Category: Repossession
Enforcing Civil Judgments in a Debtor-Friendly Climate
Has anyone ever owed you money? Most of us have at some point been faced with an unpaid debt. After exhausting all traditional methods of debt recovery, the next logical step is to use our legal system to further pursue collection. After winning a judgment, for a lucky few the debtor will pay. Unfortunately, for [...]
Investigative Telephonics and Traplines- Part 2
Part 1 in this series can be read by clicking here DELIVERY NOTICES AND DELIVERY POSTCARDS I developed this idea several years ago to increase my success rate with process serving. It was an incredible concept that never failed me, not one time. With the concept of the traplines and calling cards, I developed the [...]
Investigative Telephonics and Traplines- Part 1
Legally using telephonic information to find your skips and determine useful information. Over 20 years ago, when I started my investigative agency, I asked as many investigators as I could what the most valuable tool in their arsenal was. The dominant answer (other than our skills) was the telephone. About 10 years ago I asked [...]
Understanding Bump Keys (Video)
Lock bumping is a lock picking technique for opening a pin tumbler lock using a specially-crafted bump key. One bump key will work for all locks of the same type. Bascially, a pin tumbler lock is composed of a series of spring-loaded stacks called pin stacks. Each pin stack is composed of two pins that [...]
Finding People Through Public Records on the Internet
The term “public record” has always been VERY misleading. Even though a record is “public” and available for public scrutiny in the strictest sense, in reality it may not be readily available. The availability of numerous public records via the Internet has addressed some of the accessibility issues and, in turn, has been a tremendous [...]
Collateral Repossession Agent Shot to Death in Alabama
The Repo Man (Collateral Recovery and Repossession Professionals) is often cussed at, screamed at, spit on, punched, kicked and generally not liked by most debtors. Absolutely NOTHING justifies what happened to a Birmingham, Alabama collateral recovery specialist early this morning. The Birmingham Police Department has reported that a brother of a car owner took the [...]
Collateral Repossession Agent Shot to Death in Alabama
The Repo Man (Collateral Recovery and Repossession Professionals) is often cussed at, screamed at, spit on, punched, kicked and generally not liked by most debtors. Absolutely NOTHING justifies what happened to a Birmingham, Alabama collateral recovery specialist early this morning. The Birmingham Police Department has reported that a brother of a car owner took the [...]
Skip Tracing: Intentionally Missing People
As I explained in my previous article, Introduction to Skip Tracing, classifying your subject as “intentionally missing” or “unintentionally missing” is very important and will assist you in determining which action to take and what information you will need in order to bring a missing persons assignment to a successful conclusion. I’d like to describe [...]
