When working at home a person can, at times, experience a feeling of isolation which is probably brought on by lack of interaction of a work force environment.

There can also be periods of doubt in early going...gee, did I pick a viable business opportunity?...am I doing right things to develop my business?...when will I start making a profit?, and so on.

You are most likely going to experience "two steps forward and one step backward" syndrome and ever-looming temptation to become discouraged. However, keep in mind that as long as you have more steps going forward than backward, you will eventually get ahead! Simple, but often overlooked.

Relatively minor setbacks can seem huge in early stages of developing a work at home business and can really contribute to some noticeable "mood swings". For example, if you are just starting out and you have four customers/clients and you happen to lose one...that's a 25% drop! However, if you fast-forward in time to point where you have hundreds of customers/clients and you lose one...that's just a mere fraction of 1%! Exactly same event, just at a different point in time.

Hang in there and just keep on keepin' on. If you have chosen a viable home business opportunity (one that has been around for awhile and in which some other people are having success) you will achieve success, but it takes time and there will be ups and downs along way. Remember old saying..."it takes a long time to become an overnight success".

Borrowers will ask you what every piece of paper means and will try to get you to decipher never-ending stream of legalize contained therein but guess what? You don’t have to explain anything to them; in fact, you’re not legally allowed to because you are not a lawyer (unless you’re also a lawyer—in that case, kudos for you). You simply explain that you are there only to witness signing of documents and you refer their questions back to their lender.

How much do you get paid? There are various factors that come into play, such as location, how long you’ve had to build up a clientele, client’s policies, etc. but you can figure as a complete newbie, to make about $75 a signing. Not bad for an hour’s worth of work eh? Soon you might even be able to tell Mr. Burns to go shove it.

Copyright 2005 Jon Castle Article may be reprinted freely as long as author bylines and info box is included.