If you are doing closings for less than $125 you are underpricing yourself. There are many signing services that try to get you to do closings for $50 or $75. Just tell them no. These are the signing services that usually go out of business in short order, or wind up hiring the inexperienced closers. Don't waste your time with them. If they can't pay you a proper fee they probably are the type that you will have to chase after for payment. You don't want to do business with them.

If you get a call for a last minute closing which interferes with a preset schedule, you can charge them a premium for reshuffling your schedule. I had that happen two weeks ago. The signing service balked at a $75 preium on top of the normal $125 fee. I explained that it involved squeezing him into a pre set schedule. They wanted the closing done that night, and agreed to the additional premium.

There are many companies that will pay your price. There are hundreds of them out there. It is just a matter of marketing yourself. I refuse to perform a notary's witness closing for less than $125 (edocs included) in my three primary counties. If I am hired to act as a closing attorney the price is $300 minimum (edocs included). If I have to act as a cash disbursement agent the price is $400. If I have to travel outside my three primary counties the prices increase to offset travel expenses. Generally I do not have a problem.

The location of the closing depends upon both you and the client. I normally travel to the client's residence as part of the services I provide. If they reside in a bad area, I  meet them at another location which is mutually convenient. Just notify the title company/signing service that hires you that you will not travel to a bad area of town. Usually they understand.