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Mobile Notary Service for International Child Adoptions

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

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.

Sponsoring Local Womens Competitive Bicycle Races

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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Traveling Notary Public with Odd Meetings Places

As a mobile notary public, I bring notary services to you at your office, home or any other location throughout the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo and southern Alameda. Appointments are available Monday-Saturday 9AM-8PM. After hours are available.

Common places where I meet clients are at their offices, homes, healthcare facilities, coffee shops and restaurants. One of the most unusal signings I have done so far is for a couple purchasing a property in Florida who lived in Mountain View, California. They were packed and just cleaned their carpets as I arrived. They were scheduled to leave the next morning to drive to Florida. They signed their loan documents with me in their garage on their dryer. We could not walk in the house with the wet carpets. The only place was in their garage, with everything packed the dryer was the only large flat surface we could use. Another unusal signing was in a parking lot. Three parties were required to sign a grant deed. Logistically, meeting in the church parking lot next to the school, where one of the signers worked was the easiest place to meet. Otherwise, more time was required to clear security to enter onto the campus.

What I enjoy most about my job is helping people. Delivering prompt, professional, efficient service to business people who have important, time sensitive documents requiring notarization. Offering flexible, professional and diligent service to people in hospitals or health care facilities with advanced health care directives and/or durable power of attorneys for finances that must be notarized. Being available on short notice with loose notary certificates to parents traveling with a minor child out of the country who need a travel consent form notarized. Offering prompt, professional and reliable mobile notary service to people adopting international children with various documents requiring notarization at different locations (physcian’s office, police station, place of employment, etc.).

Clients are located locally here in the San Francisco Bay Area, throughout the States and internationally. In fact, my furthest geographical client is in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

A partial list of clients:

* Estate planning solo-attorneys:
Custom Estate Planning, John Ruzzo, Anthony Earle, Ramin Mossafar, Robin Bevier and EJ Hong

* Escrow/title companies:
Old Republic Title, LandAmerica Title, Cornerstone Title, Chicago Title, First American Title, North American Title, Fidelity National Title, Santa Cruz Title and United Realty Center Escrow

* Mortgage brokers:
Bay Advantage Online, Allied Home Mortgage Capital, University Investments, Primerica, Princeton Capital, Rapid Funding Mortgage, California Capital Group, and Freedom Lending Group

* Construction and related companies:
Lyncon Construction, Rescue Air Systems, and Platinum Roofing

* Inventive companies with patent applications and patent assignments:
Proteolix, Brocade, Pivot Medical and CoAdna Photonics

* Venture capitalists
Riverwood Capital, Foundation Capital, and Scion Capital

* Wealth management companies:
Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch, Edward Jones, and YCMNet Advisors Wealth Management

* Large and small companies:
Ordinate, Elance, Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery, Kaiser Permanente, Log Logic, Affymax, Inc., Presidio STX, Packet Design, Brocade, Xojet, All Covered and Yodlee.

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Are You Calling on a Reliable Notary?

Last week Wednesday, afternoon just after 4:30PM, I received a crisis call from an attorney’s office. The notary they scheduled for their 4:30PM appointment cancelled at 4:20PM. The documents requiring notarization were estate planning documents, a trust and grant deed. The client drove to Santa Clara, California from Fremont, California (about 25 minutes, with rush hour traffic it’s more than double). The attorney drove from her law firm’s main office in Gilroy, California to their office in Santa Clara, California (about a 45 minute drive, with rush hour traffic double the time). I arrived within 20 minutes of their call to notarize the estate planning documents.

Another time I received a call from the adult son of his dying father. They needed to have life insurance documents notarized and the scheduled notary did not show up. Certainly, the additional stress of scrambling around to find another notary was the last thing they needed.

One time a business called with a time sensitive document signed by one of their executives that required notarization. They were in a pinch, as the planned notary did not show up.

Another time, I received a call from a frantic mortgage broker, the borrower needed to sign her date sensitive loan documents. She missed a day of work to be available to sign the documents. She could not afford to miss her rate lock due to a no-show notary.

Occasionally, I receive these crisis calls because the scheduled notary did not show up.

Do you have a reliable mobile notary you can call?

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A Mobile Notary’s Long Crazy Day at the Office

Do you ever wonder what a crazy day at the “office” is like for a mobile notary public?

Now you can stop wondering.

Thursday

8:00AM Check e-mail and respond, review loan documents I printed late last night for a signing today at 4PM. If there are any questions that require answering before the signing, they should be asked sooner rather than later before the signing. Eat breakfast and scan newspaper.

8:50AM Call to signing company, OPNS, leave message with questions about 4PM Palo Alto signing.

8:55AM Call from OPNS to answer questions (while I am leaving my place to drive to my 9:30AM Los Altos loan signing).

9:05AM Another call from OPNS (while I am driving to the 9:30AM Los Altos appointment).

9:09AM Call from “Ms. Jones” to schedule appointment for Family Superior Court the next morning at 9:30AM. I inform her that I am driving on the freeway (unable to pull over). I can call her back after my 9:30AM appointment for details or she can call back to leave a voicemail.

