Their business address listed on their website HireNotary.com is “4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111” which is a huge building in San Francisco with many different businesses including a FedEx which likely rents mail boxes. 
They have an F rating with BBB: https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-francisco/profile/notary-public/hire-notary-llc-1116-920539
If you do a google search of their business phone number, a number of interesting search results, including this one :
Bottom line: if it feels like a scam, I treat it like a scam. Why risk it.
@jpinnixnotary Hmmm . . .
Most members express that they find it difficult/NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE to locate the Search Function in order to access the wealth of information available within the database.
To be helpful, I’ve inserted an image for you & others [see below] to help members locate it to unlock the wisdom & knowledge of other members on the forums.
I’ve performed a cursory Search on your behalf and the results show 17 separate threads (in addition to yours) about this particular business entity. There is a plethora of data immediately available on the threads within Notary Cafe. 
https://forum.notarycafe.com/search?q=%22%22hirenotary%22
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Accessing the database to locate information about potential clients has saved many of us an inordinate amount of time ‘chasing’ payments for Services professionally provided to potential non-payers . . . 
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The long & the short of it is:
- Too many Red Flags
- Definitively a Hard Pass
My thoughts too but wanted make sure I wasn’t passing up on a good opportunity because I was too skeptical.
Thank you
Your BS-Meter is spot on Jacqueline! 
8/3/04 Do they hire notary signing agents for these closings? I see that they have a charge.
As you can see, they have been successfully running this scam for 20 years.
They will sell listings as long as there are those to buy the listings. Most of us have passed at paying for a listing. I tried once. Proved to myself it was money wasted.