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
QUESTIONS/ANSWERS