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I am a private investigator with 30 years experience in research and analysis. I am a certified general real estate appraiser, and a licensed private investigator. I am a retired member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, CFE-Retired. My background is in due diligence for the financial industry.

I’ve been a research specialist for years: Real estate research, appraisals, feasibility studies, internal audit, that kind of thing. I dipped a toe into the cold waters of journalism several years ago, mostly out of a love of words, language, and storytelling. I also happen to be somewhat of a gear hound.

I got a call several years ago from a lawyer friend. Knowing my ability to find things (identify connections between property, people, assets, transactions, etc.), he asked if I could help him track down some business dealings that a client’s soon-to-be-ex had “hidden” prior to filing for divorce. A couple days pawing through obscure public records in the basement of a rural courthouse (There was a sign on the wall that read, “please do not spit in the ash tray.”), and I had not only found the records, but had identified links between soon-to-be-ex and some other businesses about which the client didn’t even have a clue.

This led to the question of whether or not I could testify in court to what I found. My lawyer buddy said (in jest), “If only you were a private investigator.”

There it was. That moment of clarity when you see all these connections that somehow make sense. That afternoon I began the process of becoming a private investigator.

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