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from genealogy research to Court Research!
I want to share this opportunity, so you can contribute to the family income and still spend quality time your families. If you need to work, why not get paid to do work...
Start looking for work you could do from home; One day, I came across an article about court researchers at a forum dedicated, to help work at home moms, find legitimate work. Although not work that I could do completely from home, it was flexible schedule was ideal, on the days I needed to venture outside the home to work...
The research is basically going to your local courthouse and reviewing public records that have been recorded by the court. Depending on the type of assignment(s) you get, you could be looking up judgments, tax liens, mortgages, marriages, births, civil suits, personal injuries - the list goes on and on! I found there were three primary research companies offering these types of assignments (a fourth offers only mortgage assignments). I guess this work is not for everyone, but I didn't let those stop my pursuit. As long as I didn't have to pay money up front, I figured it was worth a try. I am SO glad I did! Anyone looking for legit telecommute work (work-from-home) should apply with Wolfgang Research;
Don't let some disgruntle contractor's negative post somewhere cause you to miss out on a great opportunity. This company has been patient with me when my computer crashed when a family member passed away and when the weather was bad enough I was uncomfortable in driving. I've always been paid for my work and paid on time! This company is very financially stable which gives me some security!
I applied to all three companies and immediately got responses from two of them. One was Wolfgang Research. Although I had found some negative comments about them posted on the internet, I had also found even positive comments. Well, I'm here to say, that Wolfgang Research worked for me...
They have a lot of work for me, they pay - every 2 weeks by direct deposit.
(yes, I did got one "lightly" reprimanding email and in all honesty, I expected worse... If you slack off and don't do quality work, well, then you might get a corrective action email-
I was so excited about getting started that I had failed to read the paperwork provided and ended up submitting data that was wrong. (which I took time to read thoroughly)
Their concern was legit.
They have to look out for their clients.
(They walked me through the errors, referred me back to the paperwork and I was all set.)
I started with Wolfgang Research in Feb 2008. They are always bringing on, new clients and have an ample amount of work for me.
when I visit my courthouses - I am now working for Wolfgang Research -
There was just too much work for me to handle in my area part-time, so we and work as a team now-
I love the flexibility. I love the type of work I'm doing. Life is good; I no longer work for the other research company. I have plenty enough work at Wolfgang Research, plus, they don't require me to participate in weekly meetings...
Tags: court research, courthouse research, data entry, wolfgang research, wolfgang research not a scam, work at home,
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This work sounds like something I would enjoy too. Can you tell me how I can apply with them?
If you don't have any research experience, you may want to check out IT-Boss Research as a fellow blogger told me that they provide you all the training you might need to do just about any type of court research and they have clients that they will refer you to-
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worked for Wolfgang Research, Sunlark, JBS/Jelly Bean Services, AMD Research (which is now United Data) and IT-Boss Research. All of them do similar research, but most don't want you working for them as well as another research company. So I would suggest that if you are offered assignments, that you accept them from "one" company. If you are offered work from another company, be sure to discuss this with the "first" company to ensure it is not in conflict with their clients.
I currently only work for Wolfgang Research and IT-Boss Research. I had a few issues with the other teams, nothing bad, just my personal preference. One company required you to participate in weekly meetings that were not necessarily related to the work you were assigned. Another company seemed to have some financial problems and changed their payroll from every 2 weeks to monthly and the CEO retired or something or other. And the third company's manager was just hard to stay in contact with and my emails would go for days unanswered. So like I said, no major problems with the other three companies, it just wasn't my cup of tea. Now I will warn you that Wolfgang Research may not be your cup of tea either. They are really strict about deadlines. That doesn't bother me as I keep on schedule pretty much. I have gotten I think one email fussing lightly about past due assignments and I got them caught up ASAP and then got an appreciation email :-) I wish you the best, with whomever, you venture with. Court Research to me is exciting. I find out all kinds of things about my neighbors LOL.
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I have worked for Wolfgang Research for 2 1/2 years and I LOVE it! I always kept my assignments up to date and I was rewarded for that diligence with good assignments online and praise. They are very strict about deadlines, but it's just like any other job where you have to have things done in a certain time frame - you must keep your projects up to date. But they are very good about helping out if a researcher is unable to do their work for emergency reasons :) I have recruited other SAHM's to do this work because I love being able to stay home with my child and not have to enroll her in daycare! I can do my work at any time I want as long as all my counties are current as of Saturday morning :) I am very proud of the work I do for Wolfgang and we are always looking for reliable people to work for us that will take their job seriously and do the work that they are assigned. I have never had any problems with payroll, every 2 weeks on Monday I get paid and it is via direct deposit;
Thanks for all the info.
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How many hours are you required to work?
