LaTonya Johnson explains how to become a notary public loan signing agent and gives practical, actionable steps to get hired quickly. She strongly recommends obtaining certification through the National Notary Association (NNA)—their credentialing is proctored, delivered as videos plus an untimed open-book exam, and must be renewed yearly—and joining Snapdocs (a signing-directory) to find jobs. She also advises mentoring (her Success Circle), calling ordering companies directly after receiving Snapdocs notifications, and carrying at least $100,000 E&O insurance (noting the NNA option costs about $72/year).
Questions this video answers
A series of videos followed by an untimed open-book exam.
Once a year (annual renewal).
$100,000 (minimum).
About $72 per year.
Snapdocs (directory of notaries used by signing services).
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Okay, so let's talk about the process of getting certified as a notary public loan signing agent. It is my belief, my opinion that if you want to really start getting to the money in this industry, like, faster, you need to become a notary public loan signing agent. Okay? In order to do that, you have to go through the certification process. Now, I've heard that there are other certification programs, but there is one that will get you hired. It is well known throughout the industry and it is brought to you by the National Notary Association. If you are not a member of the National Notary association, baby, run, jump, hop, skip, get there. Now, because it is important. They fight for us. They do a lot for our industry. They do a lot for notaries. So you have to be a member of, of the National Notary association, but they proctor and create the national notary exam and the certification. Now hold on. Before I go there, if I were becoming a notary, I would not get my notary commission through the NNA because they charge too much. I mean, getting your commission is sort of like buying bottled water. Hear me? They're all the same nna. They put these other little things on there, like a loan source, but you don't need all of that. However, you do have to get your NNA certification through the National Notary Association. Trust me when I tell you that I don't care if it's cheap or somewhere else, baby, you want to get hired, right? Get it through the National Notary Association. It's super good. And one thing that I want you to understand, listen, you could pass that test because they do have an exam. It's a series of videos and then they have an exam. But it is an untimed open book test. You can't fail an untimed open book test. You just gotta take your time. So take a weekend and say, listen, I'm gonna finish this. I'm gonna go through all of these videos and I'm gonna finish it. And you have to go back through this credentialing process once a year. What the NNA teaches you and what they give you for being a notary signing agent is they teach you the laws and the ethics of being a notary public loan signing agent. They do not teach you how to get to the money. I teach you how to get to the money, honey. So if you really want to know how to get to the money, join the Success Circle Mastermind. Come to sign with my coaching because I teach you how to collapse your timeline and not make the same mistakes that I made so that you can get to the money faster. One of the fastest ways in this industry is to become a notary public loan signing agent. But get this, it's not just getting the certification. Signing up to a whole bunch of signing companies and thinking that you gonna get a job. There are some secrets to it. You want my secrets, honey, to get a job? Number one, after you get your certification, sign up with snapdocs. That's the first one that you want to do. Sign up to snapdocs. S N A P D O C S. It's a directory where a lot of different signing services use them in order to find notaries. So it's a notaries, It's a directory of notaries that signing services use. Now they will send you a text to your phone and tell you that a job is available in your area. Now here's what the novice will do. They'll get it. They'll press the button and say I'm available and then wait to be selected. Baby, I don't wait to be selected. If you want to be selected, you need to look at who is on the order to put the order out. What's the name of the company? Google the name of the company, call them and say, hi, my name is Latonya, I'm in Houston and I saw that you just put out an order in that area and I was wondering if you could assign that order to me. That's what you do. And if they say, well, you don't have a whole bunch of experience, say, listen, I have a mentor. Her name is TJ. She's on YouTube Solutions by TJ. She's helped thousands of notaries. Baby, don't use your credentials, use mine. Because what I do for my people is when they get a job, I walk them through the documents, I go over each and every page with them until they are comfortable with those documents. Because I don't want you going into somebody's house and you are not comfortable. So I'll walk you through every single thing, every page, step by step. And guess what? You are never at that closing table alone. Because I'm one phone call or one text away. If there's a question that you and I can't answer, guess what we call the National Notary Association. That's why I'm telling you to get a membership, honey. Because if you have a 9pm job, you can call the National Notary association and they're still available. To answer your question, the title company is going home. Your loan office is going Home. The real estate agent ain't answering the phone. Oh, but the national notary association is answers the phone. And when you have a question, you're on a job, you want somebody that can answer the phone. So just to recap, national notary association is the place to get become a loan signing agent. Another thing that I didn't tell you, always get a minimum of $100,000 in E O insurance. Very important. $100,000. 85,000. Not enough. They're going to go with the people who have the most, you know, insurance. Okay? So At a minimum, $100,000 is $72 per year at the national notary Association. Do that. If you go to somewhere like by Burke or something like that, then they'll charge you probably $48 a month for a million dollar policy. But at a minimum, get the $72,000 a year. When you are going through the process of applying to become a notary public loan signing agent, remember, get that membership to the nna. They send a newsletter. They keep you abreast of the laws and ethics in your state. And it's very, very important. Like don't take this for granted. This industry is very detailed. It is important that you know the laws and ethics in your state and they help you to stay abreast with that. Okay? So again, once you become a notary public loan signing agent, you get a job. First one snapdocs. When they text your phone, you click accept and then you call the dadgum company. Don't wait to be selected. All right, that's number one. And these are just a few tips that I give my tribe in the success circle mastermind. But I'm just giving you free game today, okay? Because I want you to win. I want you to be great. I want you to have the lifestyle that you dream of having. Cause you deserve it. We didn't come here just to just survive. We came to live and to thrive. And now is your time to freaking thrive, baby. All right. I love you. To life and I'mma see you on the other side. God bless.
