I performed a notary assignment for a realtor/broker in Santa Monica whose client resides in my county. I printed the documents which were emailed to me, traveled to the client at the appointed time, had the client sign, and I notarized the documents. We agreed I would return the documents to the hiring party the next day via FEDEX with my fee including shipping. The document was a simple POA.
So this guy now doesn’t want to pay me. I have been strung along since February 22, 2024. He said, twice, the check was in the mail. Initially he agreed to pay me via online payment, twice. Never happened.
The reason he doesn’t want to pay me is that his client represented that he had some fees due him, and as he agent, he would get 30% of fees recovered. Turns out the guy had already received funds from Kern County on the same property.
It is not my problem that they are both thieves, now is it!
Since he is licensed by the CA RE Department, I will be filing a THEFT OF SERVICES notice to that licensing agency. Mr. Golshani is no longer returning my calls, hence, he is fair game for me to warn other notaries that he is not a reputable business man.
This is my first rodeo.
DO NOT ACCEPT WORK FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL. HE WILL NOT PAY YOU.
Mike Golshani, 2153 Montana Avenue “A”, Santa Monica, CA 90403. He calls his business PROVIDENT ASSET RECOVERY, however there is no such company with a FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILING in Los Angeles county or the Business Unit of the State of California SOS.
One more question, fellow NSAs. This is a question perhaps for one of our paralegals on this forum. Since the client’s client committed fraud by trying to double dip with Kern County on an asset recovery Affidavit POA form, should I name him in my small claims court paperwork as well as the RE guy?
As I have said many times, EXPERIENCE IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DON’T GET PAID.