the time you must print two identical packages of documents. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">One is for you to have signed by the signers. The other copy you will give to the signers after you finish the appointment. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Please note that if you or the signer makes an error dating or signing a document during the appointment, the best practice is to replace the page or document with a clean copy from your signer's package. (Put the copy with the error back in the signer's stack.) </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">You will likely be asked to return and have the document signed if you do not do this.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">When you are new, print the whole package no matter what. Later, when you know the difference between loan instructions and loan documents, you can usually skip printing loan instructions after you make sure that they do not require a signature. I don't like worrying about it, so I print two complete sets with all documents. Printing is not that expensive, and that way I don't miss anything. </span></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO NOT print either set of documents on both sides of the paper </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><br /></i></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i>... and...</i></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO NOT print the signer's set on all letter-size paper.</strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">You are being paid to print two complete and identical packages; they should be printed on one side of the paper and on the same sized paper you have printed for the original package that you will be returning to the hiring party. </span></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO NOT shrink to fit documents to be larger or smaller than they came to you. </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In other words, if the document is provided to you as a legal-size document, you print it on legal-size paper. You should not shrink to fit legal-size pages to letter-size paper. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Legal is more expensive, and notaries like to avoid it whenever possible. Nothing says "INEXPERIENCED NOTARY" like shrinking your legal-size documents down to letter size without permission. It's also bad to cut the bottom of the document pages off because you decided to print on letter-size paper. You can read more about this below. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Another solution until you have a two-paper source printer: If you have one tray on your printer, some</span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> title companies will allow notaries to print legal and letter documents on legal-size paper.</em></p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In this case, do not make all the pages fit to legal-size paper. Print so that there will be a few inches black at the bottom of the legal paper; the letter-size document will be above that. Legal-size documents will print normally.</em></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></em></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO NOT cut off the bottoms of the pages when you print. </strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">If you do, you will be required to redo the assignment. If you refuse, you will often not be paid. (An example that I borrowed from the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fh30434.www3.hp.com%2Ft5%2FPrinting-Errors-or-Lights-Stuck-Print-Jobs%2FBottom-of-page-cut-off-when-printing%2Ftd-p%2F7249615&psig=AOvVaw1fBl-zsBDNxy1lg9ox5PqJ&ust=1648501114498000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCLDoq62X5_YCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD" target="_blank">HP community</a> is provided.) </span></p></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgqGHgDblWkRyvw30Jj9FjIImNYPCMEFtIWwlIuph2gD4lna8IzCs2npUSF2PeMwjiM5qniluv96YGjQAvbPSMRqJTGbE3yKEg7WK8Ihb30Q71gWAgRiHZdPr4vjjjhh8mjcV3FuJDap4eza3PC_4pZWO8kAw909BnAA5qd3FKT6Gckc45lv6QhOk/s4032/22-0327printingNSAblog2.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgqGHgDblWkRyvw30Jj9FjIImNYPCMEFtIWwlIuph2gD4lna8IzCs2npUSF2PeMwjiM5qniluv96YGjQAvbPSMRqJTGbE3yKEg7WK8Ihb30Q71gWAgRiHZdPr4vjjjhh8mjcV3FuJDap4eza3PC_4pZWO8kAw909BnAA5qd3FKT6Gckc45lv6QhOk/s320/22-0327printingNSAblog2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO consider this as a solution: programs that sort your pages by size.</span></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></strong></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">If you do not have a printer with two paper sources that hold at least 50 pages, you need to use a page-sorter program to ensure you get your document printed correctly. </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Some say that using a website to process documents like this violates privacy rights for signers' non-public information. You make your own mind up. </span></em></span></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></em></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Please note - by paper sources I mean paper trays or drawers. </span></em></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></em></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">NotaryRotary.com has a page sorting program that is free to members. You will find it </strong><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">here:</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #4a6ee0;"><u><a href="https://www.notaryrotary.com/mc/pdfsorter.asp">https://www.notaryrotary.com/mc/pdfsorter.asp</a></u></span><span style="color: #0e101a;">.</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Another way to do this is to use Page Separator. It is found here: </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://pageseparator.com/product_basic.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4a6ee0; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">https://pageseparator.com/product_basic.html</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> .</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Follow the instructions and once you finish printing, put the documents back into order. You will be downgraded if you do not put the documents back into order when they are scanned back to the signing service or other hiring party or when they are shipped to the receiving party. </span></p></blockquote><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">__ DO read this - about the NORTC -- Something I do that others may not do: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As part of my printing routine, I check to make sure there are at least three (3) copies of the Notice of Right to Cancel for each borrower/signer once everything is printed when I am handling a package where these would be included. (These are also known as NORTC or Notice of Right to Rescind.) </span></p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">If there are not at least three (3) for each signer in the package to be signed, I would go ahead and produce three of them for each signer. I would return one per signer in the package and provide the others to the signers. That's MY way of handling it. </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">You need to ask your hiring party how many to return in the package and how many to leave. </em></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></em></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Lately, I have heard that some want all three (per signer) signed NORTCs returned if the package comes with multiple copies. Title companies and signing services have fussed about it to notaries. They say the borrowers get the ones in the unsigned package. </span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">That's not how I learned it, so you need to check with your hiring party about how they want it done. </em></strong></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have a great week! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Best, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Brenda Stone</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3/27/2022</span></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>If you want to help support this blog and save money, too:</b></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: courier;">WALMART+ If you sign up for Walmart+ with your code we both get $20 off a future order! I use Walmart+ weekly to deliver paper, toner, and other supplies or groceries. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Just pick a time for later in the day. Notably, for an upcharge of $10, they will bring it to you within 2 hours. It's faster and cheaper most of the time than Amazon Prime. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="http://share.walmartplus.com/brenda949">http://share.walmartplus.com/brenda949</a></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: courier;">PLEASE NOTE: The links above that are pointed to Amazon allow me to earn 3% - 6% on any purchase you make through my link. They do not affect your pricing but they do allow me to make a referral fee. </span></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-23545077693253516212022-01-21T12:53:00.002-06:002022-01-21T13:51:55.103-06:00Georgia Notaries and Samantha Smith Need Our Support - How to Help<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Buw03KGZEg" width="320" youtube-src-id="4Buw03KGZEg"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://notariesandnotarynews.com" target="_blank">Notaries & Notary News (by Brenda Stone)</a> supports Samantha Smith's efforts for Georgia Notaries as referenced in the video that I have linked above. I want to help raise awareness for an effort put into motion by Georgia notary Samantha Smith. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Sending positive vibes from Texas, Samantha!</h3><p>Samantha Smith is a great rep for the notary nation in Georgia. She is professional, knowledgeable, and has begun to reach out to the correct people to take action on the Georgia online notary situation. </p><p>There are limited opportunities in Georgia notaries. If that isn't bad enough, they currently cannot become online notaries. (Editing the original version to add "<i>unless the notaries are under the direct supervision of an attorney</i>.")</p><p>I read this elsewhere recently; Ms. Smith isn't addressing it in the video. So if this statement is wrong, it's my fault, not hers.</p><p>Additionally, the Georgia Bar has made it clear that notaries cannot participate in loan or property transactions without the direct participation of a Georgia attorney. </p><p>It's time for Georgia notaries to have a voice that matters regarding this issue. And unlike some trainers that are flat-out lying to notaries in Georgia and telling them some things are okay for them to do when they are not, Samantha Smith offers a proper solution--direct communication with a lawmaker who listens. </p><p>She is going at this correctly by organizing Georgia notaries to reach out to the legislature about online notarization. She has been in touch with Georgia State Representative, Joseph Gullett.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>~~~How to Take Action~~~</b></h3><p>(1) Click on the video, see what Samantha has to say, and get involved, Georgia notaries! </p><p>(2) Access the shared materials in the link underneath her video. </p><p>(3) Group owners / admins, please share this link in your groups to help this lady reach her Georgia notary tribe. </p><p>(4) All notaries, share this link -- raise awareness to help Georgia notaries get involved.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Do something to help!<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Be a vehicle for change.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Everyone be careful and get through January healthily, happily, and slaying those goals!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Brenda Stone</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">brenda at stonedigital.me</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></h3>
Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-89208247251999242022-01-10T19:22:00.004-06:002022-01-11T07:34:24.754-06:00RON Platforms - SIGNiX is still in the Lead for Me<p>I have been busy behind the scenes looking at platforms that independent online notaries can use to build a signing agent business. Near the end of this article, I explain why I am still in favor of SIGNiX and I also explain my thinking on the video. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D4OyclWWoIk" width="320" youtube-src-id="D4OyclWWoIk"></iframe></div>It's been a little disappointing to see what's out there because when it comes right down to it, there are not many choices for independent online notaries who handle real estate transactions. (I'm talking about platforms that allow notaries to license them and bring their own clients to them.)<br /><br />General notary work isn't as demanding, so just about any platform with good ID processes in place will work, but managing cash buyer or seller real estate packages can be a hot mess on some platforms. The platform has to seamlessly accommodate multiple signers and multiple documents.<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">I wish I had a dollar for every time this happened.</h3><p>I have joined (paid) and looked at six platforms closely. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have lodged a concern or complaint about a platform and have been told "Everyone is okay with this platform except you." or "Our other powerhouse notaries aren't having any trouble at all." </p><p>Just try it! If you bring up any issue about a platform and won't let it go, you are bound to hear that. <br /><br />That used to intimidate me a little, but no more. Those of us who are working in real estate transactions can spot the BS a mile away. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Tip: Check Your Notary Seal's Appearance on any platform you use. </h3><p style="text-align: left;">Even if a platform performs great, you need to check the appearance of your notary seal and make sure your seal has the right elements. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Are all of them there? </i> <i>Is the size right?</i> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>And</b> make sure that <b>nothing </b>from the platform shows up on top of your seal impression unless required by law.<br /><br />One of the greatest performing platforms that I have tried out personally this past quarter is not mentioned here. Why is that? Because I can't use it! </p><p style="text-align: left;">My Texas notary seal has a green transaction number pasted right across the top edge of my seal which disrupts the serrated edge of the notary seal. The serrated edge is an element of my state notary seal! </p><p style="text-align: left;">In Texas, we need a continuous, unbroken notary border around the seal. Period. End of the darn story!</p><p style="text-align: left;">I explained this to that platform and I was ignored. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Hoping it would be okay, I reached out to the Texas Secretary of State's notary public unit and asked if I would be sanctioned if something went awry with a transaction and this seal/stamp impression was called into question. Well, they did not tell me NO which is what I hoped for. I was told that it could be a problem so the their attorneys are looking into it. (I wonder if that means the notary office didn't want to make a harsh decision against any platform?) They could not give me a pass, so, I had to abandon that platform.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">So SIGNiX Is Still on Top for Me for January 2022!</h3><p>As Jake and I will share in our book<i><u> Introduction to Handling Real Estate Transactions for Independent Online Notaries</u> </i>coming out this month, SIGNiX has been approved by a dozen land title underwriters. SIGNiX's fees are a little higher than I feel they should be. I feel that once a notary hits a certain dollar amount and fees, a percentage discount should be applied. Otherwise, every business minded notary will have to keep looking for better containment of fees. Eventually there will be a contender to rival SIGNiX that will provide similar perks . That's just the way technology goes.</p><p> However today it's a solid platform and they have done their homework in the background by showing title companies that they have a secure, tamper-evident platform and getting those approvals. So KUDOS to you SIGNiX! </p><p>In the video I am sharing today, you will see that SIGNiX charges more, but if you can get more work by having SIGNiX, that's a plus. </p><p>I have never heard of anyone having problems getting onboarded there, and they offer training every single weekday along with a set of videos that helps with the onboarding process.</p><p>They also offer written FAQs on how to do things so that you do not have to swim through a mountain of videos to get the answers that you need. </p><p>In the video that accompanies this article, I mention SIGNiX, Secured Signings, OneNotary.us, and CyberizeIt. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Thanks for watching, if you do! </h4><p><br /></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com1Texas, USA31.9685988 -99.9018131-11.39966894813799 -170.2143131 75.336866548137991 -29.5893131tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-23888763028924737152022-01-05T15:27:00.013-06:002022-01-05T18:54:06.182-06:00Remote Online Notarization - Figuring your profit.<br />Before you decide on a RON platform, you'll need to know what your expenses will be vs. your profit. This Google Sheet can help you figure out the best platform for you.<br /><br />By "platform" I mean a "bring-your-own-clients platform" that you license as an independent online notary to use for your business. <br /><br />To know your profit, you need to know the expenses you will be charged. And before you pick a platform, you should what you will be charged for monthly subscriptions, fees per seal and so forth.<br /><br />After you have a platform, when you consider the charges that you will incur for each transaction, you may find that you can be more competitive on your pricing than you thought, or you may see that you didn't plan on charging enough.<br /><br />I put together a spreadsheet to help you drill down to see your real profit based on -- <br /><br />-Cost of each notary seal<br /><br />-Other platform costs <br /><br />-What you are able to charge clients.<br /><br />This spreadsheet can help you pick your platform by knowing how to fill in the blanks for each platform you are looking at. <br /><br />Note that this doesn't take into account your overhead expenses that you (as a notary signing agent or mobile notary) are already maintaining for your business, for instance, insurance, commission, and office expense.<br /><br />Most notaries who are reading this post have already established a notary business and have these things in place.<br /> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_SSNMkG0r4" width="320" youtube-src-id="Q_SSNMkG0r4"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Hopefully, by putting out credible information like this that notaries can use, we will find our tribe of ethical notaries who have a thirst for knowledge. We have a great start on the kind of notaries we appreciate here in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinenotaries" target="_blank">Facebook group for Independent Online Notaries</a>. If you like the sound of ethics, join us!<br /><br />The office of notary public was n-e-v-e-r supposed to be focused on dollar $ign$. It is a blessing that we are able to earn a satisfactory living, but if you just want to hear how you're gonna get rich, you will be happier with another mentor and trainer who will lie to you. <br /><br />If you work hard, you'll make a nice living. If you want to be a YouTube star who lies to other notaries to take their money, you can make pretty good money doing that until the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission catches up with you. But save your time in that case and move on because you won't like this blog or my videos. Just straight stuff here! <br /><br />Coming this month: Introduction to Handling Real Estate Transactions as an Independent Online Notary by Brenda Stone and Jake Burkhalter.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfeyZDSijvvD2p_WQIlNyTh0cqsEL1ejqwk6zdFv72zjuTYobZpV6PW-o0tuYsRlmbkm_Lzs_KtqHK12GTmt8yrSM4GlmB0zKG17A6unavIjfiCPTpxQniluJPIiQpQh1KwO3XjekjupftQxX4iis5hz9_EGswfxcduYkg5gCj4cWHX1QujMmWNtax=s320" /></a><br /><br /><br />Join my email list (button below) and I will let you know when it is on Kindle and also in printed media. <br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://btn.ymlp.com/button_gmeqqebgmgb.png" /></a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-40572237378812550572022-01-03T16:37:00.014-06:002022-01-04T15:23:38.393-06:003 Reasons why --- The Remote Online Notary must be Commissioned Where the Property is Located. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib3ScJXTdqWn6pm3lekQikEMzSaSuVp8olHHKFSJFnKWBAyrP5j875l18s50P31GZ9zHIxcF9RHrlAyi_MAY4u_zcypgwSON-GVco1r0r7GXHjUKmLxN1w2x2yoa90gpoSD52--2XQe5leW6aMdWakP8tB_IsGk7PSkIjyrHD5KeRVMyT7j40Q9dQm=s3872" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3872" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib3ScJXTdqWn6pm3lekQikEMzSaSuVp8olHHKFSJFnKWBAyrP5j875l18s50P31GZ9zHIxcF9RHrlAyi_MAY4u_zcypgwSON-GVco1r0r7GXHjUKmLxN1w2x2yoa90gpoSD52--2XQe5leW6aMdWakP8tB_IsGk7PSkIjyrHD5KeRVMyT7j40Q9dQm=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>As you know, all 50 states and District of Columbia recognize notarial acts that are performed in states other than their own. </div><div><br /></div><div>If a traditional notarial act is performed in Florida, a lender or title company in Texas is 99.99% likely to accept it. </div><div><br /></div><div>That's the way things have been done as long as I can remember due to Article IV, Sec. 1 of the U.S. Constitution (the “Full Faith and Credit Clause”) which provides strong support for interstate recognition of notarial acts across state lines.<br /><br /><b><i>==========</i></b></div><div><b><i>1/4/2022 - I want to clarify that this article is to answer "Why am I being told that a Texas notary has to be involved?" Or "Why must this be handled by a Florida notary?" The title company will always be the gatekeeper on where the notary must be located / commissioned. As an online notary in Texas, I have done one Washington deed, several Florida property deeds and several California property documents. In those cases neither the lender nor title required that the online notary had to be in Washington, Florida, or California. But when you are told that the notarizations can only be performed by a notary from a certain state, this article answers the three reasons for it. </i></b></div><div><b><i>==========</i></b></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>However, as remote online notarization (RON) becomes more popular, online notaries are learning that title companies often seek a notary in the state where the property is located to notarize documents in a real estate transaction. <i>Why is that?</i></blockquote><i></i></h3><i></i><i></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three Reasons -- </b></div><div><br /></div><div>My knowledge is limited on the topic, but here is what I know. In Texas, this isn't a property law or a notarial law. It's not a rule. It's required by the stakeholders involved in the transaction. I could be wrong, but I think this is fairly universal across the states that allow RON. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reason #1 - it's what the underwriters in title companies require. </b></div><div>When a real estate transaction is a cash deal, there are still tasks that need to be handled by a title company, for instance, the issuance of a title policy. To cover the property's title, the underwriter says that a notary from the state where the property is located must notarize the signatures. And before the disbursements are made the title company's agent must review the notarial acts to make sure they are done correctly. If something isn't apple pie perfect on the notarial certificate, that leaves the transaction in a vulnerable place because, after all, the notary's certificate is the first place that a good attorney would start to unravel a property conveyance. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reason #2 - If a lender is involved, their underwriters also set policies of this type.</b></div><div><b></b>If the loan is going to be sold to another entity it's a standard move to do it this way for residential loans. Commercial loans aren't as stringent.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reason #3 - Finally, there is a hidden stakeholder or two that we tend to lose sight of when we are pondering questions like this one. </b></div><div>The GSEs like FreddieMac and FannieMae have a say in how the documents must be handled and how they must look before they will consider purchasing the loan. Lenders adhere to the wishes of GSEs! I can't say that enough. </div><div><br /></div><div>FreddieMac has required that the online notary be located where the property is going back to 2018 when RON was just a baby and only allowed in Virginia, Montana, and Texas. If you are ambitious, you can read about this requirement by FreddieMac <a href="https://guide.freddiemac.com/app/guide/section/1401.16" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Related Story: <a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2022/01/size-matters-even-on-electronic.html" target="_blank">SIZE MATTERS (EVEN ON ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES)</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif_wraK3hv1dao5dSRaLX_ohVObD0ayNN2kXTJnY91gYZsX6kz_gQDp6RHveWkIh4pg9X9YKz1l2yJzP51PfGimAKt24Ze__DUOoqP7VFFWIKL19Bqyaq0cbYw4SaF3btVP4Uyttz_G8e6j00fZfwwtL75D3O6Aq9IT6rpVCTTbLng6ujPNa7P9Jck=s624" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="624" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif_wraK3hv1dao5dSRaLX_ohVObD0ayNN2kXTJnY91gYZsX6kz_gQDp6RHveWkIh4pg9X9YKz1l2yJzP51PfGimAKt24Ze__DUOoqP7VFFWIKL19Bqyaq0cbYw4SaF3btVP4Uyttz_G8e6j00fZfwwtL75D3O6Aq9IT6rpVCTTbLng6ujPNa7P9Jck=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>I'd love to have you join my email list.</b> </div><div>Blogger.com where this blog is hosted stopped providing email list-type services. I'll be on my own letting you know that I posted a new article. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy New Year! 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We know you have your hands full...but while you are doing other stuff, can you please make sure that LONG signatures that say a whole lot of stuff can be big enough to be seen by an old grouchy clerk's eye. We need them to be easier to manage and more visible.</p><p>Signatures on platforms tend to shrink when they are longer and they aren't that easy to make look good enough to satisfy recording clerks. It's not just one platform. I see that LONG signature mashing and moving isn't that great on any of them. (I've looked around.) </p><p>Clerks cannot accept anything in some venues that are not at least 10 pt. in size and sometimes, super-long signatures start looking that small. </p><p>Lenders require that s<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">ignatures look a certain way
