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Answers from both sides of the closing table.
Short, practical answers for title agents and notary signing agents, from the book Closed Together and the signings behind it.
For title agents
What should a notary signing order include?The four things every notary signing order needs, the one title agencies miss most, and a full checklist for an order a notary can say yes to fast.
How should a title company choose notary signing agents?Choose notaries before you need them. The five qualities that matter more than the fee, what to check before a first signing, and how to test a new notary on easy days.
For notaries
Can a notary signing agent answer a borrower's questions at a loan signing?What a notary signing agent can tell a borrower at the table, where the line is, who each kind of question belongs to, and how to keep a nervous or tense room calm.
How long does a loan signing take?The table time is often about an hour, but a loan signing runs closer to three hours start to finish. Where the time goes, and how to plan your day and your yes around it.
How much should a notary charge for a loan signing?There's no single right loan signing fee. How to check your state's rules, add up what a signing really costs you, set terms that protect you, and why I don't lower my fees.
How do you get title companies to call you first?What title agencies look for before they call a notary signing agent, why every signing is an audition, and how a client becomes a partner who sends you referrals.