It was one of those days, the kind of day that means you no harm, as most days tend to do, but it was a day that had a list, and a list, no matter how much you try, means you must get up and do something. So I dragged myself out of bed and prepared for the day, dressing
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Read moreBy Brian Willingham For the second year in a row, I attended the OSMOSIS Conference for open Open Source Intelligence professionals (you can read last years OSMOSIS review here). I go into these conferences with a pretty open mind – people who think they are going to have some life-changing-experience are bound to be disappointed. In part, because everyone attending
Read moreBy Rachele’ Davis Editor’s note: This article was written by Rachele’ Davis of New Hope Investigations.The opinions expressed here belong to Rachele’ Davis. I am a solo private investigator. I have a home office with zero employees and very little overhead. It’s simple. But it’s far from easy. When I officially opened New Hope Investigations for business in 2016, I
Read moreIt is just another day in the life of Jeremy, you get up you have something to eat, you go about your business, just like running on the hamsters wheel, it was just a daily slog, and since Jeremy was a Hamster, it was pretty normal, but then one day, the one day all hamsters dream about happened, the open
Read moreBy Brian Willingham In this post, we are going to discuss how to search court records, specifically relating to civil lawsuits. (If you are interested in reading more about how to conduct a criminal background check like an expert, check out our previous post.) I consider court records one of the most important and underutilized resources in an investigator’s arsenal.
Read moreBy Brian Willingham 1Someone who seems too good to be true 2People who have absolutely no social network profiles (it’s 2019 people!) 3Insecure people 4People who describe himself or herself as “the only person to …” or “recognized as a world-class leader …” or “the first person to be awarded …” or “the youngest person ever to …” or “a
Read moreBy Stephanie Irvine Founded in 2015, Trustify, Inc. was a start-up company dedicated to helping people hire private investigators on-demand. In 2016, Washington Business Journal named the company one of its Startups of the Week, and Trustify amassed a lot of press in its early years for its forward-thinking business model for the private investigations industry. Some likened Trustify’s business
Read moreBy Brian Willingham For the past three years, around this time of year, I’ve been visiting Putnam Valley High School to speak in front of a class of seniors. The class is run by Bob Baker, whom I’ve known since I was 9 years old. Mr. Baker, as I have been asked to call him in class, teaches math, but
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