when signed, even on electronic records. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The document itself must appear
a certain way and in compliance with a GSE (FreddieMac, FannieMae, GinnieMae, etc.) that will purchase the loan. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Right now, many platforms are only licensing to notaries. They aren't getting the lender fall-out like the private platforms are making them figure all this out. So, let me clue you in on what's coming if you become a lender's chosen platform. </o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><blockquote>Platform signatures MUST be able to work with required lengthy
verbiage that appears as signatures for FKA (formerly known as) and NKA (now
known as) or attorney-in-fact language. </blockquote></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here's what that looks like. </span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FORMERLY KNOWN AS SIGNATURE</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jessica Jones Sanders F/K/A Jessica Karen Jones</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Initials to look like:<b> JJS fka JKJ </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(It has been a while since I was asked for this type of
initial, but it can happen.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NOW KNOWN AS SIGNATURE</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jessica Karen Jones N/K/A Jessica Jones Sanders</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Initials to look like: <b>JKJ nka JJS </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ATTORNEY-IN-FACT SIGNATURE</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">John J. Smith, attorney-in-fact, for Joan Rhonda-Lou
Brown </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> YES! the SIGNATURE that is written above the link must say ALLLLL of this. </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Initials are requested like this all the time! <b>JJS,
AIF for JRLB </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had this the other day for a RON and fortunately, I knew
my platform well enough to work around the standard way it creates
initials. I made the initials into a signature so that it would be clear that the signer placed them. That meant my client had to log in twice. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Signatures <u>must </u>look a certain way
when signed, even on electronic records. The document itself must appear
a certain way and in compliance with the GSE that purchases the
loan. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> <br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I am mainly concerned with the too-small appearance of signatures causing a failed document that will not be recorded. Sure, you can stretch, pinch, pull and fiddle around with it, but in my experience, the longer the signature, the smaller the writing. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Happy New Year, y'all! Brenda</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Coming this month! </b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfeyZDSijvvD2p_WQIlNyTh0cqsEL1ejqwk6zdFv72zjuTYobZpV6PW-o0tuYsRlmbkm_Lzs_KtqHK12GTmt8yrSM4GlmB0zKG17A6unavIjfiCPTpxQniluJPIiQpQh1KwO3XjekjupftQxX4iis5hz9_EGswfxcduYkg5gCj4cWHX1QujMmWNtax=s2250" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfeyZDSijvvD2p_WQIlNyTh0cqsEL1ejqwk6zdFv72zjuTYobZpV6PW-o0tuYsRlmbkm_Lzs_KtqHK12GTmt8yrSM4GlmB0zKG17A6unavIjfiCPTpxQniluJPIiQpQh1KwO3XjekjupftQxX4iis5hz9_EGswfxcduYkg5gCj4cWHX1QujMmWNtax=s320" width="201" /></a></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>"Handling Real Estate Transactions as an Independent Online Notary"</i></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Join my email list (button below) and I will let you know when it is on Kindle and also in printed media. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-1008070049983057412021-10-21T23:47:00.014-05:002021-10-22T00:24:57.413-05:00My Remote Online Notary (RON) Journal<p> <span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;">If you decide to try </span><a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SIGNiX</a><span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;">, please consider using </span><a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">our link</a><span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;">. || </span><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/why-i-chose-to-use-signix-for-remote.html" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Click here to read why I choose SIGNiX as my platform</a><span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;">.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Today’s topic is <b><i>my </i></b>Remote Online Notary (RON) Journal. And <i><b>MY</b></i> is emphasized, bolded, and italicized <i style="font-weight: bold;">because this is how I do it. </i>Hopefully, this video will give you ideas on how to keep your own journal.</h3><p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uCbUTlYTtnY" width="320" youtube-src-id="uCbUTlYTtnY"></iframe></h3><span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>If you want to access the graphic that I am using in the video, you can open it up right <a href="https://share.mindmanager.com/#publish/CpoCS3aKcy4dbshE2zI7KmPkuwp5czKwRYlJm19W" target="_blank">here</a>. </b></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">I have been an online notary since September 2018.</h2><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the most important things for an online notary, or a
traditional notary for that matter, is to stay on top of that all-important
notary journal. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s critical for notaries to be good at record-keeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do that by beginning with an organization
system for maintaining my RON records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
knew if I didn’t, I would get overwhelmed and way behind on my files
quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a little preview for what is to come, this journal is
part of my organization system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll
get into my system, soon, but first I’m going to go through the components
before I describe my process or what it looks like. Believe me, it’s not going
to be that difficult for you to create for yourself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My chosen platform for performing online notarizations is SIGNiX
which has a wonderful journaling process built within the platform and an even
better audit trail. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, there’s no way to get all the information that I
like to keep in my journal for real estate transactions into my built-in SIGNiX
journal! And even if there was, the journal on the SIGNiX platform is done
while in the meeting with the signer or signers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I solved that problem by creating a form
that I use to record information about every transaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the form is filled out, I upload it with
the other documents to have it signed during the appointment. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please take a moment to download the document with images of
my journal form at the link given in this presentation description. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are four images we will discuss. They will appear <b> at the bottom of this article</b>, or you can see them on the video or <a href="https://share.mindmanager.com/#publish/CpoCS3aKcy4dbshE2zI7KmPkuwp5czKwRYlJm19W" target="_blank">here </a>on the <a href="https://share.mindmanager.com/#publish/CpoCS3aKcy4dbshE2zI7KmPkuwp5czKwRYlJm19W" target="_blank">interactive graphics link</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>PAGE 1</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">Already in the heading of this notary journal entry form, I
have added my name and my phone number. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Customers (my signers) on SIGNiX <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can actually download this signed form if they
download the documents after they sign them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That’s why my contact information is there—it’s a mini-step
in marketing that isn’t forced on the signer!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My first steps are to fill in the date and the county from
which I am notarizing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Next, I list <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
names of the signers. In this form I have them broken down the signer section into
Signer 1 through Signer 4. If more signers are needed there is space on page 4
of this form where that type of information can be added.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Signer 1 is always a principal signer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Signer 2 may be a principal signer, a witness, or a credible
witness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, those individuals
will go through the ID process (KBA/CA or ID), they will have a credible
witness introduce them, or I will know them personally.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For each signer I indicate which of the three methods I used
to identify him or her. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>KBA & CA or ID</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>CREDIBLE WITNESS</i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Out beside each type of ID is a space where I can make notes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance, many of people signers are
repeat principal signers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already know
them from previously submitting them to KBA/CA or ID inspection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write in the date that I previously
identified them. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>PAGE 2</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">Page 2 has three sections. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The top section is a discussion of addresses and
names relating to real estate transactions. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The middle section has 12 lines for listing
documents that are being notarized and a bit about each notarization. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there are more than 12 documents, a box
will be checked and we will complete this list on page 3 or page 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The bottom section is about the signers, again.
And in this area, I will fill in information that describes each signer or ask
them to do it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>PAGE 3</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">On page 3 I have listed a block for hiring party information,
notes regarding a title company (if involved), the lender (again, if one is
involved), a place for fees, and another box which I have labeled simply “NOTES.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>PAGE 4</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, we get to page 4 which is an optional page. You
could actually remove it if you did not need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frequently, I do exactly that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can remove it by using the “ORGANIZE
PAGES” feature of Adobe Acrobat or perhaps some other PDF creation and
manipulation software which will also do that for you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>HOW I USE THE PAGES</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now that you know what’s in the journal, we will have an expanded
discussion of how I use the pages of my journal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Page 1 is about the signers.</b><b> </b>
Everything on page one is self-explanatory, so I won’t belabor those
points again, here.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I do a lot of buyer and seller transactions, so on page 2, I
always list the property address, the grantee’s name and address and the
grantor’s name and address. Now, be aware that Texas law requires that some of
this be collected, some of this is not required. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can find what you need to collect in your own state’s laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having more details of this nature than required by law can
be helpful, especially when you have signers who are doing multiple cash transactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You may see the same sellers or buyers several times. All
the transactions start to look the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Particularly when you are doing a lot of cash transactions.
By identifying the transaction in this manner I described with 1) property
address, 2) grantee/buyer’s name and address, plus 3) the grantor/seller’s name
and address, you are being very clear about what has been done during the
transaction that this journal entry represents. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Page 2’s top section does a great job of helping to identify
the transaction.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also on page 2 is a grid where I put in the title of the
documents plus other columns to collect information. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First, I indicate the type of certificate that is used. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the SIGNED BY column, I indicate if one document was
signed by “all signers,” or by “Jack and Jill,” or only “Jack,” or just “Jill.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>On page 3 at the top is a box for hiring party information.</b>
I always use that box to indicate if I have been hired by the signer, an
attorney, signing service, a title company, or other company. I put in who
hired me and their address, phone, etc. so that I have that contact information
right there and available to me if questions arise. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This also provides marketing information for the hiring
party later. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If there is a title company that is involved that has not
been listed in the top box as the hiring party, I like to indicate the name of
the hiring party, as well, so that I am familiar with all of the parties
involved in the transaction. And the same is true for the lender information
which goes in the next box.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Let’s talk about the box for FEE INFO for a moment.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>WORKING FOR INDIVIDUALS </b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">As notaries, we are restricted in the amount fees we may
charge by state law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I work for an individual, like I just did a few minutes
ago, I need to itemize my costs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
instance, I just performed two notarial acts for an attorney friend’s
client.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My itemized receipt/invoice will
state in that box:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">$31 for the first notarial act, $20
for the second notarial act = $51.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(I generally give my repeat attorneys a reduced fee on the
second act unless other circumstances exist like working until midnight to
finish the job, or that sort of thing—and it does happen!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When working for a hiring party, I don’t disclose my fee for
the hiring party so that anyone will be able to get it. It is actually no one’s
business how much I am being paid until that information is requested according
to my Texas notary laws. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas notary journals are public information and with a
written request, anyone can have access to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I will gladly share fee information that I charge to a hiring party if
it is requested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When working for a hiring party, signing agent and mobile
notary jobs are performed for a flat rate. We negotiate it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flat rate covers several different types
of things aside from notarial work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is not the same as a notarial fee that I am charging an
individual. So I do things a little differently. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>WORKING FOR HIRING PARTIES</b></h3><p class="MsoNormal">When I am working for a hiring party, I might be working for
$100 and doing 8 notarial acts. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My hiring parties and I come to an agreement on fees before
I do the work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Texas, I could charge 8
x $31 for one signer who needed six notarial acts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, 8 x $31 = $248.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this example, I said I would do the job for
$100. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t write down $100. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a code that I use in that box which
allows only ME to know how much I will be or have been paid and it designates
my fee for the record,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but it isn’t clear
for the signer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The signer can see this
page when signing it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The business of the fee stays between me and my hiring
party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>What do I mean by a code?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My code is simple</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To use my method of coding, you’ll need a ten-letter word
with no repeating letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this
example, I have chosen “houseparty.” This word can be a real word or a made up
word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I learned to do this from a pharmacy I worked in when I was
in high school. We always had a coded
number on the items that we stocked which indicated our wholesale price. That way, we knew what type of discount we
could give if one was requested or if we could offer any discount at all. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyhow, I use these pages to prompt my memory and to
make sure I get down information that is required by the state and things that
I feel are important.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJahhbz_LvNH74ZuB68vygjAT5sPZISs-SWM9qhwbnfNfHICYTVsAZTrJmadSthusBJQ0Zl0DdZZLNa5raW7J-QZDtxLjl3CSvAGzltp4640Y2gNG1b8dFPIBrLOXSGebWKj8F3cqLHM/s1079/MYONLINENOTARYJOURNAL.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1079" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJahhbz_LvNH74ZuB68vygjAT5sPZISs-SWM9qhwbnfNfHICYTVsAZTrJmadSthusBJQ0Zl0DdZZLNa5raW7J-QZDtxLjl3CSvAGzltp4640Y2gNG1b8dFPIBrLOXSGebWKj8F3cqLHM/s320/MYONLINENOTARYJOURNAL.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><i><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><br /></i></b></p>KEEP SCROLLING FOR THE PAGE IMAGES.</i></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">=====WHO ARE WE? ========</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My business partner Jake Burkhalter and I have been notaries for about 20 years. That’s actually not true I have been notary longer than that! But together the two of us have about 50 years of knowledge in the loan document and real estate documentation arena. Jake is a retired escrow officer, and he owns a signing service. I perform online notarizations for the bulk of my income. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jake Burkhalter and I are working on uploading bite-sized random discussions like this one that will provide critical insights for your “on the go” lifestyle and mobile work life. (Okay, I lied....this one turned out to be a mouthful.)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Right now, my videos are mostly related to RON topics because that's what is supplying the bulk of my income. While our notary training website (<a href="http://NotaryStart.com">NotaryStart.com</a>) is under construction we will put our mixed media videos on YouTube until they can have another home. </p><h3 style="text-align: center;">======AFFILIATE LINKS TO SUPPORT THIS BLOG=======</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h4>One way that my writing is financially supported is to offer links that pay a percentage of any purchases made through those that appear in my articles. </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><u>Interested in SIGNiX?</u></h4><p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to use SIGNiX as your online notary platform, please use the link designated as such in the description of this presentation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;">If you decide to try </span><a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;">. || </span><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/why-i-chose-to-use-signix-for-remote.html" style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Click here to read why I choose SIGNiX as my platform</a><span face=""Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: center;">.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>========</b></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>Please shop through my links to support this blog!</b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Equipment I use for conducting </span>online notary work!</h3><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3iP6fF8" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Blue Yeti Microphone</a> & <a href="https://amzn.to/2UEXeqw" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Webcam</a></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3></div><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">SQUAREUP FOR GETTING PAID FOR ONLINE NOTARY WORK </span></h3><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are considering how to have your clients pay for your services, I use Venmo, PayPal, and <a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a>. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> i</span>s the easiest method by far to collect a payment from businesses. My attorney clients pay me almost instantly when I share my SquareUp link.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="clear: both; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">BEST NOTARY SUPPLIES! </span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://notary.net/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">NOTARY.NET</a></b></div><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://share.acorns.com/brenda0" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">I love my checking account and savings </a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://share.acorns.com/brenda0" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">account through ACORNS!</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>For $3 / month, you can't beat it!</b></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; 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text-align: center;">, please consider using </span><a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" style="font-size: small; text-align: center;">our link</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;">. || </span><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/why-i-chose-to-use-signix-for-remote.html" style="font-size: small; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Click here to read why I choose SIGNiX as my platform</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;">.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAYZst18ozNrVLp5Hav4v6QNtrpWk23FKGnMsQTP_vZB9wbnVoYAQwnFGW_BnDaeUoyQq815vJo6Xwy2d8AXC3QksHVeTX3XcBwvnRnExhwBCFFI6bx8NSbPBJuDhaMexVo-CiHcVmsE/s2048/SNAKEOILAdobeStock_61862539.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAYZst18ozNrVLp5Hav4v6QNtrpWk23FKGnMsQTP_vZB9wbnVoYAQwnFGW_BnDaeUoyQq815vJo6Xwy2d8AXC3QksHVeTX3XcBwvnRnExhwBCFFI6bx8NSbPBJuDhaMexVo-CiHcVmsE/s320/SNAKEOILAdobeStock_61862539.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">There is something vital missing from many of the courses that notaries are taking today --<span style="color: #38761d;"> experienced trainers</span>!</h2><p></p><b>Can your favorite trainer say they are providing notary services each week? What about signing agent services?</b> If not, your trainer isn’t staying current. <p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Do they have a PROVEN track record of notary success? Or
