Mick Spillane - How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Notary Business

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful

Notary Business

By Kristie Lorette and Mick Spillane

A few years back we lost our beloved pet dog Bear, who was not only our best and dearest friend but also the Vice President of Sunshine here at Atlantic Publishing. He did not receive a salary but worked tirelessly 24 hours a day to please his parents.

Bear was a rescue dog who turned around and showered myself, my wife, Sherri, his grandparents Jean, Bob, and Nancy, and every person and animal he met (well, maybe not rabbits) with friendship and love. He made a lot of people smile every day.

We wanted you to know a portion of the profits of this book will be donated in Bears memory to local animal shelters, parks, conservation organizations, and other individuals and nonprofit organizations in need of assistance.

Douglas and Sherri Brown

PS: We have since adopted two more rescue dogs: first Scout, and the following year, Ginger. They were both mixed golden retrievers who needed a home.

Want to help animals and the world? Here are a dozen easy suggestions you and your family can implement today:

• Adopt and rescue a pet from a local shelter.
• Support local and no-kill animal shelters.
• Plant a tree to honor someone you love.
• Be a developer put up some birdhouses.
• Buy live, potted Christmas trees and replant them.
• Make sure you spend time with your animals each day.
• Save natural resources by recycling and buying recycled products.
• Drink tap water, or filter your own water at home.
• Whenever possible, limit your use of or do not use pesticides.
• If you eat seafood, make sustainable choices.
• Support your local farmers market.
• Get outside. Visit a park, volunteer, walk your dog, or ride your bike.

Five years ago, Atlantic Publishing signed the Green Press Initiative. These guidelines promote environmentally friendly practices, such as using recycled stock and vegetable-based inks, avoiding waste, choosing energy-efficient resources, and promoting a no-pulping policy. We now use 100-percent recycled stock on all our books. The results: in one year, switching to post-consumer recycled stock saved 24 mature trees, 5,000 gallons of water, the equivalent of the total energy used for one home in a year, and the equivalent of the greenhouse gases from one car driven for a year.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of a notary public may be a quiet, older woman who stamps documents for real estate transactions and car deals, but the fact is the notary public profession has been a profound and distinguished profession throughout U.S. history. Notaries have always had close ties to government agencies and the legal profession. The notary public profession is also the type of business that is easy to start and run as a home-based business, which is probably why you are reading this book in the first place. If you are interested in working from home, this book will act as your guide to starting a successful and profitable business as a notary public.

Almost everyone has dreamed of owning his or her own business. Often, these dreams are the result of dealing with difficult bosses, low pay, long hours, swing shifts, and other frustrations that come from working for someone else. In the safe confines of the imagination, the vision of owning a business is immensely satisfying: You are your own boss, you make your own decisions, and you do not have to answer to anyone else.

When you do something you enjoy, it does not feel like a burden as work sometimes does. An added bonus to being your own boss is the control of your own destiny by being as busy as you want and pulling in the income you desire. One of the main benefits of launching a career as a notary is you do not need a college degree to become a successful, in-demand, and practicing notary agent. The notary business also makes a perfect career for a stay-at-home mom, retirees, those re-entering the work force, discharged military, or someone who has an entrepreneurial spirit because it is a career that offers endless possibilities for success and career advancement.