Law firms routinely retain private investigators to conduct asset investigations. As an investigator who conducts these investigations frequently, I oftentimes see a fatal flaw. Clients don’t request a parallel investigation on the spouse, and private investigators many times don’t expand their scope of work to include the target’s spouse. Why is this important? In most […]
Private Investigation
SKIP TRACING – MORE THAN DATABASE CHECKS
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you probably know that locating people has been a passion of mine for 25+ years. Maybe it stems from my roots working at the U.S. Marshals and tracking down the most dangerous people on Planet Earth. But truthfully, I find true enjoyment in locating anyone for […]
2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS – ANOTHER GREAT YEAR
We celebrated many accomplishments this past year, but we know that none of them could have been made possible without you! Thank you to all of our clients, colleagues, and friends for another great year at Mason Investigative Solutions! We look forward to seeing you in 2026.
PERSON LOCATES AND RENTAL PROPERTIES
If you have worked on person locate investigations and use proprietary data aggregators, you no doubt have come across address history information with overlapping dates. As investigators, it’s important for us to analyze and investigate the addresses listed in a comp report in order to determine what may be a good investigative lead for locating […]
ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS
For the professional private investigator (PI), belonging to several associations is critical to one’s success. At a minimum, it is recommended that an investigator belong to at least three types of associations: state-wide PI association, international PI association, and an association that your clientele belong to. I belong to the following associations. Arizona Association of […]
Preservation Letters
A version of Private Investigator Steven Mason’s article first appeared in Pursuit Magazine. Disclaimer: The author is not an attorney, and the information contained within this article should not be construed as legal advice. The goal of all private investigations is to locate and collect information and evidence. For private investigators who work on […]
Calls for Service Records
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.” Buddha By and large, we as professional investigators understand that cases that are energetically pursued more often than not give birth to critical evidence. We pursue leads, obviously: witness interviews, court records, database research, discovery review, etc. And while it’s important […]