Recently, one of my viewers emailed me and said he was a little bit concerned because he was in the middle of an expensive online private investigator “school” and then he came across my video on my personal feelings about online private investigator schools. (You can find that video right here.)

Of course, I’m a big believer in getting training but I’m not necessarily a big believer in the online “P.I. schools”. And his concern was now that he was into this expensive course he says, “I think I’m going to finish it because it’s expensive and I’m into it.” But he said he was concerned because “a lot of the information seemed old”.

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If you’re working on a mobile surveillance and while following your subject you lose her in traffic, but you later find her car in front of a store… do you go into the store looking for her?

The key is what you do before the surveillance. (And good for you because you’ve taken the time to read this so you are prepared!)

Before you even begin your surveillance, you need to begin with the end in mind. I mean you need to consider, very clearly, what is the objective of the surveillance? Continue reading →

If I had known these 4 things when I became a private investigator and started my business, I would have made a lot more money a lot sooner!

1. I would have taken domestic cases.

These are the cheating husband, cheating wife and all the variations of cheaters. Also, child custody cases and alimony / spousal support cases.
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Let’s look at how to avoid tipping our hand as private investigators and even a side benefit that allows us to use “noise” as a counter measure.

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How much money does a private investigator make?

I get this question a lot and the answer is, “It depends”.

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