Valerie McGilvrey

Valerie is a native Houstonian born into a family of entrepreneurs. She's a member of the Inland North American Private Investigator Association and the Fraternal Order of Investigators.

Professional Service

All Tech Investigations
December 2020 to present
Texas licensed private investigator specializing in judgment enforcement, training, skip trace efforts, and background searches for small business and corporate.

Asset Management Service
February 2000 Until December 2020
Specializing in POA property management.

Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Licensed Adjuster
2003 Until 2010 #1235383
Certified by State Farm, specializing in mold remediation and fraud claims starting at $250,000. to $600,000., Certifications relating to catastrophe, environmental, and fraud.

Facilitating Experience 1994 to Present

Bellaire Alcohol Sellers
Owned a TABC Certification school that provided a state-approved training program for the purpose of certification.

Continuing Education for Legal Professional License Holders
Facilitated continuing education credit courses for insurance adjusters, private investigators in select states regarding the topics of proving fraud, and due diligence methods used to determine if an investigator should be contracted, unusual information sources, and OSINT providing a workbook.

Skip Trace Secrets: Dirty little seminar…Presented an average of once yearly for licensed legal professionals for the purpose of providing continuing education credit, insurance companies, and other legal professional associations prior to the Covid 19 pandemic. This course will be available online in the future.

Publications

She's been quoted in various articles with topics surrounding locating people and their assets, the legality of specific actions and consulted with writers at Psychology Today, Motherboard Vice, Futura, and Huff Post, on the topic of pseudocide and the fraud surrounding it, illegal methods of skip tracing, and oversight in the law.

Books Authored

Skip Trace Secrets: 2018 Workbook
ISBN 978-1724163196
Workbook accompanying the one-day seminar.

Key Terms and Concepts for Investigation
2017, ISBN 978-0323296120

Skip Trace Secrets: Dirty little tricks skip tracers use…
2012,ISBN 9781620503768

Background Check: How to do your own background check
2013, ISBN 978-1481237611