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02 Dec2009

Mobile Notary Blog Moving

Written by cathy. Posted in Notary Public/Loan Signing Agent Fun

Hello everyone,

I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.

I just want to inform you that my blog will move in the next few weeks to merge with my website. It will be with WordPress.org and integrate with my website for continuity. My website designer highly suggests this be done.

Over the past few weeks, I have worked on changing web hosts which also involved my business email accounts. This along with a spike in business had me away from blogging.

I will write another post to inform you of the final move.

In the meantime, you can stay up to date with my on my FaceBook Fan Page http://tinyurl.com/ChampionMNFB.

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28 Sep2009

Connecting with “Give First” eWomenNetwork Silicon Valley

Written by cathy. Posted in Notary Public/Loan Signing Agent Fun

People want to do business with people they know. Networking is helpful in learning more about the local business community, resources available for your business, camaraderie and learning ways to expand your business.

I have been an active member in the Silicon Valley Chapter of eWomenNetwork since January 2007. They have three events monthly: a dinner on the first Wednesday in Santa Clara, a lunch in Palo Alto on the second Friday and a lunch in Campbell on the third Thursday.

Each meeting has time before the meal for networking and for vendors to promote their businesses. There are two accelerated networking times where each member or guest is allowed to share their elevator speech and any personal or business request needs. This allows other people to know how to help each guest or member. A couple of helpful business tips are shared by the executive managing director before our meal. The speaker shares insights and wisdom to help everyone professionally. After the event there is time for more networking and vendors to promote their businesses.

I have attended every dinner since I joined which has helped my Bay Area mobile notary business grow. The relationships built, the insights shared by other members and guests, and the community are fabulous. Power partnerships are built, you receive referrals, people are encouraged and supported and more.

For more information about the eWomenNetwork Silicon Valley Chapter visit:
http://www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/sanjose
eWomenNetwork is a national organization. Their goal is to connect and promote women and their businesses locally and globally.

Happy networking!

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18 Sep2009

How a Mobile Notary Public Helps Realtors

Written by cathy. Posted in Mortgage Loan Signings, Realtors/Mortgage Brokers Accommodator

Realtors do you ever wonder how a mobile notary public may help you and your clients?

Here are a few ways as a mobile notary public I help Realtors and their clients:

1. When the title company is out of the area. The title company couriers the documents to me and I meet with you and your clients to sign off.

2. When your clients are elderly and are unable to leave their homes. I meet with them to sign off the documents in the comfort of their homes.

3. When your clients have young children. Minimize stress for parents to sign off in their home. They avoid the hassle of finding a babysitter or bringing the kids to a title company office.

4. When there is a Quitclaim Deed, Power of Attorney or Grant Deed and your clients are unable to meet with the escrow officer during business hours. I meet with people who have medical challenges or with former spouses who want nothing to do with each other.

5. When the loan documents are with an out of area title company and there is not enough time to courier the documents to sign off and close on time. The escrow officer emails the documents to me. I print them and meet with you and your clients.

When your clients are unable to sign off at the title company, do you have a trusted mobile notary who can meet with them at their work office, home, your office or wherever to sign the final closing documents?

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18 Aug2009

Mobile Notary Service for International Child Adoptions

Written by cathy. Posted in General Notarizations, Notary Public/Loan Signing Agent Fun

Adopting an international child is an exciting time for soon-to-be-parents. At times, the process can be stressful with all of the paperwork required by both the local and the foreign adoption agencies. The process involves notarized documents and apostille or certification of the documents with the Secretary of State before they are sent to the country’s adoption agency. Completing and notarizing the documents correctly are important in maintaining the adoption timeline.

A recent couple with whom I have worked is in Russia completing the final steps in their adoption process. They will be there just under three weeks. At the end of it, they will bring home their 18 month old son. They are thrilled to be at the end of their 18 month adoption process.

I notarized documents for them with their physicians, CPA, psychologist, work colleagues and many other documents that are required by both the local adoption agency and the adoption agency in Russia.

When they received a call a couple of weeks ago about the final steps with their adoption process, they were advised of additional notarized documents that were required. I met with their physicians and at the husband’s work office to notarize the final required documents.

I was glad to be of service to them and sharing a part of their journey with them.

When you are ready to adopt an international child, do you know of a professional, detail oriented mobile notary who can help ease the stressful paperwork requirements?

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16 Jul2009

The Bank Refused the Power of Attorney?

