I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend and hopefully had some good, quality family time! Last week was really strange. I have definitely noticed more calls for closings during the month (and not just at month end) so that means Lenders are getting busier with the lower rate boom we had a couple of weeks ago. Just as predicted! That's GREAT news! What I've also noticed is the Lenders seem to be understaffed because I haven't seen so many last minute cancellations or

I saw THE BEST news last week! Refinance applications were up 39% for the highest level since January, 2016 due to the biggest one-week rate drop in a decade. That's a 58% increase in volume from a year ago*. That's a LOT more business for mobile notaries!! Mortgage rates fell for the 4th straight week in a row last week, which is great news as we're marching in to the spring buying season in one of the BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY - N. TEXAS! Expect to see lots of

Good morning and Happy April Fool's Day. I promise no tricks today....just a quick update on a fun notary meet up yesterday. Normally, I'd say "NO" to a networking event on a Sunday. That's my rest and recharge day (i.e. my one lazy day a week) and I cherish it! But yesterday was different. Bill Soroka, The Notary Coach from Phoenix, AZ was in town and had coordinated a DFW area meet-up at the Omni. I've observed Bill's career from afar and have always admired his approac

I have been offering mentoring classes for Mobile Notary Signing Agents. I've had a great deal of success with my "formulas" and I wanted to pass that along to others who want to get into this business. I have 3 different areas of concentration: 1. How to get approvals to work directly with title companies 2. Knowing the closing package documents (mock closing) 3. Marketing directly to title companies People ask me all the time, "how do I become a signing agent?" Well, t

It's January so that means all small business owners, like myself are super motivated to market our services. We're rested from the holidays and ready to get out there and network. I keep hearing that blogging is also a great way to introduce yourself to your customers and community, so I thought I'd give it a go! I've noticed a HUGE amount of networking events scheduled for this month and I'm trying to make it to as many as possible, but I'm curious....does anyone else get