are you actually getting training from a huckster who promises to show you how
to make six figures?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I could write ten books on any number of subjects that I
have no experience in and parrot what I saw on other websites and videos
telling people how to do things to make a ton of money. Unfortunately, that seems a lot like fraud. In the notary world where fraud
should not be an option, notaries are being defrauded. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Some notary trainers openly admit that they find it
easier to take money from notaries to train them than to do the actual notary
work.</b></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For years, I wrote monthly how-to publications for a notary association;
I made it a practice to do signing agent and general notary work regularly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did it for the purpose of being authentic and
keeping my articles fresh and timely. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>YES, writing is easier, </i></b>but the people who paid me to write deserved a writer who could meet the needs of their notary readers...not just a writer who puffed herself up by having an audience. A trainer or writer should stay current on everything from new forms and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hiring party requirement trends to notary laws. The
most reliable way to do that is to <b><i>do the work personally if you are out and about telling others how to do it!</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Does your trainer even hold a notary commission? </h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">I know of one notary trainer who has <b>very little notary experience
and is not a notary</b> because he/she has a <b>record for a crime that involved moral
turpitude.</b> When this information was provided to me by that notary, I told
him/her that he/she should own it and provide a statement as such to trainees
before they paid for the class if he/she intended to continue <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>training notaries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think that’s happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>How would you feel if you paid that
person to train you? </i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><o:p></o:p></i>LOOK UP your trainer's notary commission. </b> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Don't leave your education to chance -- no one is looking out for your except you! </p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I can’t
provide you names of trainers who are (in my opinion) undesirable snake oil pitchmen because I am too busy to defend a lawsuit, but I can provide you tips on how to spot the stinkers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></h3>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>1-They want a cult-like following so they will try to
bind you to them with statements like --</b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>--"Those people don't like me!"</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">One excuse that a cult leader is forced to create is why wise people dislike her or him.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>--“All those notary groups are full of toxic people. Stick
with our groups.” </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Another form of avoiding being called out by wise people. Notary groups do have toxic people in them, that’s true. But
sometimes those toxic people have great experience to share and sometimes they
aren’t toxic at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are just too
busy to spend a lot of time crafting answers gently.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">--“Stay away from negative people.” </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Negative means people who
ask you too many questions or show you logical information to refute the cult
leader.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>--“We are different, that’s why we have to stick together,”
and “Those old veteran notaries are jealous. Haters gonna hate. Pay them no
mind.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">One well-established trait of all true cults is shunning. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Any time old veteran notaries
are put down by someone, proceed with caution. They have seen it all and recognize snake oil
when they see it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2-They will tell you “Anyone can make six figures in the
notary business!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Implied is that
you must do as told, take the trainer's course, etc. And later when you ask questions,
it is either radio silence or “You may not want it badly enough.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OR “Pay me more money for this or that.” OR "Let's have a conversation about that...." and more BS follows. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Making six figures takes a high population that is dense, so
you don’t drive all of your profits away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are operating in one of those areas, six figures may be doable
after you get established.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But will that
happen quickly in any state in the U.S.?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is bull-you-know-what to
say that. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To gross $100,000 working M-F, you will need to make <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$1924 per week or $384 per day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is easy to make $300-$400 in a single day,
but it isn’t easy to do it every single weekday of the week for 52 weeks per
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>3-They will tell you “You just need to take the title
company a stack of goodies and you can work directly for them and make more.” <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, you sure can make more when you work direct for title
companies--that is a fact. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to the trainers who told notaries to thunder in like a herd to the nearest title company, fewer notaries are able to work direct any longer. </p><p class="MsoNormal">The problem is that the notaries from those courses swarmed
title companies taking goodies when the notaries didn’t have a clue about how
to perform the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sadly, the result is that title companies are doing less direct business with notaries now in my state than
ever before because of the number of notaries who botched file after file
because they didn’t learn the business before trying to go direct. They don't want to hear from new notaries from certain trainers at all. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>4-Undesirable trainers have the time to hang out for hours on
Clubhouse or other social media but when asked a question, they deflect it and
tells someone else to answer that question. </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That’s a great sign that your trainer <b>isn’t competent</b> to
tell you anything except that how to spend money that will benefit them.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>5 – An undesirable trainer will literally tell you that
<i>they do not know notary laws </i>as well as someone else does on a panel they are
presenting with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry, but WTH? </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Let me say that again with more feeling! </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>W T H?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Every trainer should know notary laws or
where to find them in a half-second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>6—Undesirable trainers will become “experts” on things
that they have no experience in (because it isn’t legal in
their states). </b></h4><p class="MsoNormal">They care only about
money. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing is more disingenuous than
a California notary pretending to know about remote online notarization. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>7-Undesirable trainers are more interested in getting contact
lists in the notary world rather than stopping and learning how to teach correctly
and getting experience because they are parasites. </b></h4><div>It is a numbers thing to them. They are out and about soliciting people who have no idea how to start their business or where their customers/clients will come from. They blow a ton a money on items and courses and realize this is NOT an "anyone can do this and make a killing" type of business. </div>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>8-Undesirable trainers lie a great deal to new
notaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They endorse anyone and everyone just to collaborate with someone who has a big contact list. </span></b></h4><p class="MsoNormal">They have no compunction whatsoever against saying whatever it takes to get money from notaries. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Full disclosure:</i></b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My partner Jake Burkhalter and I teach a notary
signing agent course (the basics) for $99 and we teach an advanced course on
commercial mortgage documentation for notaries for $149.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We promise nothing about how much money you can make. We provide quality information, that's it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>We teach it to improve the craft and try to undo some of
what has been done. It’s our <b>extra </b>income and we keep the price low
because it is not our <b>only</b> income.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>We aren’t able to do it live frequently because we are
very busy in our successful notary businesses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do have it on video. And we do have proof
that we are successful notaries in the business for many years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are interested, you can <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reach out to me at brenda@stonedigital.me.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Please protect
yourself and carefully vet your trainers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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My attorney clients pay me almost instantly when I share my SquareUp link.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="clear: both; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">BEST NOTARY SUPPLIES! </span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://notary.net/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">NOTARY.NET</a></b></div><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://share.acorns.com/brenda0" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">I love my checking account and savings </a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://share.acorns.com/brenda0" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">account through ACORNS!</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>For $3 / month, you can't beat it!</b></div></div></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-13103283568759229922021-10-10T13:10:00.014-05:002021-10-10T13:48:59.357-05:00Time Zone Helper Tip for Online Notaries<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you decide to try <a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" target="_blank">SIGNiX</a>, please consider using <a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me">our link</a>. || <a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/why-i-chose-to-use-signix-for-remote.html" target="_blank">Click here to read why I choose SIGNiX as my platform</a>.</span></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZ4iNP36ZUAawgTv9eEzVtRy-01f8ppI2m73hqWlmfBpFkltFVoku5kFXldhZWQweAiNmQmMunxCgQ-7Tqxw51YcbCbK0IZHv_DsjaGGYwc_JVUSQaMUau2HaN8HPO7TWpzIWXCMb5OU/s468/INDIATIME.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="133" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZ4iNP36ZUAawgTv9eEzVtRy-01f8ppI2m73hqWlmfBpFkltFVoku5kFXldhZWQweAiNmQmMunxCgQ-7Tqxw51YcbCbK0IZHv_DsjaGGYwc_JVUSQaMUau2HaN8HPO7TWpzIWXCMb5OU/s320/INDIATIME.JPG" width="91" /></a></div>I do quite a bit of RON work and all it takes is one scheduling misstep to cause misery for myself for the rest of the day. My biggest issue: <b>getting the times right on my calendar and Zoom meeting invitations when signers are in a different time zone. </b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">The way I solved this is to have a place to check times quickly before suggesting or accepting times for meeting. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I created a spreadsheet that I can look at when scheduling people in other time zones. They may say "let's meet at 2:30 p.m." which sounds great until you realize that they are in India and it will be 4:00 a.m. for you. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I have included a video (scroll down) so you can see what I mean. Unfortunately, I used IceCream to record it and the video is a little fuzzy. But you can look at the images (scroll on down, below the video) that I have also included to get an idea of what each block looks like. You can also go to YouTube and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcbieTZcW-U&t=4s" target="_blank">watch it here</a> (the clearest).</p><p>If you just need a quick check on what time it is in another city or zone, you can use <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/" target="_blank">this site.</a></p><p><b>Have a great week everyone. </b></p><p>NOTARY ROUNDTABLE - You can find me, Jake Burkhalter, Phyllis Traylor, and Michelle Riley every other Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Central Time discussing notary topics on <b>Clubhouse</b>! <a href="https://www.clubhouse.com/event/xqw9B7o4" target="_blank">Link</a> to today's discussion: <a href="https://www.clubhouse.com/event/xqw9B7o4" target="_blank">The Notary's Seal</a>.</p><p>ANOTHER TIPSTER POST: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5918726700012077885/161195418235793219" target="_blank">Using a Checklist when Tagging your documents.</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xcbieTZcW-U" width="320" youtube-src-id="xcbieTZcW-U"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the columns I use for each cell formula.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGn9HS7h4sozuLhyphenhyphenzrm4QPGoT1f-n4F1hrAtjEzWFe5j56Eklbaku_jcD4kjRaunknTDbadKIKMwffAtGEKLqg46WvPVi5vY_-WDAFMsHzX2XrMj8PBYwAlcEtbhhQzxLkgKUZdvSRlw/s467/timezoneunhide.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGn9HS7h4sozuLhyphenhyphenzrm4QPGoT1f-n4F1hrAtjEzWFe5j56Eklbaku_jcD4kjRaunknTDbadKIKMwffAtGEKLqg46WvPVi5vY_-WDAFMsHzX2XrMj8PBYwAlcEtbhhQzxLkgKUZdvSRlw/s320/timezoneunhide.JPG" width="275" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are images for time zones that I see frequently. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Click the image to see a larger version.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbJfbpzSoq7eKCv9cCWfDqmSouBDoBO5VuAyTGdHU4K94GwF9H9_YIh_B1cSIbZX423-in5V04z4vITO-NYp1b9Tge1K6knvcaVC7JOGYNe0XHGPCl4RRyHHMaQEVEbGOfIyIrAiji38/s1339/7timezones.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="1339" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbJfbpzSoq7eKCv9cCWfDqmSouBDoBO5VuAyTGdHU4K94GwF9H9_YIh_B1cSIbZX423-in5V04z4vITO-NYp1b9Tge1K6knvcaVC7JOGYNe0XHGPCl4RRyHHMaQEVEbGOfIyIrAiji38/w400-h146/7timezones.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPouNz26PXisXu7wNm5Z_4l94Dx5ghBs_ViVl1XAavuZbQeOirKxxUlO1-lKoEHl5RGLjrTbTprmleHVVtMS9ccO99XD5eghbk944LubNeMCShyN1msdP9WlSUTVG0B1zR0ieB3sC0Lk/s1370/3timezones.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="1370" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPouNz26PXisXu7wNm5Z_4l94Dx5ghBs_ViVl1XAavuZbQeOirKxxUlO1-lKoEHl5RGLjrTbTprmleHVVtMS9ccO99XD5eghbk944LubNeMCShyN1msdP9WlSUTVG0B1zR0ieB3sC0Lk/w400-h158/3timezones.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>========Please shop through my links to support this blog! ========= </b></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Equipment I use for conducting </span></h3><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">online notary work on Amazon!</span></h3><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3iP6fF8" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Blue Yeti Microphone</a> & <a href="https://amzn.to/2UEXeqw" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Webcam</a></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3></div><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">SQUAREUP FOR GETTING PAID FOR ONLINE NOTARY WORK </span></h3><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are considering how to have your clients pay for your services, I use Venmo, PayPal, and <a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a>. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> i</span>s the easiest method by far to collect a payment from businesses. My attorney clients pay me almost instantly when I share my SquareUp link.</span></b></p><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">I just ordered my <a href="http://reward.vistaprint.com/go.axd?ref=59JO2S" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Vista Print Business Cards</a>. </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">Can't wait until they are here. </span></b> </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN57LzWHUFrc6kLJmT_XXVE7siIj1GXRi0C_jXDbVwhS3rjXsGBNFIThqTUHiKXWGP0S8Kiiwjgd3zexNYYj5gcu0fJT3MUsl1jcrLEl44acn28NRJyJj8mVnukC1L4Q2G9v3kbMA8Ro/s716/image.png" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="716" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN57LzWHUFrc6kLJmT_XXVE7siIj1GXRi0C_jXDbVwhS3rjXsGBNFIThqTUHiKXWGP0S8Kiiwjgd3zexNYYj5gcu0fJT3MUsl1jcrLEl44acn28NRJyJj8mVnukC1L4Q2G9v3kbMA8Ro/s320/image.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">BEST NOTARY SUPPLIES! </span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://notary.net/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">NOTARY.NET</a></b></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0Texas, USA31.9685988 -99.90181313.65836701244476 -135.05806041779098 60.278830587555234 -64.745565782209013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-29646315711706806482021-09-26T20:59:00.004-05:002021-09-26T21:10:52.841-05:00Invaluable Free Resources: Online Libraries<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3AQI8S7pBy8I9ABDXf_gZzUSslG0H8Mqy4yxyg0ny_J3Z2nTDD-80_rIHTkglVnE6nbkOCB9ghFNnZSuxcVZ4zRYrnj0V1p64NYyozT2gzgqVW9esuubzOvsyXg_XrJnIY3OnxNyk-M/s2048/lawlibrary.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3AQI8S7pBy8I9ABDXf_gZzUSslG0H8Mqy4yxyg0ny_J3Z2nTDD-80_rIHTkglVnE6nbkOCB9ghFNnZSuxcVZ4zRYrnj0V1p64NYyozT2gzgqVW9esuubzOvsyXg_XrJnIY3OnxNyk-M/w421-h280/lawlibrary.jpeg" width="421" /></a></div></blockquote><br /><p><br /></p><p>Folks, we all know that libraries let us check out things for free, so that’s not
news. However, here is a newsworthy tidbit from
today’s blog: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Harris County Public Library is a beast! </b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Libraries are nothing like the ones you visited while in elementary or high school. </p><p style="text-align: center;">(Particularly, if it was 10 or more years ago!) </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Not at all! </b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, through public libraries we have free access to sources that used to be accessible only to universities, law schools, lawyers, certain professionals, and elite scholars. </p><p class="MsoNormal">As a blogger and dabbling writer, I appreciate state-of-the-art research tools very much. For instance, I am currently writing an article about a crime that occurred in 1941. The defendant was found guilty, but the case was appealed. I needed
access to a set of the <i>South Western Reporter - Second </i>series where I could locate the outcome of the appellate case. </p><p class="MsoNormal">I was already a member of the <a href="https://www.hcpl.net/">Harris
County Public Library</a> (HCPL) so I decided to start there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Note: that if you are not a Texan, you’ll
need to check out similar resources in your state to locate a library that will provide you materials on par with the Texas sources that I have. And another note: I don't live in Harris County, but since I live in Texas, I am able to have a library card through HCPL.)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My HCPL card allows me to access all of the digitized resources of the HCPL.
Not only does that include traditional offerings like books, eBooks, and audiobooks, but I can also access huge
bodies of information and publications that go beyond the scope of traditional materials. For instance, through the HCPL, I gained
access to the <a href="https://www.sll.texas.gov/">Texas State Law Library</a>
and from there I received access to a database called <a href="http://fastcase.com/">FastCase.com</a>
which pulled up the case summary that I wanted to read from the <i>South Western Reporter - Second </i>at no charge! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HCPL also allows me to use <a href="https://www.tsl.texas.gov/texshare/index.html">TexShare</a> and from
there, I am able to access many software courses on how to use Microsoft and Adobe
apps. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>That’s just the tip of the iceberg. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here is a listing of all the databases that you can tap into
as a member of the HCPL:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Automotive</li><li>Biography</li><li>Books &
Reading</li><li>Business &
Finance</li><li>Computers</li><li>COVID-19</li><li>Digital Media</li><li>Do-It-Yourself
(DIY), Hobbies & Crafts</li><li>Education &
Libraries</li><li>Encyclopedias
& Reference</li><li>Español</li><li>Genealogy &
Local History</li><li>Health &
Medicine</li><li>Homework</li><li>Jobs &
Careers</li><li>Kids</li><li>Languages</li><li>Law &
Government</li><li>Literature
& Literary Criticism</li><li>Magazines,
Newspapers & Journals</li><li>School &
College Prep</li><li>Science &
Technology</li><li>Social Sciences</li><li>Teens</li><li>Texas &
Harris County</li><li>Voting &
Elections</li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>So, what does
that have to do with being a notary?</b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Nothing
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You can also open the chart up in a new tab by <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcteE7VSLk5IUlyWUsf40HmYW7THf5q16XnfMHNICm3u2_GBJFGfsQ6NoYBlhobO7bEvtFPDehAskZol2LnGfabKzZsx0wM9z818eHu6SFXoEuzy3e6j4fbLOHGmyls0UcM9Pu0R3jkw/s894/21-0916+IMAGE+OF+RON+CHECKLIST.JPG" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. If you want to save a copy, right click on the enlarged image to save it to your computer.</b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><b>===========</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><b>If you are reading this on your smart phone, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcteE7VSLk5IUlyWUsf40HmYW7THf5q16XnfMHNICm3u2_GBJFGfsQ6NoYBlhobO7bEvtFPDehAskZol2LnGfabKzZsx0wM9z818eHu6SFXoEuzy3e6j4fbLOHGmyls0UcM9Pu0R3jkw/s894/21-0916+IMAGE+OF+RON+CHECKLIST.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><b><img alt="CHART OR CHECKLIST FOR RON TAGGING" border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcteE7VSLk5IUlyWUsf40HmYW7THf5q16XnfMHNICm3u2_GBJFGfsQ6NoYBlhobO7bEvtFPDehAskZol2LnGfabKzZsx0wM9z818eHu6SFXoEuzy3e6j4fbLOHGmyls0UcM9Pu0R3jkw/w251-h320/21-0916+IMAGE+OF+RON+CHECKLIST.JPG" title="RON TAGGING CHECKLIST" width="251" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><b>try rotating to the side for the best view! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><b>===========</b></span></div><p><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As I have mentioned previously, I created workflow lists to help me navigate </span><a href="http://signix.com" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">SIGNiX </a><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">as my RON platform when I first started performing online notarizations. There are many steps to remember and a list gave me the confidence to hop in and start doing what I had practiced. <br /><br />Performing RONs is a new world for us and we are early adopters of this new technology. No matter what platform you are using, listing steps for all tasks involved will get you where you want to be faster.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today, we will talk about using a quality control checklist to
minimize errors when doing multiple document packages as a remote online notary
(RON). I am a <a href="http://signix.com" target="_blank">SIGNiX </a> girl, but most of this will apply to other platforms, as
well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Handling RON transactions requires the notary to
get everything in order before starting the transaction. All the documents must
be appropriately tagged because if they aren’t, an error can snowball and become a disaster.
