Know who you're dealing with.
$300 flat rate plus database and records fees covers up to 3 hours of desk time searching and cross-referencing data sources, and making phone, email, and postal inquiries where necessary.
$150 per hour plus mileage and expenses for visiting physical locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, such as retrieving records from a courthouse or other agency.
A background check can help shed light on the character and past activity of potential employees, business partners, vendors, tenants, relationship potential, and other associates.
For attorneys, determine the credibility of witnesses and complainants, how they may appear to a jury, and how that will affect your client’s case.
To investigate the background of a person or business, I use proprietary database information available to me as a licensed private investigator, combined with public records, media sources, personal inquiries, field investigations, and other investigative methods to compile a comprehensive profile of a subject.
These searches include criminal and civil court cases, liens and judgments, and Internet and social media presence.