I always say, “Due Diligence!” When you are going to put that much trust into a person or company do the background work on them first. There are a few things you can do yourself for free, or for very low cost.

Good place to start is here:
http://www.pacer.gov/
Anyone can register for an account and access Federal District courts civil and criminal cases including bankruptcy.

Another place to go to that is free:

www.bbb.org/
Better Business Bureau. Check out Edison nation, they have an A rating. Pretty good.

Then do a search across several different search engines for scams related to the person/company you are searching. Of course don’t believe everything you read, but if a pattern appears there could be a problem.

If you need help with this friend me and contact me. I own and run a background screening company, but I give lots of advice and info away for free. I promise there will be no sales pitch, only member to member help and advice.

@penster…i appreciate the navagation tips, I’ll click around!

@Ken Somerby…I think you are 100% right on! Thanks

I was looking to hire one, but everyone wanted to be paid upfront, so how hard will they work if you pay them upfront and if they really do get you a licensing deal you have to give them a percentage. I would not use them…….

There have been some discussions on this. See link below. Also the search button top right can lead you to more of them.

Welcome Charly, and good luck to you.

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