It may keep someone from taking possession of a new home. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">One notary error can keep multiple transactions from closing. </h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Real estate transactions create a domino effect. When one deal falls through, another is knocked over, as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The seller usually hopes to purchase a new
home on the same day they sell or on the next day. If they don’t have a closed
and funded sale on their old property, their new property can’t be purchased
with the proceeds from the sale. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It can get worse! The sellers' new property’s <i>current</i>
owners are tapping their toes, waiting for their money so they can buy their
new home, too. Just ONE notary error can affect several real estate
transactions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of course, you can always go back and fix
something after you catch it, but you will have to pay a few extra dollars,
aggravate the signers by asking them to redo a document, and you’ll aggravate
yourself by having to put more time into fixing it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">That’s why doing things flawlessly up front is my goal.</h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is enough risk of something going wrong brought to the transaction by the signers, i.e. expired ID, bad connection, etc.. They may cause a failure by not understanding <a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/08/online-notarization-requirements.html" target="_blank">the requirements</a> or by being intentionally untruthful about their status when they are qualified for a RON transaction. However, I make this a big red flashing daily objective " No RON transaction shall fail because I was careless."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My intention when performing signing agent duties (online or offline) is to ensure that anything within my control is handled properly. I manage to do that a respectable amount of the time by
using checklists until necessary tasks become habits. <i>(And even
then, don’t throw the checklist away because you’ll need it when you start
getting too comfortable, which is what I did on Tuesday!)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My primary source of RON income comes from
cash real estate transactions--buyer and seller packages. Experienced notary
signing agents know that these are pretty darn easy when doing them traditionally (in person).</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When handling them on a RON platform, the
packages are still small, but things can get messy quickly if you are tagging
for two or more signers on one side of the transaction and for yourself as the
notary. Plus, if you are notarizing for a person who has to sign more than one
way (because it happens about once every 10 transactions for me), you will have
more signatures and initials to add. Factor those possibilities in with one
signer signing documents for others using a power of attorney, and it is almost
impossible <b>not</b> to make an error when tagging the documents. It
can be overwhelming to me! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I always scroll through my transactions and
visually check for errors after I am finished tagging. But then I use a list to go document by document checking for signatures, initials, and my notary seal. Earlier this week, I had a small buyer's package. I didn't make a list to check document by document. I scrolled through and looked at every document, but I didn't give it the same kind of attention that I do when I carefully look at the document and make a dash (for "not applicable") or a checkmark that tells me, "This has been done right! I may move forward." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guess what! <i>I made an
error. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I tagged one document with Signer 2’s (the
wife’s) signature twice. I had to redo that document on another transaction
which cost more in time and money; worst of all, it was a slight inconvenience
to the signers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After I fixed that error, my next appointment
was a seller’s package. I assure you that I used a checklist on that one! That
one went great. So, let’s talk more specifically about using a checklist to
reduce tagging errors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">But first, a word about separating documents into multiple files!</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first thing you probably notice in my
image of a checklist for tagging is how many documents are listed and that they
are all numbered. I need to explain that. You might want to try this as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I receive a package of documents, they
are generally in one PDF of between 13 and 60 pages. I split the documents up
into separate files. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please note that I don’t split miscellaneous
non-notarized documents into separate files like the seller proceeds form,
customer information sheets, affiliated business arrangement disclosures, etc.
I put those into one file called “non-notarized title docs.” You CAN split them
up, but it adds a little bit of time to your preparation routine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I hear of an independent online notary claiming
to leave all documents in one large PDF, I question that notary’s experience in
the industry and their understanding of online notarization and how it works so
that fraudulent documents aren’t recorded. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">You don’t have to separate most of the files
from all others as I do, but some should definitely be pulled out of the
package. Here are reasons to consider not uploading one PDF file with all the
documents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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biggest reason is that recordable documents should be standalone files to
be sent in their original electronic file that has not been tampered with.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
my experience, there are at least two recordable documents in a seller
package (the deed and a notice of purchase). Suppose a notary does not
separate out recordable documents (at minimum) and notarize them separately.
That says to me that they don’t understand that documents in real estate
packages must be recorded. And it tells me they do not understand that RON
transactions seal the documents electronically so that they cannot be tampered
with. If you don’t separate the recordable documents from the others when you
notarize them, your client will not be able to send the “original” document
alone for recording. They will have to print it from the large package, and
there will be no security features to keep someone from altering the recordable
document.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0e101a; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
platform (SIGNiX) required in the past that legal-sized documents are uploaded
separately from letter-sized documents. I have not asked lately or tested that again. I just pull the legal-sized out of the letter-sized pages. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0e101a; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
like to name each file that I notarize by the name of the actual document
so that the file name that shows up in my SIGNiX journal and audit trail
with the file name describing the document. For instance: 02 GENERAL
WARRANTY DEED.pdf. (See the image below showing a partial glimpse of my SIGNiX journal.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dkjI1ZLqweRD6cpzcIbhtWCjq6O0PJbOFrXOVea2xkuv7SZSaMY3zT41LjSJXWOT1AEpRxLnU0UcVm9puT7vyg-RTUsEDlV8zFIBsfcORSepVABYTYcdu3tMY91W7epYDu3fYBNi-wQ/s611/21-0916+DOCUMENTS+LISTED.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dkjI1ZLqweRD6cpzcIbhtWCjq6O0PJbOFrXOVea2xkuv7SZSaMY3zT41LjSJXWOT1AEpRxLnU0UcVm9puT7vyg-RTUsEDlV8zFIBsfcORSepVABYTYcdu3tMY91W7epYDu3fYBNi-wQ/s320/21-0916+DOCUMENTS+LISTED.JPG" width="139" /></a></div><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The list of documents in my sample RON tagging
checklist for seller packages is not complete by any means. <br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For instance, you may notice that I have not
included an Attorney Representation Notice or an Affiliated Business
Arrangement document in this list, to name a couple of common documents. There may be several others in this
type of package, but those listed are enough to help me explain my process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"> Overview of the Checklist</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I will go over the depicted </span><b style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">RON
Tagging Checklist for a Typical Seller Package</b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> first by column, then
by rows for a couple of things. I don’t actually use the pretty list you see
here. I created this one so that I could explain my process. My actual list is
at the bottom of this article.</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Columns </h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Order</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – I number my documents when I split them up to quickly
upload them in the correct order. For instance, the settlement statement or
closing disclosure is almost always item #01. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That way, I don’t have to hunt for the
document that I want to be on top, second, last, etc., when uploading them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Document</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – This is self-explanatory. However, I want to note that
if there is a document provided for each signer (like the <i>Affidavit – Debts
& Liens</i> is in some packages), I put them in one file because the
SIGNiX platform will ask me which signer I am notarizing for when I place my
seal tag. That will take care of making it clear which document is for whom in
my SIGNiX journal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who is Signing this document?</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – If you are not new to handling seller
packages, you can probably skip this. However, it’s good to go ahead and make a
mental note of who will be signing the document. Once you think this through,
you will be less likely to make an error in the case of a person signing with a
POA where they have to sign as themselves part of the time and as another
person part of the time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Signer #1 – Signer #3 –</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> All signers will not sign all documents.
For instance, in my last POA signing, Signer #1 was the actual signer signing
as himself. Signer #2 was the same signer as Signer #1 signing with a POA for
his father, and likewise for his mother as Signer #3, both of whom were out of
the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In this instance, Signer #1 had to execute two
certifications of durable powers of attorney as himself, and he had initialing
to do as himself. Everything else was as one of his parents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Notary Signature & Notary Seal</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – Wait until you add a tag for a
signature, and don’t add a tag for the seal! You won’t question these columns
at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Page Count</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – I count the pages of each document before I upload it to
the platform. I almost left a full document out of the stack a while
back. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I double-check the page count every
time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Rows </h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rows with Green Boxes</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – Every transaction will have a Signer
#1. That’s why all of these have a bolded border.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rows with Yellow Boxes</span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – These documents require a notarial
act. Documents labeled #7, which are 3 Affidavits of Debts & Liens, one for
each party, may require two notarial acts to be completed for one signer on the
same document—both a jurat and a certificate of acknowledgment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Row 10 - Initials </span></b><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- If a document requires that each signer
initial several boxes, figure out how to make sure you check all of those so
that all of them are initialed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Using the List</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Before you start tagging, use the “Who is
signing?” column if you have multiple signers. Put in the signers who have to
be tagged on that document. This will help you reduce tagging errors before you
make them and have to change them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once you finish tagging, scroll through your
uploaded documents one by one and check to make sure that all signatures are in
place. Don’t rush this process. Make a mark on your checklist once you see that
each signature is in place for each signer of a document. Slow down and check
that all initial tags are in place. Check to make sure you didn’t skip a
notarial act, neither your signature nor your seal -- check each off your list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Keeping it real!</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This image is the real (and very lovely) checklist that I make and
use when checking my work before an appointment. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNevNCi-ZsZQrj4KFY941S8TMDAxYvqJCYW7cYgcgc_gIXQFTmo7l9AD2tljoH6uHwB2qHsBhk2NSCOjH4oyjvbgWc60wPC7Fa719DW6DndQu2lZn8CHHET9jiJ1kIqknJxx1XB7dJhS4/s692/21-0916+REAL+CHECKLIST+FOR+RON.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="HANDWRITTEN CHART OR CHECKLIST" border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="524" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNevNCi-ZsZQrj4KFY941S8TMDAxYvqJCYW7cYgcgc_gIXQFTmo7l9AD2tljoH6uHwB2qHsBhk2NSCOjH4oyjvbgWc60wPC7Fa719DW6DndQu2lZn8CHHET9jiJ1kIqknJxx1XB7dJhS4/w303-h400/21-0916+REAL+CHECKLIST+FOR+RON.JPG" title="My Handwritten checklist for tagging" width="303" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I put my signers across the top; the last
column, “B,” is me as the notary. The double checkmarks represent my notary signature and my notary seal tags. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I list documents on the left-hand side.
I go down the list document by document, checking each signature and initial, plus each blank
space. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once I have done this, I am ready to go into
the session confidently, or I can move on to something else until time for my
appointment. The checklist frees me up from worrying that I have missed
something.</span></p>
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<p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Brenda Stone || <a href="http://stonedigital.me" target="_blank">Online Notary @ StoneDigital.me<br /></a>brenda@stonedigital.me || 832-303-3703<br />Located in College Station, Texas || <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSwYtcDZKeY" target="_blank">Updated with a video on 10/22/2021</a>.</h4><div><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Set aside an hour to hour and a half. It is a serious process. The ID part can take a minute. </span></b></i></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://share.mindmanager.com/#publish/2cKADTdNoRfzkiZvCVBgmYz_Dld3MSGiuh4AnSJd" target="_blank">Requirements for Using Online Notarization</a></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Signer must have a Social Security Administration Number.</li><li>Four to five years of credit history in the USA</li><li>Current U.S. passport or driver license from a U.S. state</li><li>Fast, stable Internet</li><li>Desktop or laptop with camera, speakers, and mic</li><li>Cell phone with USA phone number for taking and uploading pictures of ID</li><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ability to use Zoom</div></li><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ability to take a photo of ID in a well-lighted area and upload it using a link (average or better tech know-how)</div></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Please consider that for real estate transactions, I put 1.5 - 2 hours into setting up the transaction before the signing takes place. Please make sure I have the opportunity to speak with the signers before I begin to prep and tag the documents. </b></span></i></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><i>See more tips below image! Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSwYtcDZKeY" target="_blank">companion video</a>.</i></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://share.mindmanager.com/#publish/AbU1yJkHHpi5mJCyu9cLqrYWp2XEun6CyHX6QN_6" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;" target=""><img alt="Infographic - Online Notarization Requirements" border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1088" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjne3L9W0yDBtY_IbSw6UAsu1YYn5CmgN0wICvqkMN4kPVe4pNUoIygN63gc-VzDMx0v0NDe3EUCqLBpjIXJuv2riTMyHHz_t69PXs64QnoIXsKtfxs9E1-HMcJElv-T_42NwIWvrDYA4/w640-h368/requirementsforoninenotary.JPG" title="Requirements for Using Online Notarization" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: right;">Click </span><a href="https://share.mindmanager.com/#publish/2cKADTdNoRfzkiZvCVBgmYz_Dld3MSGiuh4AnSJd" style="text-align: right;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: right;"> to see the full-size infographic.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: right;"><br /></span></div><div><b>RON (aka ONLINE NOTARIZATION) WILL NOT WORK FOR</b></div><div><ul><li>Anyone without an SSA #- all signers must have an SSA#. </li><li>Non-US Citizens.</li><li>US Citizens who are young and haven't established credit--signers must have 4-5 years credit history.</li><li>Senior citizens without a credit history, a current driver license, or US passport.</li><li>Anyone without a significant credit history in the USA. Ex-pats often fall under this category if they've been out of the USA for 2-3+ years.</li><li>A person who isn't able to use technology effectively. Non-tech folks must have someone there to help with Zoom and taking photos of ID, following the instructions of the platform. I can help but not if the person cannot share a screen, etc.</li><li>Folks without a stable, modern laptop or desktop. <i>iPads and cell phones are not good for RON. </i>There are times that you MUST share your screen AND be able to see me at the same time while I am looking at you.</li><li>Individuals without a very strong, fast internet connection. Slow connections and phone connections are poor connectors for both Zoom and the platform. They don't do well.</li><li>Individuals working offshore usually can't because they have terrible or no connection. </li><li>Those without a <b>current </b>driver license or U.S. Passport. If your ID is not current, we cannot do this. </li><li>People without enough time. If you don't have 1.5 hours scheduled, we should not attempt it. </li></ul></div><div><b>RON CANNOT BE USED TO SIGN</b></div><div><ul><li>Documents relating to home equity loans on Texas property (including powers of attorney relating to the transaction). </li><li>Texas wills</li></ul></div><div><b>USE OF CREDIBLE WITNESS</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>In some circumstances, a credible witness can be used, but this person must pass the required criteria above. The credible witness will take an oath regarding the signer's identity on video. <i>The credible witness cannot be: </i></div><div><ul><li>The realtor on the same transaction</li><li>Someone from the title company</li><li>Someone from the lending institution where the loan is originating</li><li>Your family member (not a spouse, ex-spouse, sister, brother, mother, father, inlaw, step-sibling, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, or first cousin.)</li><li>Anyone who will benefit from the transaction or wants the transaction to happen or not happen.</li></ul></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Other articles on Remote Online Notarization (this blog)</h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/texas-ron-notarial-certificates-are-you.html" target="_blank">Compliant Notarial Certificates</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/if-you-are-interested-in-participating.html" target="_blank">Remote Online Notarization for SIGNiX Users</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/why-i-chose-to-use-signix-for-remote.html" target="_blank">Why I chose SIGNiX as my online notarization platform</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0College Station, TX, USA30.627977 -96.334406815.900631581279278 -113.91253045889549 45.355322418720725 -78.7562831411045tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-57824825927975948502021-07-26T06:56:00.007-05:002021-08-02T08:37:30.507-05:00Texas RON Notarial Certificates - Are you in Compliance?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRb9o3VDNlAuPiCTzWxaebaulAVQsvNCNnqz-pJXvVOLEc4uhPjTWdwzgwoVShzG8X-VlyHsVDvcLrya6o-XUuHmQs3lpDu57cyYvarsY1gpn5ORHM6Q6YqpsFt1rZO0hmk_InnD-iKg/s1280/RON+CERTIFICATES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRb9o3VDNlAuPiCTzWxaebaulAVQsvNCNnqz-pJXvVOLEc4uhPjTWdwzgwoVShzG8X-VlyHsVDvcLrya6o-XUuHmQs3lpDu57cyYvarsY1gpn5ORHM6Q6YqpsFt1rZO0hmk_InnD-iKg/w640-h360/RON+CERTIFICATES.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Do you need an online notarization? </h4><p style="text-align: center;">I can help! I am Brenda Stone, an online notary in Texas. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Please <a href="http://stonedigital.me" target="_blank">click here</a> for more information. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><h3 style="text-align: center;">Texas RON Notarial Certificates - Are you in Compliance?</h3><p>I wanted to share these here to raise awareness for new online notaries: make sure that your certificates are in compliance when using only the blurb from your platform like <i><b>"Online Notary Public." </b></i>Or, <b><i>"This was an online notarization."</i></b> I checked with the Texas Secretary of State. It was suggested that notaries focus on the laws quoted below. I underlined what I believe has to be said. So, the underlining is coming to you from a non-attorney and isn't legal advice! </p><p>In fact, the message here is never let a platform or a blogger (not even me) tell you what should be on your notarial certificates. Research that stuff for yourself. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;">Training - If you are looking for help learning the SIGNiX platform, Jake & Brenda are taking private appointments and offering a group clinic-- </span><a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/if-you-are-interested-in-participating.html" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">read this</a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b></b></p><blockquote><p><b>Texas Government Code</b></p><p>Sec. 406.110. ONLINE NOTARIZATION PROCEDURES. </p><p>(d) The electronic notarial certificate for an online notarization <u>must include a notation that the notarization is an online notarization.</u></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Civil Practice and Remedies Code:</b></p><p>Sec. 121.006. ALTERATION OF AUTHORIZED FORMS; </p><p>(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a person may personally appear before the officer taking the acknowledgment by:</p><p>(1) physically appearing before the officer; or</p><p>(2) appearing by an interactive two-way audio and video communication that meets the online notarization requirements under Subchapter C, Chapter 406, Government Code, and rules adopted under that subchapter.</p><p>(d) The acknowledgment form provided by this chapter <u>must include a space for an online notarization</u> as defined by Section 406.101, Government Code, to<u> indicate by which method </u>described by Subsection (c) <u>the acknowledging person appeared before the officer.</u></p></blockquote><p><u></u></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you can see, TGC 406.110 says we must indicate each short form certificate form of acknowledgment from TCPRC 121.006 must indicate that the how the person appeared. I have been exchanging certificates to read as the samples provided for us. However, it also seems like this sentence should cover it if you get into a time crunch: <b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"This was an online notarization that involved the use of