9:22-9:29AM Check e-mail and respond.

9:30AM-10:55AM Loan signing appointment with elderly couple who have several questions about their loan. We talked with their loan officer at length.

9:42AM Ms. Jones called about Friday appointment, we talk briefly, as I’m in an appointment.

10:40AM Call from client, Bill, (operations manager for mortgage broker) to schedule loan signing for 1:30PM in Foster City. We quickly talk, I accept the signing and write borrower phone #. (I will need to return to the home office to print 2 sets of the loan docs before the appointment).

10:59AM Respond to e-mail of client, “Naomi” requesting notary services sometime this afternoon in Cupertino. I start driving to my home office.

11:10AM Call to Naomi afternoon signing. Leave message. Unfortunately, I have to decline as I am booked.

11:12AM Call to Ms. Jones. I leave a message.

11:14AM Call from Loan Officer of Los Altos borrower. I pull over in a parking lot.

11:16AM Call and leave message for “Gertrude” to confirm 1:30PM Foster City appointment. I start driving to my home office.

11:20AM Call from Manager of loan officer for Los Altos borrowers.

11:20AM Call from Naomi goes to voicemail.

11:22AM Call to Naomi. Unfortunately, I am unable to provide notary services this afternoon, as I am booked. The other notary I refer business to when booked, is booked too. :(

11:30AM-12:45PM I arrive at my home office. Print the borrower set of loan documents for the 4PM Palo Alto appointment. I pack lunch as I will have it on the road during the drive to Foster City. I receive and print a few e-mails (two sets of each) from mortgage broker for 1:30PM Foster City appointment.

11:58AM Call to Gertrude for 1:30PM appointment. Leave message.

11:59AM Call to Gertrude’s sister (co-borrower) advising her non-confirmation/communication from Gertrude. She will try calling her sister.

12:00PM Call mortgage broker advise lack of confirmation with Gertrude.

12:05PM Call to Gertrude’s sister, she says stick with signing appointment.

12:50PM Leave to drive to Foster City. Lunch on the road.

1:20-1:30PM Review and prep the documents for Foster City signing.

1:30-3:15PM Loan signing with questions to loan officer and amongst each other about financial matters related to the property and the refinancing. Also, questions discussed with escrow. It’s an investment property so everything is final, no right to cancel within 72 hours.

1:52PM Call from client, Kim, (escrow company) for two loan signings, one in Santa Clara and one in Fremont during the next couple of days. We quickly talk.

2:41PM Call from San Jose resident for notary services this afternoon. Unfortunately, I am booked.

2:54PM Call from Amy the escrow officer for the 4PM Palo Alto appointment. We are brief, since I’m in an appointment.

3:17PM Call Kim leave message.

3:15-3:20PM Driving to find a FedEx box to drop Los Altos docs for escrow to receive tomorrow morning. Wonder around address location for FedEx drop box. A kind business owner helps me find it in the parking garage on the other side.

3:20PM-3:45PM Drive to Palo Alto

3:24PM Call from Kim to discuss two signings.

3:29PM Call to Bill for signing & doc status.

3:45-3:58PM Read and respond to e-mails.

4-5:30PM Palo Alto reverse mortgage signing which included questions and calls to loan officer.

5:35-5:40PM Call to OPNS for signing status update. Call Kim confirm receipt of e-mails.

5:40-6:10PM Driving south to drop off Foster City loan docs to make day’s pick up deadline for receipt by escrow tomorrow morning.

5:48PM Call Golden State Overnight for drop box locations and pick up deadlines.

5:51PM Call from Ms. Jones about tomorrow’s 9:30AM appointment. I am driving so, I have to call her back to discuss logistics and address information.

6:10-6:30PM While in truck in parking lot, prepare Foster City documents and invoice. Drop docs.

6:30-7PM Driving home

7:14PM Call loan officer, Silvia, of borrowers in Fremont to schedule loan signing (from Kim’s office). Leave message.

7:15-7:45PM Print loan documents for Fremont & Santa Clara loan signings.

7:20PM Call from Silva to schedule signing for Saturday in Fremont.

7:20PM Call from Ms. Jones about tomorrow’s 9:30AM appointment. Went to voicemail.

7:28PM Call to loan officer of “Lees” to find out his availability for the loan signing.

7:28PM Call and left message for Santa Clara borrowers, Lee, to schedule loan signing (from Kim’s office).

7:58PM Call to Ms. Jones discussed details of 9:30AM appointment tomorrow.

9:02PM Mr. Lee called left message.

9:17-9:39PM Call to Mr. Lee to schedule loan signing in Santa Clara and had a mouthful about his dissatisfaction with the lender and trying to coordinate his schedule, his wife’s schedule and my schedule. Understanding him was a little difficult with a heavy accent.

10:15-10:50PM E-mail and fax relevant documents for upcoming trade show. Read and respond to e-mails.

10:50PM End of work day.

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