Skip Tracing Today-Keys To Successful Investing
What is a “skip”? It’s a homeowner for whom no current address and phone number are available.
What is a “locate”? It’s when an investor speaks to someone responsible for the real estate.
What Are Some Skip Tracing Tools?
Credit Bureau Reports
Subscription Internet Sites
Free Internet Sites
Tax Search
Neighbors
Polk City Directory
Tools Alone Don’t Succeed
You must have Effective Technical Skills and
Analytical Thinking "It's called the Jig-Saw Puzzle Approach".
Free Internet Searches:
Qwest Dex
www.qwestdex.com
Google
www.google.com
Search Bug
www.searchbug.com
Google can provide address and phone numbers from the “invisible web”. You can
retrieves documents stored in .pdf, word, excel and power point.
Be sure to use quotation marks for words grouped together.
Offers reverse phone search.
* A simple personal property tax search can provide new location information
* Contacting the neighbors next door to the subject property and directly across the street can yield a wealth of information
*Gather as much information on the person you wish to locate.
*Write down all of the person's identifying information: Full name and any aliases, date of birth (DOB), previous addresses, Social Security number, driver's license number, automobiles, license plates, telephone numbers, places of employment and those telephone numbers, note occupation (most states require licensing for certain professions), names of friends and relatives, places the person likes to socialize, and anything else you come up with.
* Begin with the phone book or directory assistance.
*Write down all the persons with the same surname as your subject; e.g., if you are trying to locate John Doe in Anytowne, USA, write down all the Does, they could be relatives. Call those people.
*A Criss Cross Directory is a good place to start next. This is a Cross-Index Directory and it can be used several ways. It has Telephone Numbers listed in numerical order showing who the number is listed to, and their address. They can also be used to tell you who lives at an address and how long they lived there, their telephone number along with the same information on neighbors, and how wealthy the area is. The Address Look up Book is indexed by City, and the streets listed are in alphabetical order with street numbers in numerical order
*A Criss Cross Directory Can be found at most City or County Libraries. No single library usually owns the complete collection of Cross -Reference Directories covering the whole state. Local directories for their area are most often kept in the larger libraries
This site will help a lot http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/pld/statelib.html
Once you have "Localized Your Search" on the subject to a City or County, you can start looking at the free public records available on the internet. Some of the search engines available can useful for identifying and obtaining even more leads for people and businesses who are usually willing to provide information about the person that you are trying to locate.
This is just the basics, and you have to be willing to dig in and find those resources that will make it happen.
Anyone can find information about a person if they dig deep enough.
Good Luck Hunting!
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