online audio/video communication technology."</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But, I'm not the boss here. The secretary of state is. They provided the certificates below at this <a href="https://www.sos.state.tx.us/statdoc/online-np-educational.shtml#sample" target="_blank">link</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Compliant Texas Online Notary Public Certificates</h3><p><b>Long Form Acknowledgment</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p> County of _________ §</p><p> Before me, (insert the name of notary or other officer taking acknowledgment), on this day personally appeared by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication (insert name of acknowledging party), who is known to me [or proved to me on the oath of (insert name of credible witness if necessary)] [or has provided satisfactory evidence of identity in accordance with Chapter 406, Texas Government Code] to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p>Given under my hand and seal of office this __________ day of __________, (year).</p><p> <b> Notary Seal Digital Certificate</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Short Form Acknowledgment</b></p><p>State of Texas</p><p> County of _______________</p><p> This instrument was acknowledged before me by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication on (date) by (name or names of person or persons acknowledging). This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p><b>For a Natural Person as Principal Acting by Attorney-in-Fact</b></p><p>State of Texas </p><p>County of _______________ </p><p> </p><p>This instrument was acknowledged before me by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication on (date) by (name of attorney-in-fact) as attorney-in-fact on behalf of (name of principal). This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>For a Partnership Acting by One or More Partners, an Authorized Officer, or an Agent</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> This instrument was acknowledged before me by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication on (date) by (name of acknowledging partner, partners, authorized officer, or agent), (partner(s), authorized officer, or agent) on behalf of (name of partnership), a partnership. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>For a Corporation</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> </p><p>This instrument was acknowledged before me by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication on (date) by (name of officer), (title of officer) of (name of corporation acknowledging), a (state of incorporation) corporation, on behalf of said corporation. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>For a Limited Liability Company</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> This instrument was acknowledged before me by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication on (date) by (name of acknowledging member, manager, authorized officer, or agent) a (member, manager, authorized officer, or agent) of (name of limited liability company), a limited liability company. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p><b>For a Public Officer, Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Guardian, or Other Representative</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> </p><p>This instrument was acknowledged before me by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication on (date) by (name of representative) as (title of representative) of (name of entity or person represented). This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Form of Certificate For Proof by Witness</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> Before me, (insert the name of the notary), on this day personally appeared _____________________, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ______________), to be the person whose name is subscribed as a witness to the foregoing instrument of writing, and after being duly sworn by me stated on oath that he saw _______, the grantor or person who executed the foregoing instrument, subscribe the same (or that the grantor or person who executed such instrument of writing acknowledged in his presence that he had executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed), and that he had signed the same as a witness at the request of the grantor (or person who executed the same). This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Given under my hand and seal of office this __________ day of __________, (year).</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Jurat</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p>Sworn to and subscribed before me on the ___ day of (month) , (year), by (insert name of signing party). This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Oath or Affirmation</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p>I, (affiant), do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of ___________________ of the State of Texas, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, so help me God.</p><p> </p><p>__________________________________________</p><p>Signature of Affiant</p><p> </p><p>Sworn to and subscribed before me by (affiant) on this __________ day of _______________, (year). This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Deposition</b></p><p>Certificate to Deposition Upon Written Questions</p><p> </p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> </p><p>(Plaintiff) v. (Defendant) In the __________ Court of __________ County, Texas, Cause No. _________, I hereby certify that the foregoing answers of __________, the witness forenamed, were signed and sworn to before me on (date), by said witness. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Verification (option 1)</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> </p><p>_______________, personally appeared before me, and being first duly sworn declared that he/she signed this application in the capacity designated, if any, and further states that he/she has read the above application and the statements therein contained are true. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Verification (option 2)</b></p><p>State of Texas §</p><p>County of ______________§</p><p> </p><p>Before me, a notary public, on this day personally appeared _______________, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing document and, being by me first duly sworn, declared that the statements therein contained are true and correct. This notarial act was an online notarization.</p><p> </p><p>Notary Seal Digital Certificate</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>========Please shop through my links to support this blog! ========= </b></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Equipment I use for conducting </span>online notary work on Amazon!</h3><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3iP6fF8" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Blue Yeti Microphone</a> & <a href="https://amzn.to/2UEXeqw" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Webcam</a></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3></div><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">SQUAREUP FOR GETTING PAID FOR ONLINE NOTARY WORK </span></h3><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are considering how to have your clients pay for your services, I use Venmo, PayPal, and <a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a>. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> i</span>s the easiest method by far to collect a payment from businesses. My attorney clients pay me almost instantly when I share my SquareUp link.</span></b></p><h3 style="font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">I just ordered my <a href="http://reward.vistaprint.com/go.axd?ref=59JO2S" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Vista Print Business Cards</a>. </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">Can't wait until they are here. </span></b> </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN57LzWHUFrc6kLJmT_XXVE7siIj1GXRi0C_jXDbVwhS3rjXsGBNFIThqTUHiKXWGP0S8Kiiwjgd3zexNYYj5gcu0fJT3MUsl1jcrLEl44acn28NRJyJj8mVnukC1L4Q2G9v3kbMA8Ro/s716/image.png" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="716" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN57LzWHUFrc6kLJmT_XXVE7siIj1GXRi0C_jXDbVwhS3rjXsGBNFIThqTUHiKXWGP0S8Kiiwjgd3zexNYYj5gcu0fJT3MUsl1jcrLEl44acn28NRJyJj8mVnukC1L4Q2G9v3kbMA8Ro/s320/image.png" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 9; border-image-width: 9px; border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 / 9px / 0 stretch; border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0.83em 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">BEST NOTARY SUPPLIES! </span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://notary.net/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">NOTARY.NET</a></b></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-43639602110444872692021-07-25T13:14:00.010-05:002021-08-12T21:41:06.728-05:00Remote Online Notarization Clinic for SIGNiX Users<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM0Ir5EW3TAnK2467TJux5YuTXnzaksOss0j09bswG2JJrgWhZNOjrVeiEogOoDogVFhHR-bhMP2614-dpZyuvoZhdzdWdte01_zIovYCnUlqtRwh-uoSCvrM-7Y6LYoVmlUZXHJoJ58/s1280/Online+RON+Clinic+for+SIGNiX+Users+by+Brenda.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM0Ir5EW3TAnK2467TJux5YuTXnzaksOss0j09bswG2JJrgWhZNOjrVeiEogOoDogVFhHR-bhMP2614-dpZyuvoZhdzdWdte01_zIovYCnUlqtRwh-uoSCvrM-7Y6LYoVmlUZXHJoJ58/w674-h379/Online+RON+Clinic+for+SIGNiX+Users+by+Brenda.jpg" width="674" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you are interested in participating in a hands-on clinic focused on learning how to perform RON transactions on the SIGNiX Platform, we will be providing that opportunity on Thursdays soon if there is interest. We will begin at 5:30 p.m. Central Time. We have not announced the exact first class yet because we are checking into interest. (If Thursdays are out, please see the bottom of this page for an option.)</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>Update: We have pushed the begin date for these sessions to September 9 due to our own surge in RON business. That will slow down for me the week of August 17. I am taking a break to finish the clinic materials. </b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>FEE: $100 PER NOTARY.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">= = = = = = = = = </div><div style="text-align: center;">STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS - THE SIGN UP LINK WILL APPEAR HERE WHEN IT IS UP.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> = = = = = = = = = = =</div><br /><b>Read this ==> </b>All participants must be signed up as users on <a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" target="_blank">SIGNiX</a> BEFORE the session. If you are not, you will be able to watch, but you will NOT be able to conduct a notarization. <br /><br /><b>Read this. ==></b> Having <a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/complete-pdf-solution.html?ttid=annual-pro&mv=search&ef_id=Cj0KCQjwl_SHBhCQARIsAFIFRVXUeHgFzf0Rh7SzDxyh6uzoq_vVVoE1sVoMKdFRSxnlv23ScMVAlQMaAvwREALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!3085!3!385320492423!e!!g!!adobe%20acrobat%20pro%20dc&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl_SHBhCQARIsAFIFRVXUeHgFzf0Rh7SzDxyh6uzoq_vVVoE1sVoMKdFRSxnlv23ScMVAlQMaAvwREALw_wcB" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Pro</a> (not Adobe Reader) will make your life SO MUCH easier. We will do a demo using Adobe Acrobat Pro and using the platform only to change the documents. There may be other PDF editors, but this one is the one we use. We know nothing about the others.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">= = = = = = = = = </div><div style="text-align: center;">Email <b><u>brenda@stonedigital.me</u></b> </div><div style="text-align: center;">to grab one of the seats today!</div><div style="text-align: center;">= = = = = = = = = </div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Goals of this Hands-on RON Clinic for Participants</h3><br />1-Notaries will gain the courage to take the leap and just DO IT.<br /><br />2-Notaries will learn about both the notary’s interface on SIGNiX and the signer’s interface. <br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Are there really Limited Seats? </h3><br />Yes! No more than 5 Notaries Per Session at this time. <br /><br />--At this time, we will take up to five hands-on participants. This is a first for us and we want to give you plenty of attention and time.<br /><br />--We will offer these on Thursday nights through August for 2 - 5 notaries.<br /><br />--If only 1 notary signs up, we reserve the right to cancel the session and reschedule the notary, return funds, or conduct the session with only one of the trainers.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">How long will the session last? </h3><br />2 notaries - 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. <br /><br />3 notaries - 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.<br /><br />4 notaries - 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.<br /><br />5 notaries - 5:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">What is covered for $100?</h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Each notary will participate for approximately one hour as an online notary and as a signer. The session will commence like this: </li><li>The trainer demonstrates a part of the task. The notaries then do the task. That will be repeated until all notaries have finished notarizing a document. See more under the topic “Your Training Session.”</li><li>You will be added to a notary community (link to be revealed after course completion) where we will discuss the issues you feel weak in. We will try to answer questions there for you and offer more content.</li><li>You will receive a checklist that we personally use to guide us through appointments.</li><li>We will share our hard-earned veteran tips with you. </li><li>We will discuss workflow (what happens from start to finish).</li><li>If possible, we will post the training session video. This is not guaranteed. You cannot purchase the video.</li><li>You will receive a script of what we must cover in Texas during a session. You will need to figure out if it will cover your state’s requirements. </li></ul><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Who pays for the SIGNiX fees incurred for you personally on the SIGNiX platform?</h3></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We require that you do at least one actual transaction (not demo mode) and put your signer through KBA and CA rather than do a demo. You are there to learn how to conduct a RON and KBA and CA is half of the battle!</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You will use your account and be charged $10 by the SIGNiX platform for one notarial act, and five thereafter. Thereafter, you can do a demo mode transaction if you would like to and we still have time left for you.</li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;">What isn’t covered -- </h3>• Your trainers (Brenda & Jake) are working notaries; we work 10-15 hours per day.<br /><br />• We cannot offer extended, guaranteed instant-answer mentoring at this time. <br /><br />• SIGNiX, however, does offer priority support by email for $99 per year (during business hours). Reach out to Joshua Curry (jcurry@signix.com) if you want that..<br /><br />• Marketing and how to get clients will not be covered.<br /><br />• Laws will not be covered. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We will offer additional sessions on laws, setting up your office, and marketing at a later date. <br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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= =<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b>========Please shop through my links to support this blog! ========= </b></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Equipment I use for conducting </span></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">online notary work on Amazon!</span></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3iP6fF8" target="_blank">Blue Yeti Microphone</a> & <a href="https://amzn.to/2UEXeqw" target="_blank">Webcam</a></h3><div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">SQUAREUP FOR GETTING PAID FOR ONLINE NOTARY WORK </span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are considering how to have your clients pay for your services, I use Venmo, PayPal, and <a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a>. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> i</span>s the easiest method by far to collect a payment from businesses. My attorney clients pay me almost instantly when I share my SquareUp link.</span></b></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">I just ordered my <a href="http://reward.vistaprint.com/go.axd?ref=59JO2S" target="_blank">Vista Print Business Cards</a>. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">Can't wait until they are here. </span></b> </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN57LzWHUFrc6kLJmT_XXVE7siIj1GXRi0C_jXDbVwhS3rjXsGBNFIThqTUHiKXWGP0S8Kiiwjgd3zexNYYj5gcu0fJT3MUsl1jcrLEl44acn28NRJyJj8mVnukC1L4Q2G9v3kbMA8Ro/s716/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="716" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN57LzWHUFrc6kLJmT_XXVE7siIj1GXRi0C_jXDbVwhS3rjXsGBNFIThqTUHiKXWGP0S8Kiiwjgd3zexNYYj5gcu0fJT3MUsl1jcrLEl44acn28NRJyJj8mVnukC1L4Q2G9v3kbMA8Ro/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>================= </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">BEST NOTARY SUPPLIES! </span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://NOTARY.NET">NOTARY.NET</a></b></div><br /></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-46164096510700577912021-07-09T14:13:00.019-05:002021-10-23T01:50:01.392-05:00Why I chose SIGNiX for Remote Online Notarizations (RON)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-LK9IUUkn1O_bHd6okpGYWyY26FB6LmqUaF9icUAGy_4XHZPLdGUbJMYzKaJ8k9yK8qdyi1_DNwtjEtfpoJzGwzBN6GNb6B-iwtufglzmK_Pro_HAfVXw4q2nLAULW7U9iOs6gZp0ig/s2048/choicesAdobeStock_53508819.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-LK9IUUkn1O_bHd6okpGYWyY26FB6LmqUaF9icUAGy_4XHZPLdGUbJMYzKaJ8k9yK8qdyi1_DNwtjEtfpoJzGwzBN6GNb6B-iwtufglzmK_Pro_HAfVXw4q2nLAULW7U9iOs6gZp0ig/s320/choicesAdobeStock_53508819.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><br><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>SIGNiX has come a long way since I began using it at the beginning of 2020! <i>Or, maybe I have come a long way and learned what I needed to do?</i> Either way, we have been through a lot together.</b></h4><div><br></div><div>I have not yet done a full refinance package on the platform, but I have done many seller / buyer packages of 10 to 72 pages. The reason I have not accepted a full refi is because they usually come last minute and to do a transaction correctly takes time and patience for tagging the documents. If you rush, you lose.</div><div><br></div><div>I have looked at two other platforms and I came back to SIGNiX. While I was writing a <a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/10-confidence-building-tips-for-new.html" target="_blank">list of tips on performing RON transactions</a> that I wanted to share, I came up with the following reasons why I choose SIGNiX as my online notary platform. </div><div><br></div><div>But first, before you read, to cover my backside, I am saying this-- </div><div><br></div><div><b>Before you decide on SIGNiX, you agree to the following: </b></div><div><br></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You will not depend on this article to answer all of your questions about SIGNiX.</li><li>What works for me may not be your cup of tea.</li></ul></div><h1 style="text-align: left;">My reasons for using SIGNiX -- </h1><h4 style="text-align: left;">#1 - I know the platform well. </h4><p>The interface for notaries is not cluttered with choices. It is clean and simple.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">#2 - Flexibility on Video Journal </h4><p>SIGNiX allows me to use my own Zoom account and to make and store my own RON videos. However, for those who do not want to pay $180/year for a Zoom account like I do, SIGNiX provides its subscribers with the capability to use ZOOM to conduct online notarizations without having an account. SIGNiX users can also store their notarized documents and videos at no additional charge for 90 days.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">#3 - The Notary Journal and Transaction History</h4><p> If you name your documents like "<b><i>General Warranty Deed.pdf</i></b>" when you save them as PDFs, your SIGNiX journal records that information and you do not have to be concerned with filling in the documents' names while you are making notes in the journal entry while notarizing the package...the journal does it for you. This is hard to describe if you aren't on the platform and using it, so for this reason, you'll have to take my word for it until you try it out for yourself. <br><br>I can show the results of naming documents as they really are via the demo transaction that I did and displayed below -- you can also see that there are the following columns of data collected about each transaction in the journal, another bonus, as far as I am concerned.</p><p><i>Date/Time, Name of Transaction, Type of Act, Venue, Name of Document, Signers Being Notarized, Notarial Fee, and Yes/No to "Was this a remote signer?".</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk04-7mo83r2Ra2EdPGJp-BKgFlCG6Imj-4Ugtd-vCtNa0FNBEl_MBv_vCF0JJt_uZFFnxNelB5dkFR7fVbXJ2ynX4CDsyKJ2e0rjOG3WCFiNKWvcSOzgEoTP8yUf94_DvOd8u1VPUNOQ/s1128/notaryjournal.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="1128" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk04-7mo83r2Ra2EdPGJp-BKgFlCG6Imj-4Ugtd-vCtNa0FNBEl_MBv_vCF0JJt_uZFFnxNelB5dkFR7fVbXJ2ynX4CDsyKJ2e0rjOG3WCFiNKWvcSOzgEoTP8yUf94_DvOd8u1VPUNOQ/w400-h105/notaryjournal.JPG" width="400"></a></div><br><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>[I do want to say that I do keep up with my fees on each notarial act, but that's not for display here.]</i></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Additionally, every transaction has a detailed history that explains the smallest of steps that happen during preparation and signing of documents during a transaction.</span></h4><div><br></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">#4- Staffing </h4><p>SIGNiX has been around for several years and the company is capitalized well enough to have more than one or two people handling day to day operations and attending to customer satisfaction. With SIGNiX, I have access to an account manager and customer support. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">#5 - The company has stability and responsiveness. </h4><p>Joshua Curry is the account manager for online notaries and he's been there since I first started with the platform. Connor (whose last name I won't mention because I haven't received permission to do so) has also been a mainstay with the platform. She is the customer support specialist. Both Joshua and Connor are responsive and work to understand the needs of notaries subscribing to the platform. </p><p>Additionally, <a href="https://www.signix.com/team" target="_blank">the company's principals</a> haven't changed since I started following them back in 2015.