ABC`s of Skip Tracing

SKIPTRACING ABC’s

PRESENTED BY BRUCE LOPEZ CREDIT WORLD SERVICES, INC.

DEFINITION OF SKIPTRACING • The practice of acquiring location information. • To pass, or direct the attention from one point to another, omitting what lies between. • To pass over without noticing. • A passing over or omitting.

TYPES OF SKIPS • UNINTENIONAL • INTENTIONAL • CRIMINAL

WHO IS A SKIP • RETURNED MAIL

• VERIFY ADDRESS

• DISCONNECTED PHONE

• REDIAL

• PERSONAL AWARENESS

• LEFT SCHOOL

ORGANIZE • KEEP A LOG • GOOD ADDRESS BAD PHONE • BAD ADDRESS GOOD PHONE • BAD ADDRESS BAD PHONE

• MINIMIZE EFFORT • VERIFY NUMBER • VERIFY ADDRESS • VERIFY BOTH PHONE & ADDRESS

WHO TO ASK? • • • • •

RELATIVES COACHES PROFESSORS NEIGHBORS FORMER COWORKERS • CURRENT COWORKERS

• FORMER LANDLORD • CURRENT LANDLORD • NEW PEOPLE AT OLD ADDRESS • SAME LAST NAME • ALUMNI

WHAT TO ASK? • WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME • WHERE DID YOU SEE THEM • WHAT WERE THEY DOING • HOW LONG AGO

• ARE THEY STILL WORKING • SAME NAME • SPOUSE NAME • SCHOOL ATTENDING • RELATIVES

KNOWLEDGE • • • •

BE AWARE UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE THEY WHERE WILL THEY GO • WHAT IS NEXT STEP

• • • • • •

OPEN MINDED ATTITUDE COMMON GROUND READ PAPER INFORMATION SOURCES

PROFESSIONAL • LICENSE • BOARD • ASSOCIATIONS • AGENCY

MILITARY • WHAT BRANCH • BASE LOCATORS • COMMANDING OFFICERS • HANDOUT

RESOURCES • WHITE PAGES

• BLACKBOOK

• SEARCHBUG

• GOVERNMENT

• SWITCHBOARD

• COUNTY WEBSITE

• SEARCH SYSTEMS

• MAPQUEST

PLUS AND MINUS • FREE WEBSITES: • INFO GENERALLY 6 MONTHS OLD OR OLDER • NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE • LIMITED RESOURCES • HARD TO VERIFY • USE AS ADDITIONAL

PLUS AND MINUS • • • • • • •

PAY WEBSITES: COST SOME INFO MAY BE 6 MONTHS OLD LIMITED TO CERTAIN SEARCHES USED BY MANY PROFESSIONALS NEED EXPERIENCE GENERALLY ABLE TO VERIFY

INTANGIBLES • PHONE BOOK • DRIVERS LICENSE • TAX INFORMATION • COUNTY ASSESSOR • ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

INTANGIBLES • • • • • • •

QUESTIONING LISTENING RAPPORT CREATIVE RESOURCEFULL PERSUASIVE PATIENT

INTANGIBLES • MUST KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN • TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING • COMMON SENSE APPROACH

DOCUMENTATION • LOG ALL INFORMATION • TIME • PERSON • BEST CONTACT • SIDE NOTE

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