Several pathways can lead to a career as a private investigator (PI). Typically, the best candidates have prior professional experience in law enforcement, law or the military, but prospective private ...

Private investigators are in demand and pay a starting rate of about $40,000 per year — and up to $250 for specialists.

You might want to become a private investigator if you are naturally curious, level headed, and detail oriented. This is a field that pays well and doesn’t require a four-year college degree. There is ...

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