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">#6 - The reasonable pricing allows me to make a profit.</h4><p>In my opinion, the cost of SIGNiX is straight forward and it is priced so that I can make a profit making it worthwhile to offer RON. The upfront licensing fee per year is $250. The cost per transaction is $10 for one notarial act and one signer. Each additional seal is $5. There is also a cap on the fees you will pay to SIGNiX--you will never pay more than $60 for a transaction. So, if you have more than 11 notarial acts in a transaction which I often do, the 12th and all the rest of the seals will be free. </p><p>As a Texas notary, I can charge $31 per notarial act with $21 as the profit margin. I will address some of the factors that I use for pricing my services in another article, but RON is time-consuming. A lot of time goes into document prep. <b> Nonetheless, </b>I can steadily maintain $25 - $40 per hour based on net profit now that I have learned a few tricks for the platform. </p><p><b>#7 - I like what the Signature Panel message says at the top of the document. </b></p><p>I am sure someone will have input on this...like <i>"Just have the client download your certificate to their computer." </i>but that isn't something I want to do. My hiring parties won't care for that. I like that it comes out of the box showing "green."</p><p>SIGNiX's says: " <i>Signed and all signatures are valid. "</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cIwSOCLbrCfyiprGhTvp238GmF7ZmAFJ7LOHbhjY-bbQ2UxBUq4QSBsZq3pkfO6ZLbNBij9CTFA4uFwa8spAaKQbXxsFXbBJVF3y9Qx4dJCIsV4TChzzU1_oULNumVHcKx1u68bprR8/s261/validity+known.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="38" data-original-width="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cIwSOCLbrCfyiprGhTvp238GmF7ZmAFJ7LOHbhjY-bbQ2UxBUq4QSBsZq3pkfO6ZLbNBij9CTFA4uFwa8spAaKQbXxsFXbBJVF3y9Qx4dJCIsV4TChzzU1_oULNumVHcKx1u68bprR8/s0/validity+known.JPG"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div>Other platforms render a message like this from the Signature Panel, <i>"The validity of the document certification is UNKNOWN."</i><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEU9AqJIiWGthqSV2wWnFU-0sZ6TA28mB45H2digLiYPWZhDdDgSNJUxHzgNQcEi3jHrHMBwh_V2c00r5HcyJ17F2-mnG7mPxjOBG_pfGPk2qulnACBad2P3xY7f_M2bvUGZOTzpVIz-4/s615/validity+unk.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="44" data-original-width="615" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEU9AqJIiWGthqSV2wWnFU-0sZ6TA28mB45H2digLiYPWZhDdDgSNJUxHzgNQcEi3jHrHMBwh_V2c00r5HcyJ17F2-mnG7mPxjOBG_pfGPk2qulnACBad2P3xY7f_M2bvUGZOTzpVIz-4/w640-h46/validity+unk.JPG" width="640"></a></div><br><p><br></p><p>Please note that there is nothing wrong with that exactly, except that it raises eyebrows and requires an explanation to too many clients.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>#8 - As an aside, SIGNiX pays a commission to members who want to share their experiences with their peers like I am doing here.</b><br></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">If you feel that you want to try out the <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/" target="_blank">SIGNiX platform</a>, I would appreciate it if you would use my <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/" target="_blank">affiliate link</a> that will allow me to be paid a commission by SIGNiX. I would not endorse SIGNiX if I didn't believe it was the best one for me. <i>And, honestly, bloggers don't make much money with their blogs without endorsing products that they believe in. </i></p></blockquote><p>If you would like for me to do a demo notarial act with you, 30 minutes will be $50. Additional tutoring sessions are available at $75 per hour (once you are onboarded) in small groups. </p><p>Please understand that I have tried doing free demos and setting aside time to help individuals but it turned into me setting aside the time, turning down work, and them canceling or not showing up at all. In a couple of cases I actually missed paying assignments because I had set that time aside on my calendar. So I do charge and I am working on a training module for this purpose.</p><p> Reach out to <a href="mailto:brenda@stonedigital.me">brenda@stonedigital.me</a>. I no longer respond to these types of requests on Facebook Messenger.</p><p><b>#9 - Finally (for today's list), SIGNiX has a listing of active and experienced RON notaries on their site that has drawn in a lot of business for me. </b>You can see them <a href="https://www.signix.com/remote-online-notary" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks SIGNiX! </p><p>============== </p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier;">SQUAREUP FOR GETTING PAID FOR ONLINE NOTARY WORK </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are considering how to have your clients pay for your services, I use Venmo, PayPal, and <a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a>. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> i</span>s the easiest method by far to collect a payment from businesses. <i>I send an invoice and let them know they can pay by credit card through my link. The payment is usually there in 10 minutes. </i></span></b></p><p><i><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>The other day, one of my mobile notary clients who has the privilege of receiving bills and paying me in 30 days sent me an email: </b>"Send your SquareUp link." I was paid immediately.</span></i></p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: courier;">When I write an article (like this one), I try to remember to add my affiliate link to my SquareUp account just like I have here. When someone uses my link to set up an account, I receive a generous credit so that SquareUp's processing seldom costs me a dime! </span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>Try it! <b> </b>You can do the same thing, too! New people are signing up from my </i><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a> link all the time! CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT SQUARUP CHARGES? Take a look...click the table below to see a larger version.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VyzCmpRwpOGRRDUT_R7GbccRcxbQRcOvZdsPQDO6d4D1TpfQiyCv8NLzuu2mkpR9GwxSUL52D3sDjeHg52HrIOb0Ta2MdRW3ZP6OutnG9SA5a366jpTshiGAsdll1JTV-4VGYr53LPs/s635/SQUARECHARGE.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="635" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VyzCmpRwpOGRRDUT_R7GbccRcxbQRcOvZdsPQDO6d4D1TpfQiyCv8NLzuu2mkpR9GwxSUL52D3sDjeHg52HrIOb0Ta2MdRW3ZP6OutnG9SA5a366jpTshiGAsdll1JTV-4VGYr53LPs/w400-h228/SQUARECHARGE.JPG" width="400"></a></div><br><p><br></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-13131282101300268632021-07-09T14:10:00.017-05:002021-08-13T11:45:30.116-05:0010 Confidence Building Tips for New Remote Online Notaries<p></p> <b>Hello RON colleagues! </b><b>I hope you are having a great day. </b><p>Today, I want to provide you a list of tips that can help you be more confident as you move forward to become an active online notary. Hopefully, these tips will help make things easier while you are new at handling Remote Online Notary (RON) transactions. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I use SIGNiX as my online notary platform. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Most of my tips will apply to any notary platform, but know that SIGNiX is where I "live" with RON transactions. I was going to add my reasons why I chose SIGNiX, to the end of this article, but the list grew as I wrote tips for online notaries. I decided it would be better to make another complete article about why I favor <a href="http://signix.com" target="_blank">SIGNiX </a>over other platforms. You'll find those reasons in this <a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2021/07/why-i-chose-to-use-signix-for-remote.html" target="_blank">article.</a> </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you feel that you want to try out the <a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" target="_blank">SIGNiX platform</a>, I would appreciate it if you would use my <a href="http://bit.ly/signix4me" target="_blank">affiliate link</a> that will allow me to be paid a commission. I would not endorse SIGNiX if I didn't believe it was the best one for me. And, honestly, bloggers don't make much money with their blogs without endorsing products that they believe in!</span></p></blockquote><p>Having that out of the way, let's talk RON TIPs! </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Learning to perform RON transactions can be nerve-wracking! </h3><p>It was really hard for me. It's something that you can watch 100 times, but until you put your voice, hands, mouse, and camera into it, it will be difficult to learn. </p><p>Whether you are or are not a SIGNiX user, there are a few things you can do to keep your stress level down when you begin performing RONs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyUrhRIHAic4YgjRNi-As8kX1VyeLhAoRNbNmjyGRsro9Bd8-1B2wrebfuzpiNTwhP5oRNLKAj64TmEa083R2VEOWOSDBj779TpGOcWM4wfmX47Iz9iSeS0jkJFmD7R-beERjbEdc7gw/s2048/build+confidence+AdobeStock_248750742.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyUrhRIHAic4YgjRNi-As8kX1VyeLhAoRNbNmjyGRsro9Bd8-1B2wrebfuzpiNTwhP5oRNLKAj64TmEa083R2VEOWOSDBj779TpGOcWM4wfmX47Iz9iSeS0jkJFmD7R-beERjbEdc7gw/w643-h438/build+confidence+AdobeStock_248750742.jpeg" width="643" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>TIP 1 - Practice. </b> Hopefully, your online platform allows you to do DEMO signings at no cost. (SIGNiX does.) There is no way you are going to feel confident until you practice. Find a person who will let you use them as a signer and practice how to notarize documents. </p><p><b>TIP 2 - Make a list of steps. Write out a workflow. Refer to your online notary laws to make sure you don't miss anything. </b>It takes a lot of time to put all of this on paper, but you'll be so glad you did when you can't remember anything about the last time you logged on. (In the beginning, I forgot how to log on!)</p><p><b>TIP 3 - Watch and re-watch any training videos available on your chosen platform.</b> Make notes about the steps the videos show you. </p><p><b>TIP 4 - Upload more than one document and practice on two or more mock signers.</b> In other words, get a feel for how to handle more than one document and one signer. You need to see how much longer additional documents and signers will take you to prep.</p><p><b>TIP 5- Learn how to use witnesses during a transaction. </b>From time to time you will need to use a witness when signing a document. Some states will require this more than others. Learn to do it before you need it!</p><p><b>TIP 6 - Figure out how to use a credible witness. </b>Of course, make sure your state's laws allow it and what the criteria for using a credible witness is. </p><p><b>TIP 7 - Ask an online notary on your platform to provide the notarization and you should practice being the signer. </b> Otherwise, you cannot help your signer get through the process if they are not technically inclined. (75% of my signers are not technically inclined!)</p><p><b>TIP 8 - Make scripts, read, and memorize them. </b>You'll need a script for a simple RON transaction and a script for using a credible witness to start. For a simple transaction, you'll need to cover several points that your notary laws require that you cover. When I use a credible witness, I administer an oath and cover a few more points. You need scripts that you can use when you go through the signing of documents. You will soon have them memorized but they will be necessary in the beginning so that you don't forget to mention something vital.<br /><br />Read those scripts and practice going through the motions even though you don't log onto the platform. Solidify the words and order of things in your mind.</p><p>When I was in band as a high school student, my dad worked the night shift. There were times he slept when I needed to practice my clarinet; and I had to do so without making a noise. It worked. You CAN practice by going over steps mentally. Just putting your mind into the actions and keystrokes you need to make can help you learn even if you aren't logged on. <i>Read your script and go through the motions!</i></p><p><b>TIP 9- When you have a transaction, make a copy of it as a back up, especially if you have more than one signer and several documents to tag and upload. </b>This works great for SIGNiX and I will explain how I do that. </p><p>You'll need to find out how this can be done if you don't use SIGNiX. </p><p>On SIGNiX, to save a copy of a transaction, I first create the transaction and get it just like I want it. Then, I save using the green Save button. </p><p>Next, I completely exit the transaction by going to "Home." (You will have to save it again.) I then reopen the transaction and use the green Save As button. That will give me the option of saving it as a template or a transaction. I use <i>transaction.</i> However, Joshua has mentioned that I should probably save as a template. I need to look into that, but so far, my way is working great. (If I learn why, I will update this or write a few paragraphs on why it works better to Save As a <i>template</i>.)</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><u>Example</u> - When using SIGNiX, if one of my signers fails KBA after one or more signers have passed and signed documents, that will shut down the transaction so that it cannot be continued for that signer until he/she passes KBA which will be no earlier than the next day. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p>You'll have to start from the beginning tagging documents. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p>That is why I have begun to save a copy of every transaction. If I need to use my back up transaction, I make a another back up copy and have one ready to go <i>just in case it is needed. </i>After the transaction is complete, I delete the backups.</p><p><i style="font-weight: bold;">Why not just wait until the next day? </i>As you know, real estate transactions need to happen the day that they are dated or you may be holding up several other transactions. Additionally, have you noticed that it is not easy to get three or more people scheduled more than once for a meeting? It's grueling. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">So, if the failed transaction needs to close that day, the title company may approve a credible witness for the signer that failed to be identified--at least that works for me in Texas. In my state, if a qualified credible witness can pass KBA and credential analysis, I can remove KBA from the signer who failed and use a credible witness. </p></blockquote><p><b>Note to the suspicious: </b>Yes, KBA is easy to fail for many. Sometimes it is stage fright. Sometimes it is aging, having lived in 10 or more places, and having traded cars frequently. I have problems passing KBA for no fault of my own or due to forgetfulness. It is due to a recording agency having crossed my file with another Brenda Stone in town I lived in for 1.5 years who happens to be of good character, fortunately. </p><p>Imagine my surprise when I learned that! But it also helped me to recognize why these things happen. </p><p><b>TIP 10 - If you are new, find another new person who is learning how to use the platform and set aside 2-3 hours to practice once a week.</b> Keep in mind that practice is 100% FREE on SIGNiX. Practice teaching each other. I recommend this because there is something quite rewarding about not being taught by another experienced notary but discovering the answers on your own. It helps cement the way to do things into memory. And when you are doing it as a new notary, you make a friend you trust for life. Once you learn what you can on your own, you will have questions. Take those to notary groups where willing notaries with experience can answer them. </p><p>Until next time! </p><p>Thanks for reading!</p><p>Sincerely, Brenda Stone - <a href="http://stonedigital.me" target="_blank">StoneDigital.me </a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">================</span></b></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">SQUAREUP FOR GETTING PAID FOR ONLINE NOTARY WORK </span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">If you are considering how to have your clients pay for your services, I use Venmo, PayPal, and <a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a>. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> i</span>s the easiest method by far to collect a payment from businesses. <i>I send an invoice and let them know they can pay by credit card through my link. The payment is usually there in 10 minutes. </i></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>The other day, one of my mobile notary clients who has the privilege of receiving bills and paying me in 30 days sent me an email: </b>"Send your SquareUp link." I was paid immediately.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: courier;">When I write an article (like this one), I try to remember to add my affiliate link to my SquareUp account just like I have here. When someone uses my link to set up an account, I receive a generous credit so that SquareUp's processing seldom costs me a dime! </span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>Try it! <b> </b>You can do the same thing, too! New people are signing up from my </i><a href="http://squareup.com/i/NSTARTLINK" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">SquareUp.com</a> link all the time! CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT SQUARUP CHARGES? Take a look...click the table below to see a larger version.</span></p><p><br /></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-51015653542120303202021-07-02T08:00:00.003-05:002021-07-09T09:36:56.890-05:00Tutorial - Completing Notarial Certificates (Texas Certificates of Acknowledgments and Jurats) <p> </p><h1 style="break-after: avoid; color: #2f5496; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.6133px; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><a href="http://txnp.us/content/LNB/Tutorial01-210630.pdf" style="color: #0563c1;">Tutorial Handout</a></h1><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Other Resources: </div><h1 style="break-after: avoid; color: #2f5496; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.6133px; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><a href="http://txnp.us/content/LNB/SOSnotarycertificates210630.pdf" style="color: #0563c1;">SOS Notary Certificate Samples</a></h1><h1 style="break-after: avoid; color: #2f5496; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.6133px; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><a href="http://txnp.us/content/LNB/shortack.pdf" style="color: #0563c1;">Blank Certificate of Acknowledgment - Short Form</a></h1><h1 style="break-after: avoid; color: #2f5496; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.6133px; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><a href="http://txnp.us/content/LNB/longack.pdf" style="color: #0563c1;">Blank Certificate of Acknowledgment - Long Form</a></h1><h1 style="break-after: avoid; color: #2f5496; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.6133px; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><a href="http://txnp.us/content/LNB/juratcert.pdf" style="color: #0563c1;">Blank Jurat</a></h1><p><br /></p><p>This information is also <a href="https://txnp.us/content/LNB/Tutorial_Notary_Certificates_TX.html" target="_blank">linked to this page.</a></p>
<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/569504663" width="640"></iframe>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-4754048081614750822021-07-01T15:43:00.011-05:002021-07-02T11:25:21.638-05:00How Good Information Becomes Bad Information in Notary Facebook Groups<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aorCKwEe3KmKrdR7T3oNy0LMqQP1Hq-3T64rPaHGSxZmmYw_SDegaXRdJT6wMLIr6sd2BYUeIKzfABKydLGjIB8UomKg3RM-1pL3wfb2hRDASWH_0S-ghBMr7BpKc-lXgOGCHbqZP1A/s2048/statesadobe.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aorCKwEe3KmKrdR7T3oNy0LMqQP1Hq-3T64rPaHGSxZmmYw_SDegaXRdJT6wMLIr6sd2BYUeIKzfABKydLGjIB8UomKg3RM-1pL3wfb2hRDASWH_0S-ghBMr7BpKc-lXgOGCHbqZP1A/s320/statesadobe.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">New Notaries, if you are reading...</h3><p>This article is for you and it comes straight from my heart and I am almost sure that it is the consensus of many notary admins on Facebook who are looking out for you. </p><p>Please note that no one else approved this article or said "That's right!" but I think the long-timers all have the same concerns this article will explain below.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">About the Notary Signing Agent Network (NSAN for Short)</h3><p>My observation deck for making most of these conclusions is the Facebook group I think of as NSAN. My longtime friend <a href="https://www.expnotarysvc.com/" target="_blank">Robert Owens</a> owns this huge notary group on Facebook. <b><i>The potential for new notaries to learn a ton of information in that group is so very high! Many long-timers in our field are in this 27,000 (-/+) member group.</i></b></p><p>It is super-active and it is moderated by a dedicated team: Robert, me (<a href="http://stonedigital.me" target="_blank">Brenda Stone</a>), <a href="http://thebondlady.org" target="_blank">Michelle Riley</a>, my teaching partner <a href="http://notarystart.com" target="_blank">Jake Burkhalter </a>and Kathleen Reynolds. (If you are interested, please join us there at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/notary.signing.agent.network" target="_blank">Notary & Signing Agent Network.</a> We would love to have you.)</p><p>We (the five mentioned above) have a great passion for seeing our field preserved. </p><p>That's why we do what we do in the groups -- and it can take hours each day to handle it. <b>And we want to keep doing it--we want notaries to succeed.</b> </p><p><i>Every single one of us can tell you a story of how this business saved us at some point in our lives. </i>We do not want to see it taken away from us or you because new notaries aren't getting the kind of training or insight that they need and are learning from the wrong people, i<b><i>ncluding people from other states who give out information on Facebook without caring what state anyone is in.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Seeing our field preserved? Is there danger ahead?</h3><div>Yep, that's what I said. I said SEEING OUR FIELD PRESERVED.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some notary trainers would rather collect your dollars than to tell you the truth that we can be replaced. New trainees are being told, "They NEED us--they can't do without us!" </div><div><br /></div><div>Not true. They did it without us before and they can do it again. If notaries don't cut out the mistakes and lack of attention to detail, we are doomed. I'll get more into that at the end of this article. But keep this in mind. I train notaries along with my partner Jake Burkhalter. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://stone-courses.teachable.com/purchase?product_id=2905500 " target="_blank">Fundamental Skills for NSAs Class </a></div><div><a href="https://stone-courses.teachable.com/purchase?product_id=3127597">Commercial Mortgage Loan Documents for NSAs</a>.</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>(Let me know if you want more information. brenda@stonedigital.me. Teachable has made changes to the site so our curriculum isn't showing right now.)</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Do you think that me saying this helps encourage more notaries to take our training? No, it doesn't <i>But it is the truth. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">We have identified 2 disconnects for notaries that are causing big problems for them.</h3><p style="text-align: left;"><u>Disconnect #1 - Notaries must consult, memorize, and understand their state's laws.