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The Best Background Check Services—Tips & Know-How

Get the know-how you need to help you choose the best background check site—and find who you're looking for.

Infidelity: A Dirty Word & How Background Checks Can Help

The searing pain is real and tangible. It’s as if the air has been stolen from your lungs, like a burning hot knife has been driven into your heart...
Feb. 11, 2021

What is a Background Check?

A background check is an information seeking process people or businesses do when they want to verify another person’s information. A background ch...
Feb. 11, 2021

Everything You Need to Know About Free Background Checks

You’ve heard it before, but it bears repeating: Almost anything you post online can and may be used against you. These days virtually all our lives...
Nov. 11, 2020

I Background Checked Myself: Here’s What I Found

Never trust anyone who isn’t at least a little bit nosy and hasn’t done some mildly illegal dirt in their lifetime. At least, that’s a very conveni...
Nov. 11, 2020

The Best Background Check Sites for Dating

It’s 2018 and there is no shame anymore in admitting it—you Google just about everybody you meet. It could be that new teacher at your kid’s school...
Nov. 11, 2020

Background Checks: How Much Will It Really Cost You?

Whether you’re looking for an old friend you lost touch with or want to see if the new neighbor who has a tendency to keep his shades closed and ta...
Nov. 11, 2020

10 Questions About Background Checks You Always Wanted to Know Bu...

A background check is a process that reveals information about a person from publicly available records. Background checks can reveal all sorts of ...
Nov. 06, 2020

All You Need To Know About Reverse Phone Lookup

Telephone numbers have become de facto forms of ID, used in everything from opening social media accounts to applying for financial products and se...
Nov. 06, 2020

How do I Conduct a Criminal Background Search?

Conducting a criminal background search is the best way to go. Taking this small step can save you time, money, embarrassment and pain. Conducting ...
Jan. 29, 2020

Background Check Do's and Don'ts

Background checks are growing in popularity, and for good reason. They're a fast and convenient way for people to learn real facts about others wit...
Jan. 14, 2020

How to Choose the Best Background Check Site

Whether you're trying to find information about a date or you're just curious about a new co-worker, a Background Check company is going to offer y...
Jan. 10, 2020

Tips and Tricks to Getting the Right Results

If you are trying to find a friend, long lost family member or are simply interested in finding out more information on a specific individual, you ...
Jan. 10, 2020

Background Checks: What They Can and Can’t Ask You

When it comes to using a background check, it is important to know what type of information you will be able to find, as well as what is legally pe...
Jan. 08, 2020

Using Social Media Sites to Help with a Background Check

Social media is becoming the ultimate place to perform a background check. Yes, you will want to do a people search and run a real background check...
Jan. 08, 2020

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