Tag Archive for: asset search
The Truck Stop Case: In Divorce, Our Clients Know a Lot, but Also Very Little
A client came to us and asked us to look for assets owned by her husband. They were going to get divorced and she needed to know what he had.
In briefing us, she told us that she didn’t know much, but one thing she was certain of was that…
The Value of a Divorce Asset Search: $2,000 to $5,000 Well Spent
Everyone would love to have more information, but getting information is not always free. At what point does it become too expensive to pay for more?
We get this question a lot, especially when divorcing parties call us directly about our asset…
Why Does My Investigation Cost $2,400? A Breakdown of a Typical Bill
After years in business, one of my biggest marketing challenges is still explaining to potential clients why an investigator can’t just use a few mysterious databases and “deep Googling,” as one hopeful person described it, and produce…
Public Record Sources for Free – What Any Investigator Can (but May Not) Tell You
Investigators get information in exchange for money, so why in the world would an investigator want to tell people how to get that information for free?
As I wrote last week on our companion blog, The Divorce Asset Hunter in an article called…
Giving it Away is Great for Business
When was the last time you gave something away from your professional practice? I’m not talking about pens, calendars or tote bags. When did you give away knowledge about what you do?
Not, “Look at the results we get,” but rather, “Here’s…
The Problem with Just Connecting the Dots: They’re in Motion
It’s one of the tried and true ways investigators have to explain their work. “Connecting the dots.”
What we usually mean is that in a sea of data, we can find the relevant material and put it in the right context by showing how it relates…
Crypto Searches in Divorce
As Bitcoin surges in value once again, divorcing spouses may be tempted to convert cash into electronic currency. Finding it can be harder than finding cash, but if you do find it, you can make a comparatively fast case that your spouse is undercounting…
5 Things You Need to Survive and Thrive After a Divorce
Philip Segal's lengthy interview about asset searching with divorce journalist Ilyssa Panitz is here:
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/financial-investigator-philip-segal-5-things-you-need-to-know-to-survive-and-thrive-during-and-6ab7f6cbf4b6
It…
Getting Closer to the Truth
What conveys the truth more effectively?
A snapshot of a person’s values and accomplishments in the form of a quotation? Or a long essay about that person that will contain the short clip but surround it with other facts that could contradict…
Tips on Tracking Down Secret Companies
Some people just like privacy, but others form companies with a view to concealing any link between that company and themselves. If you are hiding assets from creditors, that’s a plus (for you, not the creditors).
Picking a company name can…
