The wisdom of Joe Stiles: Don't let life imitate reality TV. If you must pursue a bail skip out of state, do your homework first. Read More

Investigators are experts in following a person's virtual or paper trail. But what if there isn't one? Read More

Sometimes, a person doesn't want to be found. In non-criminal cases, we investigators have to respect that. Read More

Locating people is one of the tasks private investigators are often called upon to do, but the difficulty of finding someone varies quite a bit depending on whom that “someone” is. This fact is especially true for people on both extremes of the socio-economic spectrum. People who... Read More

In the mid-1990s to early 2000’s, we entered an era when the “Information Age” precipitated a shift in the private investigations industry then made up largely of “Gumshoe Investigators” to one whose population was being replaced by a new age of “Internet Investigators.” Database... Read More

Have you ever read the fine print on a credit application you’ve signed? It says that you give the creditor permission to inquire about and share credit information with other creditors. This has long been the “Secret Weapon” used by ALL bill collectors! Essentially, they can... Read More

In recent years private investigators have come under increasing scrutiny and pressure from zealous privacy advocates, national and state lawmakers and perhaps most importantly attorneys and civil courts. Numerous courts have recently held that information brokers and private... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More