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                                                  What kind of skills do you need

                                                  to do financial investigations?


                                                 - Master Research public records;
                                                 - Master public and investigation databases;
                                                 - Data management and analysis with spreadsheets;
                                                 - Knowledge of charting software so you can present the findings;
                                                 - Basic Accounting;
                                                 - Legal knowledge specifically related to asset recovery; and
                                                 - Being able to write a good report.
                                                 All learnable skills by anyone. You don’t necessarily need a
                                                 background in accounting or law, but you definitely need to master
                                                 researching public records through the County Recorder’s Offices, as
                                                 well as Court Index Searches (Pacer & other Courts) and investigative
                                                 databases (IRB, IDIcore, etc.).



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