When I started my mobile notary business, my idea was to provide a service that no one else in Philadelphia was providing. While I’ve come across quite a few heartfelt situations with notary clients, a recent appointment really touched me. This week, one of my notary appointments was for a lady who needed to get a power of attorney signed by her husband who is in a mental institution. I was a little hesitant at first because 1) I don’t like hospitals of any kind and 2) I was scared of going to a mental institution. My fear was totally unfounded.

The client needed a mobile notary, and she needed to provide two witnesses to identify the spouse. She told me that no one in her family would come to the institution to be witnesses. Now I don’t know the family situation, but how mean can you be that you won’t make time to help out a family member in a hospital? We ended up getting two strangers who happened to be visiting their family members to be witnesses. This lady was crying her eyes out as we found some witnesses, and I wanted to cry with her. When I saw her scrambling to get this done for her husband, it reminded of the wedding vow: “.. in sickness and in health, till death do us part”. It was a strong reminder to me of what true love really means. There are so many people who leave or give up when their spouse has ailing health, whether mental or physical. I really admire people who honor their vows.

Getting paid to provide mobile notary service is cool, but what’s even cooler is the fact that I can really help people in their time of need. It’s these types of situations that make me appreciate the good in everyday people. There’s no amount of money in the world that can duplicate that feeling.

mental institutions · Notary business · providing services that help people · wedding vows

March is starting out to be a profitable month:

• Just when I thought the fragrance business was going kaput, I got a few orders this week.
• I had a real estate settlement yesterday, I have a rental commission check coming in the mail, and I’ll be receiving a referral commission next week. I also got a new buyer approved who appears to be very serious.
• A new notary service customer requested their third appointment in less than two weeks yesterday.

I like having inflows (money coming in).  My challenge for this month is to automate those inflows as much as possible. I’m not sure how automated the real estate and notary businesses can get, but I know I can automate the products I sell. I woke up early today just to start making notes about what I can change.

Since I’m streamlining and committing to keeping better records, I finally downloaded GNUCash to maintain my books. It’s a free accounting program (very similar to Quickbooks), and it’s awesome. Thank God for open source software.

accounting · automation · Notary business · open source software · pefume business · Real estate business