Written by cathy. Posted in General Notarizations

I just spent about half an hour on the phone with the son (“Mr. Smith Jr.”) of Mr. Smith Sr. who is in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. A few days ago, a notary notarized a power of attorney with Mr. Smith Sr.. When Mr. Smith Jr. brought it to the bank, the bank wouldn’t accept it since it was notarized incorrectly. The wrong notary acknowledgement was used and the marks signed by Mr. Smith Sr. weren’t written with correct representation. What a terrible surprise for the Smiths.

Yesterday, I notarized a document for Mr. Smith Sr.. He signed by a mark and we had two witnesses present.

Today in the early evening, Mr. Smith Jr. called me asking for help. He noticed on the power of attorney that the notary certificate was different than what I used. He also noticed that the mark his father made on the power of attorney was handled differently than the way it was handled on the document I notarized. He called me again for help, when they arrived at the other notary’s office.

Having an incorrectly notarized power of attorney was hugely unfortunate for the Smith family, as Mr. Smith Sr. recently fell which caused paralysis from his neck down. This event by itself is enormously overwhelming for the Smiths.

Do you know of a competent notary public you can call to be sure you avoid such a situation? If not, do you know where to search for one?

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18 Jun2009

On-Call Notary Service at The VA Hospital in Palo Alto

Written by cathy. Posted in General Notarizations

This evening I received a call from the son of a veteran who is scheduled to have surgery tomorrow at 6AM at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Palo Alto, California. “Mr. Lee” wanted his durable power of attorney notarized before he went in for surgery and the window of opportunity was closing. They are from Monterey County and are unfamiliar with Palo Alto. They arrived in Palo Alto in the late afternoon and drove to a couple of notary public offices. Unfortunately, the first one went out of business and the second one did not a notary public onsite. Mr. Lee’s son, “Randall” called me frantic at just before 7PM.

He was glad to have found a traveling notary public that could bring notary services to them at the VA Hospital in Palo Alto. Then, he was wondering how he was going to find an ATM to get cash to pay for the notary services. I told him that I accept debit and credit cards. Since he had his credit card, he didn’t have to worry about driving around an unfamiliar city to find an ATM. He sighed with relief.

I arrived within a half an hour to notarize the power of attorney for Mr. Lee. Both he and Randall were at ease knowing it was notarized. Now, they could focus on the surgery and recovery.

If you find yourself in a pinch for a traveling notary, do you have a knowledgeable, professional one you can call?

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13 Jun2009

Mobile Notary Service at Bay Area Hospitals

Written by cathy. Posted in General Notarizations

I thought I would share about my mobile notary services to hospitals. This week, I provided mobile notary service to a patient and her family at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Califorina. Other recent notary appointments have been at Lucille Packard’s Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara and Stanford Hospital in Stanford, California. I provide notary service to the other hospitals in the counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara, California too.

Common documents that require notarization by hospital patients are power of attorneys and advanced health care directives. Once in a while the person has a refinance loan package or a seller signing package. Another common request is when they have been involved in a car or motorcycle accident and their car or motorcycle is impounded. Since they are in the hospital and the sole owner of the vehicle or bike, they need a notarized letter authorizing a family member or friend to pick up their car or bike from the impound yard.

As a notary, I have to gauge the competence and willingness of the signer as well as identify them. If they are taking pain killers or other medications causing grogginess, signing is better later in the medication cycle when they are more alert. If they aren’t competent, I have to decline the notarization. If they do not have their current photo ID (driver’s license, state ID card or passport), two credible witnesses are needed who do have their current photo ID’s and testify to the signers identification.

Hospital stays can be stressful for the patient and their family and friends. I recognize this and work accordingly with them to make the notarizations as efficient and pain free as possible. An example, today when I just arrived, the physical therapists came in and wanted to work with the patient (“Mrs. Jones”). We asked them to return in a a few minutes. I quickly reviewed the patient’s current photo ID to confirm her ID and signature. I reviewed the power of attorney requiring notarization. I asked about her hand strength to see if a felt tip pen would work better for Mrs. Jones than the ball point pen. While one of her sons worked with her to practice signing her signature. I worked with her other son to complete a couple of items on the power of attorney. Next, I asked her a couple of questions about the power of attorney that she needed to answer and asked her a couple of questions to confirm she understood what she was signing. I had her sign the document and my notary journal and then give her thumb print in my journal. Next, her son signed his portion of the document and he signed the journal and gave his thumb print in it too.

