I would never argue that it would not be nice, but it would be very hard to require pre-payment of your clients when most others don't.  I have in a few cases required payment in advance.  There have been a few companies that I had been warned about by other local abstractors and when they call me to do their orders, I just tell them I will require a check in advance.  Twice they have sent it, to my surprise.

As an ordinary course of business, though, I am fine with NET30.  NET45 is becoming more common with some clients.  Since our normal policy is to discontinue services at 45 days - it works out OK, but leaves them no grace period. 

Best,
Robert A. Franco
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