</u></p><h4 style="text-align: center;">Using the group like a ready reference robot isn't sustainable. (i.e., What goes in this blank?)</h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">In NSAN we have added 47 of the 52 notary handbooks from the USA to our library--we will get the others done as well. Notaries will be reminded to open their handbooks and see what it says when they ask questions that are answered in laws and handbooks. </h4><div><br /></div><div><u>Disconnect #2 - new notaries do not know this platinum rule--</u></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>Do not learn how to perform your notarial duties from <br /></b><b>strangers on the Internet -- especially strangers in other states! </b></h4><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Huh? What's the harm in that?</i> Why can't I ask questions in groups? </h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;">You can ask all you want to. But if you get wrong information that is correct for another state, you're the one who gets in trouble with your state, not the person who gave it to you. </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;">You also need to make it a habit to ask where they got the information and look it up for yourself, as well. Lots and lots of notaries pull answers out of their rears because someone's cousin's friend said that's how she thought it was done. </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span>Notaries must stand for high ethics...if you don't know what you are upholding, how are you going to do it?</div><div><br /></div><div>Get feedback, but look it up for yourself. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are not willing to do that, you really should get out of the notary business and look into an MLM scheme where people tell you the rules and you just go do stuff based on what they say. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;">Right now, new notaries do not seem to understand that they have laws to follow, so how can they uphold them?</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Here is where good information turns into bad information on Facebook groups.</h3><div>New notaries seem to be terribly unaware that every state's notary laws are different.</div><div><br /></div><div>If they are in Florida, it is unlikely that they will get useful information from an Oklahoma notary public on how to handle their notarial duties. Therefore, good information for an Oklahoma notary that is shared in a Facebook group directed at a Florida notary's question becomes 100% bad information. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">So, we did something that has irritated many of our group members. </h3><div>We require all posts to include the designation of the poster's state. For instance, my posts must all carry the TX designation because I am in Texas. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, it is a pain in the rear. But what is the point of having tended and nurtured an active group to the point that it has 27,000 notaries in it only to see that a large percentage of the information that is being exchanged and collected by new notaries is causing more harm than good? </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Here is an example of how good information becomes bad in notary groups.</h3><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">POSTER - Hi, I am notarizing my first will - what does it involve?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">COMMENTER: Wills aren't usually notarized.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">POSTER - So I don't notarize it?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">COMMENTER: No. You'll need witnesses. </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>The poster was in Florida. The commenter was in California. </div><div><br /></div><div>Neither of the new notaries were at the point where they understood that every state has different laws. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, like magic, throw good info from California into a notary group and it becomes a detriment to a new notary in Florida.</div><div><br /></div><div>If both of the notaries had mentioned their states, the information would have been EXCELLENT info, but the way it is written, it is crap. </div><h3 style="text-align: left;">After this conversation, we added the rule to include your state in your posts in NSAN. </h3><div>By adding this one little rule we can increase the usefulness of the information exponentially and help new people learn. It brought attention to the fact that notaries cannot learn from strangers on the internet who are in other states. <b>At least, if you are in the same state, the helping notary often can show the new notary a law or rule (aka citation) so that they KNOW they have the right answer. </b></div><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">We are replaceable, by the way...</h3><div>Independent notaries (aka notary signing agents) hear from notary trainers that our business will never go away, that it is recession proof, that there is never going to be a shortage of work, that anyone can make six figures no matter what.</div><div><br /></div><div>Similarly, it has been said that the notaries who have been in the business a long time (like me and my notary colleagues) are jealous, old, worn out, stubborn, can't learn the new way, etc. It's a tactic used by lots of folks who sell snake oil to shut up anyone who sheds a light on reality. </div><div><br /></div><div>Therefore, our messages are not getting through like they once did. It seems like those who want laws and rules to be followed are just talking out of their old drooling lips while they gum their bananas. </div><div><br /></div><div>But, here's a message that those same notary trainers are not delivering and which notaries are not hearing because it's coming from people like me who are jealous, old, stubborn, etc.: </div><div><br /></div><div>T<b>itle companies are exploring ways to circumvent the use of signing agents because of the poor quality of work. They are hiring notaries as employees to go out and sign loans within a certain radius. That is taking a huge bite out of notary signing agent work.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I heard of this first in Michigan, and sadly, now in Texas. Just because I have not other states to report right now, doesn't mean there aren't more.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you join us in NSAN, we would love to have you. Please indicate what state you are in in ALL of your posts. I learned that way on <a href="http://NotaryRotary.com">NotaryRotary.com</a>. I always had TX in my posts. It was required. When I needed an answer, I just searched for another TX person. It really helped. </div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-75565453583252014412021-06-08T21:59:00.006-05:002021-06-08T23:15:27.330-05:00Saturday Night Chat with the Party People (Griffin's YouTube Channel)<p> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I love this couple! If what I am seeing is <i>the real Griffin,</i>
we need 20 more of people just like him to do videos like those on his channel. (I don't know his full name, but you can find him on his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX_Tb95vSFMozipuDvyZjaA" target="_blank">YouTube Channel.</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgdQ1nlYu_4" width="320" youtube-src-id="tgdQ1nlYu_4"></iframe></div><b>This may not be everyone new notary’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cup of tea, but it should
be.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The first thing that made me want to hug these people is understanding that they also get calls and requests for help. Then, when Griff doesn't immediately come back with answers, the callers get angry. Start watching at 29:20 on this video because he is so RIGHT. At around 32:00, Mrs. Griffin discusses growing a thicker skin and not being a cry baby. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Keep at it. You will find great stuff if you go through and listen to their stories.</p><p class="MsoNormal">He is also dealing with people who just want ANSWERS right now and don't want to learn. Mr. Griffin (like me and my teaching partner Jake Burkhalter) wants to teach folks how to fish -- not how to get a <b>bite</b> of fish. Granted, I didn’t watch every minute
of it, but I did watch half of it by skipping through it to find out the next
topic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a long day tomorrow, so I
had to move fast. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kisha.smith.33">Kisha
Smith Robinson</a> in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/253889658096835">Quick
Find</a> (on Facebook) where I saw this when I was perusing Facebook before I headed
for bed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>I’m glad I did.</b> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Once you get past the discussion on how trainers can't always drop everything and answer questions, there are brilliant nuggets here…well, at
least I think they are brilliant because they sound like they could be coming
right out of my own head--we need to stop trying to find shortcuts and start doing the work.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Apparently, Mr. Griffin does a loan documents class that is inexpensive. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">He is trying to get notaries
to understand that they MUST learn how to be a notary before they can be a
decent signing agent, that they can't cut corners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s doing his
best to show notaries the right way to approach this business.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you don’t like the length of the video, forward through
when you feel the speakers are belaboring a point. Put it on in the background
and listen while you do things around the house. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Not only are there great tips and insights, but this married
couple is a pleasure to spend time with. I love his red pressed dress shirt, his
beard, and smile and his wife is equally as charming. Any <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX_Tb95vSFMozipuDvyZjaA" target="_blank">YouTube influencer</a>
who wears classic black and pearls knows how to command respect. Hold on to her, Mr. Griff, she is a keeper!</p><p class="MsoNormal">------------</p><p class="MsoNormal">Again, thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kisha.smith.33">Kisha Smith Robinson</a> for sharing this quality content.</p><p class="MsoNormal">------------- </p><p class="MsoNormal">If you want to take his course, subscribe to his <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5918726700012077885/7556545358325201441?hl=en#">YouTube channel</a> and use the comment section to inquire.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-8169702181473925232021-05-18T09:40:00.010-05:002021-05-18T09:40:00.191-05:00This is a Notary Group Admin Whine Fest<h3 style="text-align: left;">This is a Notary Group Admin Whine Fest</h3><p>I work with four other admins in a very large Facebook group called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/notary.signing.agent.network" target="_blank">Notary & Signing Agent Network (NSAN)</a>. There are about 24,000 notaries in the group and about 75% of them are active daily.</p><p>The group is owned by <a href="http://www.expnotarysvc.com" target="_blank">Robert Owens</a> and co-administered by <a href="http://notarystart.com" target="_blank">Jake Burkhalter</a>, <a href="http://thebondlady.org" target="_blank">Michelle Riley</a> Kathleen Reynolds, and me, <a href="http://stonedigital.me" target="_blank">Brenda Stone</a>. </p><p>Each of us spends as much time as we can cruising the group to make it more hospitable, especially to new people. Some days are tough in the group for admins. We put a lot of time into maintaining the group, removing bad information, rude comments and people, and helping answer questions for new folks. </p><p>Right off the bat, the first thing we see on Thursday morning is a long scolding to the membership for not being helpful enough or being negative. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Why is that a problem? </h3><p>Because these rants do more harm than any other type of posting. It infuses the group with powerful negative energy. It can make everyone focus on what's bad, not the good. </p><p>It always ends with someone admonishing the admins for not doing more. That's why we have </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Rule #2 - Don't tell members to be nicer.</b></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>You cannot control rude people. They get worse. a) Blocking rude people is required so you won't see them again + b) Report offensive posts. Otherwise, you are part of the problem.</b></blockquote><p>The most interesting thing about this behavior s that the people who scold and rant have never reported a single post or comment as being unkind. We cannot help the members if they will not take responsibility for reporting the people who annoy them. And why not block the people that annoy you? I block people frequently that are annoying and dispose of that problem. Case closed, no one has to be nicer to me. I just stop seeing the jerks. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Complainers "Don't Have Time" to Make a Complaint.</h3><p>I pointed out to a member who was complaining on the same thread that all she had to do was report the complaint and block the person. She had 3 illogical responses. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>#1 - She was not going to take the time to make a complaint. <i>(Huh?)</i></p><p>#2 - She informed me that it was the admin's job to ensure participants are respectful to other posters. <i>(Hundreds of posts per day and admins are supposed to read every one and interpret the way it makes people feel? WHAT?)</i></p><p> #3 - That I should have told her privately rather than answer her publicly about a complaint she publicly made. <i>(Oh the irony!)</i></p></blockquote><p>Well, you might know that I went ahead and removed her from the group and blocked her so she can't come back. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">How I really feel--</h3><p>I can't say enough how much time the admins put into making NSAN a good place. To admonish the admins is ridiculous. We volunteer our time and if you think we aren't doing enough, then you're not someone we want in the group. That sense of entitlement will be toxic to all of us. </p><p>If the group is bad for you, you need to find another group. There are plenty. Please move on. </p><p>Otherwise, do your part to report people or keep it to yourself. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Tougher Skin is Required on Social Media</h3><p>There are jerks on social media. You can't control them. Use the complaint feature to notify admins and block them so you can't see them. We can remove them from the group if you tell us. </p><p>If members won't report problems and will not block people who bother them, they have no right to complain in dramatic broad sweeping "rude member" speeches. The tools are there! Use them. Stop being a victim! </p><p>While I am at it-- no, we still aren't going to let you post your wares, courses, Tik Toks, videos, advertisements or controversial subjects.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Read the NSAN Rules Here</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Welcome to Notary & Signing Agent Network. Be sure to check out our rules before posting and commenting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1) No selling!</b><br />Absolutely no selling of any type of products, including training classes, seminars, training for any other type of business, without Admin approval.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2) Don't tell members to be nicer.</b><br />You cannot control rude people. They get worse. a) Blocking rude people is required so you won't see them again + b) Report offensive posts. Otherwise, you are part of the problem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>3) No affiliate links + Admins turn off comments</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #65676b; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">No affiliate links of any type, whether disclosed or not. Unrelated but important, Admins turn off comments. Send a message if you'd like them to be off. We have our reasons. Thanks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>4) Be kind and Courteous & No Politics</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We're all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required. No political discussions, please.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>5) No Hate Speech or Bullying</b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated. Bullying of admins not tolerated.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>6) Respect Everyone's Privacy.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Being part of this group requires mutual trust. Authentic, expressive discussions make groups great, but may also be sensitive and private; what is said stays here. Don't share docs w/ names in them!<br />This is a professional group. Any comments or posts should be worded using correct grammar, correct spelling, correct punctuation, and absolutely no profanity of any kind.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>7) Do not post Spam, Videos, or Groups/Pages.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spam is multiple pictures of yourself, your own page or videos, info about a speaker, a new directory, your friend's website, your website, another group or event, free meetup with others.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>8) No Messaging or requesting messaging from others.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We do not allow PMing members with unrequested "helpful" information. Please do not do that. Good group admins DO NOT ALLOW IT. These are usually ways to get $. Doesn't include Admins and friends.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>9) Posting with permission.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you receive permission from the admins to post something that normally would be removed, ALWAYS add "Posted with permission from admins."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Signing off now. Thanks much. Brenda</div><p></p>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-24418506216306024962021-05-10T14:09:00.002-05:002021-05-10T14:09:43.891-05:00When Documents Have to Be Signed 2 Ways by the Same Signer (RON Tips)<p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3r0NJA-RWK9KMe863_OmVI8MnRuCdQ92UjOIS5AuEz5TAzO7LlenfkylfYFKMjtoNWAokHNa-wCE56VBj6aXCYZE1XlyMC6257wG37pftcYxbwIcMn-j1TiStuVZgVY7AG_Akl3h2wI/s2048/AdobeStock_191303581.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Definitely not Brenda Stone Online Notary!" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3r0NJA-RWK9KMe863_OmVI8MnRuCdQ92UjOIS5AuEz5TAzO7LlenfkylfYFKMjtoNWAokHNa-wCE56VBj6aXCYZE1XlyMC6257wG37pftcYxbwIcMn-j1TiStuVZgVY7AG_Akl3h2wI/w320-h213/AdobeStock_191303581.jpeg" title="My New Look - 30 years younger and blond (wink wink)." width="320" /></a></div><br />I am sharing this today because these kinds of solutions aren't always obvious. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span>One Sunday morning in April, I had an appointment @10 A.M. with Sellers for a RON.<br /><br />This one was challenging because there were 14 title documents with 6 notarizations (affidavits, HUD 1, disclosures) that sellers would sign with names<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"> First Last.</span></span> Then there was a General Warranty Deed (GWD) + 1 notarization that had to be signed with names <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">First Middle Last.<br /><br /></span></span>On the <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/" target="_blank">SIGNiX </a>platform, you can't set up a signer to sign some documents as <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Jack Middle Last </span></span>while signing others as <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Jack Last. </span></span>Yet, we all know as title employees or signing agents that we must ask the signers to sign as the names are stated on each document.<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span>There were two ways to go about this.**<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"></span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">(1) I could put all the documents in one transaction/session</span></span> and add two signers for each person as<br />-<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Jack Last</i></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Jack Middle Last</i></span><br />-<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Jenny Last </i></span>and<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> Jenny Middle Last</i></span><br /><br />KBA would be performed on the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">First Middle Last</span></span> versions for each of them and they would sign the GWD only, then each of their <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">First Last </span></span>versions of their names would follow. The notary would go last, of course.<br /><br />---Or---<br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">(2) I could do two transactions/sessions.<br /></span></span><br />The first transaction would be the KBA session as <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">First Middle Last</span></span> and the signing of the GWD; then I would notarize and complete that session.<br /><br />The second transaction would be all other documents where they would sign <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">First Last</span></span> versions of their names and they would not go through KBA for that session.<br /><br />Yes, I would incur another session fee of $10 by doing it this way but it seemed worth it to me. I felt like it would make more sense to the signers to have 2 completely different sessions rather than using 4 signers in one session so this is the route I took.<br /><br />The other benefit is that I would be able to know earlier if the second signer would not be able to pass KBA.<br /><br />It worked out great!</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(**I can't take credit for solving this problem. My notary training partner <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/328281375222336/user/100043028413119/?__cft__[0]=AZUUfQp1Y2W2ylWIiA3JBYv01ouL9nGKdr_fO2i6gM1fh-OU9eYcxJl_ObvzruzbaoU-GCvveduyQzeeu7qmjQ2qSsG6J2_Ph0Fhy3HVexuSn74tp3BgJUsGBmv_4uG1unbubiVqN5ply-vieoAkX3vsLN9SZYnX0Fj69lvVwIeWT8LwKC3ebLFPTUf9aVkRxvI&__tn__=-]-UK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jake Burkhalter</span></div></a></span> knows the SIGNiX platform very well and made these recommendations.)</i></span></span></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-4107449068905518002021-02-05T21:17:00.000-06:002021-02-05T21:17:17.579-06:00Notary News - February 2021<h2 style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.stonedigital.me/training/nsa-fundamental-skills" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1257" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYbia8Xo8LVoIe2qjy1g_sZr6PnkWeGViEPrsYkswPupe6noUb8cvnCbvdP4-4-1YlxJxVGMingbnHk9_HPjW05HEStVB0XqLUfx01knKK-agy23LiJVKeRdOIH59aBJg0Bia6PjHFOY/w400-h229/02132021.jpg" width="400" /></a></h2><h2>___________</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">NSA Fundamental Skills Course $99 - by Jake & Brenda</span></h2><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you know someone who wants to get into the notary signing
agent business and has lots of questions on how to get started? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the best training available for
notaries today who want to get into the signing agent business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our next class will be February 13, 2021 – 9 a.m.
