Did you notice in this A&E episode of Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force how a data provider error was MISSED by the U.S. Marshals and the chaos it caused on this fugitive recovery skip trace?

Look, no judgment from me. These things are messy. And the fact of the matter is, if this sexually oriented offender wasn’t hiding in the community, everybody – including the homes that were “raided” – wouldn’t have had any problems at all!

The bad guy was the reason for it all! But…

You and I, as private investigators, would probably have a harder time recovering from a blunder like this one the Marshals made. And that means we need to be more vigilant when we get information from our big data providers. We need to verify, verify, VERIFY that it’s correct!

How do you do that?

You use multiple sources and methods including (and I would say especially!) public records!

So, DON”T MISS my premium skip trace training course…
The Investigator’s Ultimate Guide to Missing Persons and Fugitives: How to Skip Trace When Social Media Fails

And, as always, do the right thing, even if it’s the hard thing.

Committed to your success,
Larry Kaye,
Private Investigator (Ret.) &
#1 Best Selling Author

P.S. – And, of course, don’t miss my special report titled… If You Want To be a Private Investigator Give Up… Unless You Do These Three Things. You can get it right here…

Regrettably, some process servers will lie (under oath) and swear they personally served a person in a civil court case when they didn’t and this week’s process server (and private investigator) training video show exactly what will eventually happen to the “officer of the court” – not to mention how it is a career killer!

Don’t try to cheat on personal service of process! Your client (the law firm) completely understands that sometime it’s not going to happen. But, if you gave it your best attempts, your client will understand.

Your best attempt should probably look something like: A minimum of three attempts on three different days and at different times of day.

Note Well:
Don’t miss that a lot of P.I. work comes straight out of picking up a law firm clients by serving civil process! That means I got my foot in the door with process serving and picked up investigative work because of that and you can too!

So one lesson to take away this week is if you need more cases (and the profits that come from them!) consider offering process serving to law firms because when they know, like and trust you, they’ll hire you when they have investigative work!
And, as always, do the right thing, even if it’s the hard thing.

Committed to your success,
Larry Kaye,
Private Investigator (Ret.) &
#1 Best Selling Author

P.S. – And, of course, don’t miss my special report titled… If You Want To be a Private Investigator Give Up… Unless You Do These Three Things. You can get it right here…

Working a child custody case as a private investigator you may be called on to do surveillance or go even beyond that and this week’s professional investigator training answers a question from a viewer that leads right into a real-world case study you can learn from.

Don’t miss that this P.I. work came straight out of picking up a law firm client by serving civil process. That means I got my foot in the door with process serving and picked up investigative work because of that.

So one lesson to take away this week is if you need more cases (and the profits that come from them!) consider offering process serving to law firms because then they know, like and trust you when they have investigative work!

And, as always, do the right thing, even if it’s the hard thing.

Committed to your success,
Larry Kaye,
Private Investigator (Ret.) &
#1 Best Selling Author

P.S. – And, of course, don’t miss my special report titled… If You Want To be a Private Investigator Give Up… Unless You Do These Three Things. You can get it right here…

Finding a long lost love from high school is actually pretty easy when you know the secrets and retired private investigator Larry Kaye teaches the simple, step-by-step method he’s used over and over to reunited old flames.

Of course this works for any old classmate, a witness to a VA claim or just about anyone you knew in the 20th century.

Step 1 DOB

You can quickly reduce your list of possible matches to your skip by compairing the dates of birth you find.

With and old flame from high school, you know the approximate year of birth for him or her, so if you find a possible match on a name, but the birth year is too far off, you can scratch that possible match off your list.

Step 2 City Directories

You can find old city directories at most major libraries. In these directories you’ll find a list of people by name (similar to an old phone book).

Here you’re looking for the parents of your flame. Look at all the matching last names and eliminate the ones with addresses that are outside of the old schools boundaries for attendance.

Step 3 Obituaries

Using the list of possible parents from the city directory, search the obits.

If one of the names you found is a parent of yor old flame, then the obit will have a list of relatives including the person you’re looking for!

Bonus Tip: If you’re looking for a woman who changed her name (especially because of a marriage) you’ll find her married name in the obit!

Learn More…
If you’re serious about finding missing persons fro a profit, then you need the sources, methods and skills I teach in The Investigator’s Ultimate Guide to Missing Persons and Fugitives: How to Skip Trace When Social Media Fails.

Committed to your success,
Larry Kaye,
Private Investigator (Ret.) &
#1 Best Selling Author

P.S. – And, of course, don’t miss my special report titled… If You Want To be a Private Investigator Give Up… Unless You Do These Three Things. You can get it right here…