….the posts aren’t meant to be “gloom and doom”, and I am sure that your inspirational and positive posts are very well-meant. I have no doubt that your intention is absolutely 100% good!
It is wonderful that you are doing so well still! Good for you-I hope it continues for you! I just would like you to keep in mind that unfortunately it’s NOT good right now for pretty much everyone else and it had a absolutely nothing to do with how hard they market themselves, how deep they dig, how full of sunshine and rainbows their attitude is or how good they are-the fact remains that it is NOT possible to make it as an NSA as a primary income. It just isn’t. We NEVER once in history had interest rates at rock bottom at the same time a pandemic hit…think about this, please.
I think that sometimes your well-intended posts appear as though you are putting other folks down who are experiencing this big slowdown. Sometimes your posts seem as though you are telling folks that they are just not good enough at this because “if you just dig deeper you will find it” and sometimes it almost feels as though you are rubbing their noses in the fact that YOU remain as busy as always. I do not mean to be negative, but your run will also end soon…this is a fact (I’ve been predicting the end of our brilliant run for months) and has nothing to do with your positive outlook and quality of signings…it’s just a fact.
There just isn’t enough business anymore (FACT) due to both the saturation of notaries and a significant lack of business and I’ve explained why in great detail several times. Soooo when a newbie who has invested a ton of money and time into this based on what they heard about the business 2 years ago posts here inquiring whether everyone else is slow and asking what they can do, it’s fair and ethical to be real with them. And this is what most of us are doing here: BEING REAL. I do not want ANYONE to feel as though they failed or are just not working hard enough when it really has nothing to do with anything they are doing or not doing……and sooooo when I see a post from someone who doesn’t understand why the business isn’t rolling in like thunder, I always take a few minutes to enlighten them. This way they can prepare themselves for The Truth, and can plan accordingly in order to feed their children. It’s not negative, it’s not “sour grapes”, it’s not because I don’t work hard enough. “If they don’t answer the front door, go to the back door” doesn’t work when there aren’t any orders to begin with.
My own direct clients that I discussed referring you to have laid off more than 70% of their staff, and I’m only getting 2-3 a month from them now. Although your posts don’t bother me personally, I can see where some folks would be offended. I AM an outstanding signing agent-and I did very, very, VERY well. But now, I could call on title companies and lenders ALLLLLL DAY LONG and never get enough business to make a living. Doesn’t matter that I am a pro or dang good at what I do, rarely make mistakes, am extremely accommodating and easy to work with, provide scanbacks AND docs go back same day, am loved by borrowers (and their pets)-none of this matters because there’s no business to be had. FACT.
I hope I’ve helped you see this from a different perspective because I’m certain you do not mean to come across this way!