About the Role:
We're a real estate wholesale company looking for a licensed Private Investigator to join us. You'll track down property owners and their heirs, make the introduction, and step into an acquisitions role — making first contact and pitching the opportunity. This isn't a desk-only role — we need someone willing to get out in the field, knock on doors, and dig up leads in person when records alone don't cut it. This is a steady, weekly-volume contract, ideal for someone who enjoys both the investigative hunt and the deal-making conversation that follows.
Responsibilities:
- Locate current addresses, phone numbers, and contact information for property owners
- Identify and locate heirs/relatives of deceased property owners, including probate research
- Conduct in-person field research (canvassing neighborhoods, door-knocking, talking to neighbors/associates) when database searches aren't enough
- Formally introduce located owners/heirs to our team
- Make first contact and present the initial offer/pitch on potential acquisitions
- Deliver verified contact information and pitch outcomes on a weekly basis
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with all applicable investigative and privacy laws
Requirements:
- Active, valid Private Investigator license (preferred but not required)
- Experience in skip tracing and/or probate/heir research
- Willing and able to conduct in-person, on-the-ground fieldwork — this is not a remote/desk-only role
- Comfortable making outbound calls and pitching an offer or opportunity
- Reliable transportation
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Based in the Phoenix metro area and able to work locally
Pay: $10.00 - $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Application Question(s):
- Do you currently hold an active, valid Private Investigator license? Please provide your license number and issuing state.
- Have you ever had a PI license suspended, revoked, or denied?
- Are you comfortable working strictly as a 1099 independent contractor, paid on commission rather than hourly/salary?
- Are you comfortable and available to do in-person fieldwork — canvassing neighborhoods, door-knocking, talking to neighbors — as a regular part of this role, not just database/phone research?
- Do you have reliable transportation and are you willing to travel within the Phoenix metro area for this work?
- How many years of experience do you have in skip tracing or heir/probate research?
- What tools or databases have you used for skip tracing (e.g., TLO, IDI, Lexis, public records sites)?
- Describe a time you located a hard-to-find person using field or in-person methods, not just online records.
- Have you made cold calls or in-person pitches to convince someone to consider an offer, deal, or opportunity? Describe your experience.
- This role requires you to formally introduce located owners/heirs to our team and make the initial pitch — how comfortable are you with that combination of research and sales?
- Can you commit to delivering weekly batches of leads consistently
- What's your expected timeline from "assigned a name" to "located and contacted"?
Work Location: On the road
