I have two signings in the State of Indiana tomorrow (southern area). Our travel advisory is stated as emergent travel only. You can be seriously fined for being on the road if non-emergent. I’ve emailed signing services to ask how do they want to handle. Has anyone ever dealt with this type of situation? Thanks in advance.
@miyakmeek I had faced such situations in Florida. We experience topical storms, hurricanes and other natural disasters, and received loan orders requests. In 2018 I was involved in an auto accident on the way to loan signing assignment, I suffered bodily injuries and property damage the total cost was over $50. The signing fee for that assignment was $125, the weather conditions was a sunny day, all due to a driver using a cellphone. It’s imperative to recognize that any Loan Signing Agent who opts to operate in inclement weather conditions does so at their own discretion and assumes all associated risks. We each bear the responsibility of prioritizing our personal safety and well-being. The compensation offered by these companies, regardless of the amount, does not outweigh the potential for harm or damage to which we may expose ourselves.
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I obviously don’t want to put myself in danger and the jobs are definitely not financially worth my effort - however, I was wondering if anyone has worked with this type of matter and had any services reschedule signings based on this. I’m sure in areas where there is snow a lot of the time of the year have dealt with this before and was wondering how they handled it. I will remove myself from the signing if need be - but I don’t want to create a bad reputation with these services by removing myself from an already hard area to cover. I hope they are understanding and reschedule.
Simple answer, yes! We just notify the hiring company about the current weather conditions. I am RON approved and positioned to handle loan signing virtually.
Not worth risking your life for a signing.
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@miyakmeek No worries, letting the company know about the weather won’t hurt your reputation. I’ve had to pull out of signings before because of bad weather, and they usually reschedule or even resigned the job back to me. I don’t see snow storms being handle any different.
Do as you wish. The storm definitely didn’t sneak up on us in Pennsylvania. I knew it was coming and hitting yesterday so I didn’t schedule work for today. Ill just leave that there.
First, that’s a pretty passive aggressive way of being rude in a situation that isn’t called for. Secondly, I was in Florida when accepting the job and wasn’t aware of the weather in Indiana. Also, I don’t know about PA but here in Indiana they predict bad weather all the time that doesn’t happen. I was looking for advice on how to handle with the signing services to be the fairest to all parties (lender, title, client, me). I was not looking for comment on my judgment of taking the job. I appreciate you chiming in with your very helpful information to the topic though.
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I wasn’t even attempting being passive aggressive, im just an honest person. It is our responsibility to do a job once we accept it. Yes, PA also can call for weather that we don’t get. However, when they say we are getting 10+ inches, we know something is definitely coming. Im sorry you are taking it as rude but in my opinion, its the professional thing to do. I’ve been caught at times having to drive over mountains in snowstorms that sneak up on us and I’ve never canceled. You do you though. It’s all good. Sorry again you didn’t like my honesty.