@corey4840 A review of this thread may prove quite beneficial to you.
In addition, if you’d like an “inside view” of owning & operating a business within this business sector, review the following two threads:
Plus, you’ll find it edifying to regularly access the Search function to Research your queries as nearly ALL of the answers to repeatedly posted queries are immediately available within the Notary Cafe database of threads.
This information is a GOLDMINE!
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.
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Also, over the past 1.5 - 2 years there has been an expansive development of “newly minted” Signing Services [SSs] as well as some that have been around for awhile that are CHOOSING to NOT pay the Professional Signing Agent for the services they have successfully provided. That being said, the onus is upon you to ensure that you thoroughly vet & Research potential clients PRIOR to accepting Signing Orders [SOs] from them. Utilizing the Search function, type in the keyword ATTENTION or WARNING or NON-PAYMENT, etc. & you’ll see how pervasive this NON-PAYMENT situation is at this point in time.
Also, doing that Research will arm you with the names of the business entities who CHOOSE to NOT pay . . . This information will help you to know who to accept inbound CALLS from and who to code into your phone as “Non-Payer.”
- FYI: When your accept a SO & provide the services(as you may already be cognizant) you’re, in essence, extending credit to that SS.
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 . . . 