The physical therapists returned to the room and started working with Mrs. Jones while I completed notarizing the document and completing the journal. I wrote a receipt. They paid me. I was on my way and they had their much needed notarized power of attorney, so now her son can manage her finances while she is recovering in the hospital.

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25 May2009

Podium for Womens Pro/1/2/3 Sugar CRM Memorial Day Crit

Written by cathy. Posted in Notary Public/Loan Signing Agent Fun

Champion Mobile Notary sponsored the women’s Pro/1/2/3 SJBC Sugar CRM Memorial Day Crit bicycle race with cold cash and schwag. Here is a podium shot with four of the top five finishers and me.

The podium finishers:
1. Shelley Olds with Proman Women’s Cycling Team
2. Ruth Corset with Jazz Apple Cycling Team
3. Mary Ellen Ash with Team Sugar CRM
4. Brooke Miller with Team TIBCO (not in photo, competing in the Men’s Pro/1/2 race)
5. Starla Teddergreen with Team Sugar CRM
Additional prize winners (not in photo):
6. Melodie Metzger with Vanderkitten
7. MalinDills Maclean with Jazz Apple Cycling Team
8. Liza Rachetto with Team Sugar CRM
9. Stacy Marple with Colavita Sutter Home
10. Jane Robertson with MetroMint
To learn more about Proman Women’s Cycling Team, visit: http://proman-paradigm.blogspot.com/ .
An interesting note, Jazz Apple Cycling Team is a New Zealand inspired women’s cycling team based in North America. A majority of their members are from New Zealand. To learn more about them visit: http://www.jazzapple.com/riders.htm .
After the race, I talked with Marina of the Jazz Apple Cycling Team. She wants to start a business one day. I shared with her that with her bicycle racing and training, she has tools to be a successful entrepreneur. For me, the discipline, focus and problem-solving with bicycle racing help me a lot with launching and building my business.

Here a link to more photos from the race: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=81870&id=79209948391&saved .

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To learn about my come back to road bicycle racing after a bad bicycle accident www.Facebook.com/Cathy Wong.

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19 May2009

A Client in New York?

Written by cathy. Posted in General Notarizations

Some people wonder how I can have clients who are out of state. “Sarah”, who is in New York, called me to notarize a couple of documents with her father, “Mr. Jones”. He is living at Palo Alto Commons, an assisted living place in Palo Alto, California. They needed trust documents notarized. She was a bit stressed on how to make this happen. Her father no longer drives, so he is unable to drive to a notary public’s office. I talked with her to better understand what she needed. She couriered the documents to me. I scheduled the notary appointment with her father. After the notarizations were complete, I couriered the documents back to Sarah.

I was glad to be of service to Sarah and Mr. Jones and making the transaction as smooth and stressless as possible for them.

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09 May2009

Sponsoring Local Womens Competitive Bicycle Races

Written by cathy. Posted in Notary Public/Loan Signing Agent Fun

I am excited to support women’s local competitive bicycle racing.

Champion Mobile Notary is sponsoring the Women’s 1/2/3 (categories) Sugar CRM Mt. Hamilton Classic Road Race (San Jose to Livermore), Sunday, May 24, 2009. For more information about the race visit this link: http://www.teamsanjose.org/memorialwknd/2009/mthamilton.php . There are other men’s and women category races too.

Champion Mobile Notary is also sponsoring the Women’s Pro/1/2/3 (categories) Sugar CRM Memorial Day Criterium in Morgan Hill, Monday, May 25, 2009. For more information about this race visit this link http://www.teamsanjose.org/memorialwknd/2009/criterium.php . She will be at the event to congratulate and give prizes to the winner and other top ten placing bicycle racers. There are other category men’s, women’s and junior races happening throughout day too.

I look forward to watching the race, connecting with my bicycle racing friends, congratulating and giving prizes to the top ten performing bicycle racers. (Prizes are ten deep).

I was a competitive road bicycle racer for several years. I retired in July 2007 as a category 3 to focus on my mobile notary business. I competed in road races, criteriums and stage races. I founded, managed and coached Le Peloton Feminin, a women’s competitive bicycle racing team in 2004-2007. I co-coached Velo Girls bicycle racing team 2003-2004. I also helped mentor upcoming and beginner women road bicycle racers with the Valley Spokesmen Women’s Racing Team during their No Drop rides in 2001-2002. To view a few of my bicycling photos visit: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?id=769076169&aid=27458 .

I look forward to meeting you at the race or if you are a road bicyclist, I look forward to meeting you on the road!

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