(CST) and it will be conducted via ZOOM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For more information about the course and the trainers, please visit <a href="https://www.stonedigital.me/training/nsa-fundamental-skills">this link</a>.</p><h2>___________</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">SIGNiX Launches Two Powerful Marketing Tools for Online Notaries</span></h2><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you may know, except for a brief, painful, and expensive
interlude with another online notary platform, Jake & I have been using <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/">SIGNiX</a> as our online
notary platform. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is a reason why! (Actually, there are several reasons
why!) The <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/">SIGNiX</a>
platform is the most helpful, the most affordable, and the most transparent
platform for notaries who want to develop a book of business. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, Joshua Curry at <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/">SIGNiX</a> provided
several tips in an online meeting as well as an announcement about two great
tools for marketing your business.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1 – <a href="https://www.signix.com/enotary-network-remote-online-notary-ron-directory"><b>The
SIGNiX Notary Network</b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2 – SIGNiX Certification Test and Certificate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jake and I have been with SIGNiX for a year now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake has done around 500 notarizations and I am
between 75 – 100. Because we personally believe in the platform and have used
it for a year, we joined their referral program about a week ago to share with
those who read our publications and Facebook posts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you use my <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/">link</a> to sign up
with <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/">SIGNiX</a>, I
will be paid as much as a 10% commission. If you join <a href="https://signix.referralrock.com/l/1BRENDASTON24/">SIGNiX</a>, you’ll be
able to do the same!</p><h2>___________</h2><h2><span style="color: red;">Clubhouse </span></h2><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Michelle, Jake, and Me - Notary
Lounge – Sundays – 3:00 p.m.</i></span></h4><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m., Michelle Riley (of <u>TrainAlabama.com</u>
and <u>TheBondLady.org</u>) hosts an hour of casual conversation for notaries
in the <b>“Notary Lounge.” </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake and
I are co-hosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now, I’m about as clueless about Clubhouse as they come, but
Michelle and Jake seemed to have taken right up with it and are swimming right
along while I am splashing around in the baby pool!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At any rate, this coming Sunday 2/7, the topic is <b>“Ask
Jake.”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake will share ancient secrets
garnered from his 7,000 years of work in escrow and title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are on Clubhouse, please join us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know what it is, read up on it <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/what-is-clubhouse-app">right here</a>! </p><h2>___________</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Email Signature Creator</span></h2><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jake & I teach in our <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nsa-fundamental-skills-course-feb-13-https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/nsa-fundamental-skills-course-feb-13-2021-9-am-5-pm-99-tickets-136885077953?aff=stonedigital2021-9-am-5-pm-99-tickets-136885077953?aff=stonedigital">NSA
Fundamental Skills Course</a> that one of the first things to do when you start
your notary business is to set up a professional email signature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I created this in about 2 minutes, and I love
it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are several templates to
choose from!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can <a href="https://www.hubspot.com/email-signature-generator">try it here</a> on
Hubspot.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/email-signature-generator" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzOa-Ov1LiXeoquaI9eHqoZ-7s53_ZVuhHsrU0FTXQ7gimiDU7tEYa9H1c4afpgDhyiHvpOlbt_DYjGC69MJiETnNdZGWp2xL7O8PCQvcVUyQVvBS5nMyjq2j03XYG_ktOO_3mShx6oc/s320/emailcreator.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p> </o:p><p></p>
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<h2>___________</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">SquareUp for Online Notary Work</span></h2><h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m loving <a href="http://squareup.com" target="_blank">SquareUp</a> for online notary work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the many tools provided by Square up, I
can quickly send an invoice that is paid almost immediately. If they prefer to
give you the payment information over the phone, you can add it quickly into SquareUp’s
interface. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>___________</h2><span style="color: red;"><b>Take care! </b></span><div>Brenda<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-1664410141920058652020-12-20T14:06:00.007-06:002020-12-20T14:13:50.668-06:00I lost my notary tribe in 2020. Changes in 2021!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PMg-foEccRCT0HdsMlA5RUTAFdhGbo4nmpsjTQdqWKHG49BZ-yj72g3QL4yuQevWe1lHFW8UnQjsBsSDbB2tob-1nOIOv03zXP3uhlWULUzAGRdcVPClwMXH9N3mxANMzbQYPeN9AfQ/s2048/tribe+AdobeStock_97940649.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PMg-foEccRCT0HdsMlA5RUTAFdhGbo4nmpsjTQdqWKHG49BZ-yj72g3QL4yuQevWe1lHFW8UnQjsBsSDbB2tob-1nOIOv03zXP3uhlWULUzAGRdcVPClwMXH9N3mxANMzbQYPeN9AfQ/s320/tribe+AdobeStock_97940649.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><b>Have you seen my tribe? </b><div><br /></div><div>Somehow, I have gotten away from them. </div><div><br /><div>Since 2014, I have been mentoring notaries on Facebook (in groups) on how to stay out of trouble and what they needed to be great signing agents. I did it because I cared about our profession. <br /><br />The era of the <i>grouchy old grandma </i>who sticks to all the rules (me) has left the station and has taken my people with it. Few understand a word of what I say any longer. Or, maybe they just aren't interested.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3>Changes in 2021</h3>It's time for a change. For now, I will be offering my insights where it will be likely to reach people who want to hear me. Here (<a href="http://notariesandnotarynews.com" target="_blank">on this blog</a>) and on a couple of new websites my teaching partner and I are developing. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My professional writing career that catered to notaries began in 2006. Until the spring of this year, I produced content that is still<i> perfectly reliable today</i>. I am careful to be accurate.<br /><br /><b>However, I have learned that when a new notary seeks information on how to get started or how to handle something, 75% of them prefer hearing exciting anecdotes about the profession. They want sparklers and whiz-bang.</b> The new audience has been primed by alluring money-promising <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" target="_blank">YouTube videos</a>. (<-- I put in “<i>six figures as a notary signing agent</i>” on YouTube to get these results--if that is your cup of tea, please feel free to enjoy!) <br /><br /><b> If that’s what a person watches on YouTube, they don't need to hear from me. </b> They want exciting content -- unique appetizers, peppermint milkshakes with red and white striped straws, silver trays with Appletinis, Cosmos, and Lemon Drop Martinis atop a satin pastel tablecloth. <br /><br /><b>Don’t get me wrong, I love a good Appletini myself!</b> But sweets, nibbles, and vodka aren’t a solid foundation for a real career in my opinion. <i>That's my opinion and I reserve the right to have one! </i><br /><br /><b>The first problem is that notaries should never be called into service by suggestions of making Big Buck$ and $ix Figure$.</b> We are public servants when we are acting as notaries. If money is the main the motivation, the notary rarely learns how public service works or about the laws that underpin the purpose they serve. <br /><br /><b>What I have to offer is accurate information and resources.</b> If you put those things into practice and use, you will have a real foundation for growth into a business that offers a much needed service. I don't serve the cute stuff. You could say that we serve plated dinners that come with salad, real meat, potatoes, green leafy vegetables, bread, rolls, white or chocolate cake, and sweet or unsweet tea. Coffee might be extra. (Said with a smile!) <br /><br /><b>Fortunately, there is still a market for solid nutrition for a notary who wants to start out right.</b> Many still seek plain and accurate information that provides a strong foundation for growth. I’ve just been trying to serve it in the wrong place! <br /><br /><b> It’s taken me a while to realize (duh) that unless I charge for everything I say rather than giving it away, no one values it.</b> (I know that I'm a little slow!) Finally, I have realized that there are many business-minded clients who want to learn from us. So, with that in mind, I recognized that my voluntary voice isn’t helpful any longer and I need to redirect my mentoring. <br /><br /><b>Today, as it stands, I’m making people mad at me which is not what I wanted to do.</b> Maybe it's because I am left-handed, but I can’t throw what they want to catch. Never will I be able to agree with serving whipped cream over rock candy with a side of ice cream for the main course! <br /><br /><h3>In 2021, I’ll be changing up some things. </h3><br /><b>1 - I will be doing what makes money for me again and less volunteer work in groups. My smarter counterparts are already doing that. </b><br /><br />My focus will be <a href="https://www.notariesandnotarynews.com/2020/12/marketing-ron-notary.html" target="_blank">growing my RON business</a>, doubling down on the rest: notary signing agent work, general notary work, teaching and writing content. <br /><br /><b>2 – I will be scrolling by the bad information in Facebook groups so I can get back to writing courses and content.</b> Lesson learned: A smart young notary named Robert told me (paraphrased) that me squawking around about what’s right and wrong is like pouring a cup of correct practices into an ocean of bad instructors putting out bad information. <i>It makes NO difference anymore.</i> I am wasting time and effort by putting it out there for free on Facebook. No one cares! They usually hate it. I finally get that. <br /><br /><b>3 – I can only answer messages and help people who have taken our courses and joined our private Facebook group. </b><br /><br /> All of our students have been provided a disclaimer and full disclosure that we are not attorneys and our conversations are not legal advice. <div><div><br />When I see bad content in our groups, I will remove it, but I won’t argue any longer or try to convince anyone of anything. I will document my decision for personal reasons, but I won’t discuss it. I will provide a link to this article. <br /><br /><b>Our groups are not there to be feel-good mechanisms. They were established for the purpose of teaching people who care about learning correctly. </b> A by-the-book rule following instructor like me can’t win against cult-like instructors putting out information that charms and excites. I believe they do provide great marketing tips. Sadly, they do not tell you to learn how to be good at what you do first before you go and ask for business. <br /><br />I will never be a snake charmer that brings people to me with cult-like mantras, cheerleader jumps, slams against people who have age and experience with intent to silence and marginalize them, or demands that they be focused on positivity (rather than asking the hard questions). I’m not looking for people to teach or mentor who want that. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>I am looking for my tribe. If you see them, send them my way! </b><br /><br />I will be posting tips here and sharing them on Facebook...it's just group involvement that I am stepping back from. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Sign up for my email list here.</div><div><form action="https://ymlp.com/subscribe.php?id=gmeqqebgmguy" method="post">
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Be blessed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Take care everyone. </div><div><br /></div><div>Brenda</div></div></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918726700012077885.post-61599290744155893712020-12-16T20:11:00.005-06:002020-12-16T20:28:57.339-06:00Tips for Building a RON Business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RPeCz8VXL_g" width="320" youtube-src-id="RPeCz8VXL_g"></iframe></div><br />Hello! <br /><br />I wanted to share a little insight from my own experience regarding remote online notarization (RON) business. Marketing for RON is different than for signing agent work in that you may be sought by attorneys and other business managers who are not in mortgage lending and title work. In some cases, attorneys, especially, are trying to decide whether they want to get set up themselves to have a RON notary or if they want to pay an online notary to handle things for them. <div><br /></div><div>Additionally, citizens of the public will also seek you out. To that end, you need to think like they do. </div><div><br /></div><div>Where will they look? How can you be <b><i><u>there? </u></i></b>You can't just sign up and wait. You'll have to think like your potential customers will and be easily found where they will look for you. <br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Do a one-page website and/or a blog. You need to list your RON services on work on optimizing for search engines. It would help you to blog about it. The more you do that, the better! Get your name out everywhere so that you can be found online. </li><li>When you have inquiries, be prepared to answer them instantly!</li><li>You will need a simple step-by-step procedure that you can share with anyone who inquires. Ask for their email address and offer to send them what they need to know. </li><li>Figure out your pricing and have it ready.</li><li>Put a professional headshot on your website so that potential customers know who they will be working with.</li><li>Add a chat button by searching for "live chat on website" and trying out various services that can put you directly in contact with a client. Currently, I am using <a href="https://www.proprofs.com/chat/" target="_blank">ProProf.com's Live Chat.</a></li><li>Make a video to reach your audience. If you are going to make a video, do a script first for your video. Or at least have some notes to guide you so that you stay on topic.</li><li>Try creating a presentation that describes your online services step-by-step and what your client can expect.</li><li>Put together a letter that explains the process and email it to every inquirer so that they have your information front and center.</li><li>Have a great back up partner who can take calls when you can't. </li><li>Reach out to key people in your community.</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br />In March of this year, my mom got sick. Soon, she was in hospice and I missed out on a lot of RON opportunities because of her illness. I referred all my work to others that I knew were RON competent. <br /><br />Near the end of November, my business partner (Jake Burkhalter) and I started talking about RON and he began to teach me how to do it. It took me more than a minute to become RON "fluent" because I am not fast like I used to be. However, I do have it down now! </div><div><br /></div><div>And here's what I wanted to tell you--</div><div><br /></div><div>A lawyer read an <a href="https://notary.net/remote-online-notarization-ron-a-positive-update/?ref=3" target="_blank">article</a> on RON that I wrote. I could not help him because my mother was ill and I was in a caretaker's position, so I had to refer him to Jake. Jake reached out and helped him understand the process. Today, he needed a notarial act and he emailed both of us. I was able to help him. <br /><br />The lawyer and I just met and he says that his office they will use me (or Jake) to handle all of their online notarial acts. They will use us for their online notary work in the future and keep doing what they do best. </div><div><br /></div><div>Even though I didn't help this new client until now, I did keep in touch and tried to make sure he had a good experience with a trustworthy notary. We were also responsive each time he reached out and never ignored his email.<br /><br />In case you are wondering, my partner has performed over <b>500</b> to my <b>23</b>! I have a long way to go to catch up. But, as you can see, this month, I am definitely growing my RON legs and starting to work on a marketing campaign. <br /><br />As I learn how to reach out to clients and what works, I will share those ideas with you! </div><div><br /></div><div>Until next time, take care! Enjoy your holidays.</div><div><br /></div><div>Brenda <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdiAAPnGyn2iSxoljpFnWyPaNkQwOSrrxH4IYriSKadRkwzTKJ5ATHCvzW-VVPIdloK8BGH7QTknmmbMVbsEGJBDHzLAIyvqEHrFGXBSXDtzCjoUsYrJtxOGp-o3ZfTc15EcJPGGJLyk/s710/Tips+on+Marketing+for+RON+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marketing for Remote Online Notarization Business" border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdiAAPnGyn2iSxoljpFnWyPaNkQwOSrrxH4IYriSKadRkwzTKJ5ATHCvzW-VVPIdloK8BGH7QTknmmbMVbsEGJBDHzLAIyvqEHrFGXBSXDtzCjoUsYrJtxOGp-o3ZfTc15EcJPGGJLyk/w320-h320/Tips+on+Marketing+for+RON+%25282%2529.jpg" title="Tips for Notaries about Marketing for RON" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Brenda Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983856365674269965noreply@blogger.com0