Martha,

I do not agree with you, not ALL abstractors/title searchers are going to steal clients, it is ALWAYS a small handful that do things like this, and eventually they end up going bye bye.

The negativity on SOT is unbelievable to me, horrible clients, clients that don't pay, how horrible and bad every thing in our industry is, etc.., etc..

My company is doing very well, do you want to know why? Because I do not agree with all of this negativity and how bad things are, I don't read newspapers or watch TV because the media are terrorists and tell lies. I do not put my attention on the negativity because it doesn't produce income!!!!!!!!

I promote like crazy sending out 1200 postcards a month, I cold call as I have huge lists and as a result I get tons of work. If a client doesn't pay me,  and I watch my receivables like a hawk, I attempt to collect and move on, because NOT ALL CLIENTS ARE NON PAYERS, in fact they are a very small percentage.

I have been attacked on SOT for defending companies and told "just wait till they screw you out of money", and it has not happened. Not to say I haven't been screwed, but to dwell on it, what is the purpose, you have to move on and find good clients, but you are not going to do that if you listen to all the negativity.

You are entitled to your viewpoint and I wish you the best, but I for one am FED UP with all the negativity on SOT, perhaps those of you who think its so bad and can't make a living in this industry, need to go out and get jobs, or shut up and start doing some thing effective about your situation(s) that will result in increased income for your company.

Negativity breeds negativity and I choose not to be a part of it.