How Can a Private Investigator Help Me?
People often call Investigation Hotline wondering how we may be able to help them with their concerns and affairs, not knowing what private investigators can and can’t do besides investigating a domestic cheating spouse or partner. The truth is that there are many different ways that a private detective can help you. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most common methods and actions that private eyes leverage.
- Locate a current address
- Find past addresses
- Identify someone’s date of birth
- Trace known aliases of a person
- Identify vehicles
- Find a beneficiary for a probate proceeding
- Identify mortgage information
- Find secured lenders
- Research past and/or current historical property holdings
- Determine the current market value of a property
- Gather documents and/or lifestyle through a person’s garbage
- Locate bankruptcy filings
- Find and analyze bankruptcy records
- Locate federal / provincial civil lawsuits
- Uncover improper relationships
- Identify federal criminal records
- Connect the dots between facts
- Find and analyze federal civil and criminal records
- Retrieve mug shots from criminal or incarceration records
- Provide independent analysis
- Locate state and local criminal arrest records
- Retrieve analyze and review criminal records
- Provide peace of mind
- Locate home phone numbers
- Locate cell phone numbers
- Identify owner of home or cell phone number
- Determine owners of corporation
- Retrieve and analyze corporate records
- Locate current or former executives
- Interview current or former executives / employees
- Find and retrieve judgment and lien filings
- Research familial history
- Locate witnesses for a civil or criminal lawsuit
- Interview witnesses for a civil or criminal lawsuit
- Find assets
- Find current or historical boat registrations
- Find current or historical aircraft registrations
- Search for hidden assets
- Conduct business intelligence
- Discreet intelligence gathering
- Determine connections between parties
- Locate bank account information
- Locate current or former employees of a company
- Interview current or former employees of a company
- Locate significant inheritances
- Show you the big picture
When you’re search for a private detective agency, the most important factor is to find one that is knowledgeable and has appropriate resources. The industry provides very little legislation or consumer protection against those who claim to be investigators and fleece customers out of their time and money.