Hours? Now that's a hard question to answer really. It depends on the population in your area. the real estate market, your speed in researching and typing and the type of system the court's offices allow you to search. For example, a county with about 100,000 people living in it could result in approximately 100-150 documents to review per week, and thus, resulting in the number of records you would submit a week (a record is a brief report of some information from each document). For one of my courthouses, it takes me at "my" courthouse and my typing speed of 60+ about 1 to 1.5 hours to find the documents and document the information I'm required to report back to the client. The document images are viewable in digital form at the county office on a terminal which is very easy to "search" and drill down to the specific document types I need. Now in another county of the same size in which I have to flip pages in a big book to see the documents (they are not viewable on a computer yet), this takes me about 1.5 to 2 hrs depending on the type of documents I am searching.
When you apply to court research companies like those I've mentioned above, be sure to tell them how many hours you are available each week, what specific days and the approximate hours. They can usually determine how much work you can handle initially. Then, you can always ask for more counties near you, depending on how far you wish to drive. Keep in mind, if your county has a population below 100,000, you may only have 2 to 4 hours of work once every 2 to 4 weeks. That's why I encourage you to review the offers made by the companies and then select more than one. Don't overload yourself while you "get your feet wet". Depending on your area, if you live in low-populated areas, I'd suggest considering 3 or 4 counties to start :) Most of the time, depending on the location of the counties, you can visit two or more in a single day's drive...
I wish you the best. I really love this type of work. I'm very competitive, so I find that I'm checking at each county visit, to see if I collected more documents faster than I did the previous trip LOL Sometimes, I drive myself nuts; However in doing this, I am getting faster and smoother every visit and this means I am "maxing" my average hourly wage. Since you're paid by the document reported (i.e., records submitted), the more you can document in an hour, the higher your hourly earnings. To Your Success!
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-Hope that helps-
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You are "retrieving" some information from the public documents they have on file. While you're at the courthouse, you'll view the documents right there on-site as you are not allowed to remove them from the premises. Some courthouses allow laptops, so you can type up the information right into your laptop on a spreadsheet or into a software that the client provides for such entries. For those courthouses that don't allow laptops due to many having built-in webcams, then you will need to handwrite the information and wait until you are back at home to enter the data you found. This is not a courthouse job. It is conducting research for the purpose of creating sales leads for various clients...
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Thanks for the positive feedback. My husband and I may both try since we are retired-
can't wait to get trained and started. Learning,
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I'm new to being a court researcher, I was so glad to find this site. It has been helpful to me as I was able to see what companies other people recommend and hear about their experiences. I hope to find more than one company to work for. I to want to give it a try and see what comes of it. Thank you.
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Did you ever encounter any difficulty at the courthouses in retrieving the information, such as the clerks not wanting you to monopolize the computer terminal, or being generally uncooperative about you viewing a large volume of records at one time?
Difficulty at courthouses? Overall, no I never have. I have however heard that some Clerks are more impatient than others, but a plate of cookies always seems to soften them on your next visit. Remember, they are used to responding to Title Researchers usually, so the type of research you will do for companies like Wolfgang Research is quite different and the Clerks don't understand what you're looking for really. And, if you're at a Records Office with limited terminals or book access, you will need to inquire as to when the office is the "less" busiest and try to arrange your visits at that time. The Clerk's will appreciate that and you won't be interrupted to "take turns" at a terminal
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When you apply, you need to be ready to roll and committed. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time and theirs,
Wolfgang Research is a no-nonsense company; They are known highly for meeting client deadlines which means, they rely on their researchers to meet their deadlines-Failing to do so will result in a late fee...
If you pay your bills on time, all goes smoothly, right? Well, working at Wolfgang Research is the same way. As long as your assignments are kept up to date and on time, you won't hardly, hear a word from them - And that's a good thing -
(I will say one thing, Wolfgang Research is a no-nonsense company. They have a lot of work for people. And because of that, when you apply, you need to be ready to roll and committed. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time and theirs. They are known highly for meeting client deadlines which means, they rely on their researchers to meet their deadlines. Failing to do so will result in a late fee. But if you set up your routes and schedule and keep a calendar of when each assignment is due, you'll be fine. I always plan to go a couple days prior to the actual due date. That way, if something happens and I cannot go the day I had planned (sick, car trouble, guests, etc), then I have 2 days to still get to the courthouse, collect the information I need and submit it - without fearing a late fee)
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Problems? I've never really had any to be honest. I am aware of the complaints and sadly, having been at WR so long now, I know many of the people that posted complaints. I can tell you that these people failed to meet the contract agreement. They either quit without notice or fail behind in their assignments and then complained because a Fee was deducted from their pending invoices. The Fees are clearly stated in the contract. As long as you give a 2 week productive notice and you keep your assignments up to date, then there really is no problem at all. I'd encourage you to give it a try :) I do know that some of our competitors have posted some negative comments to in hopes to steer interested people like you away. But they haven't hurt the business at all, as WR continues to grow and expand and their clients LOVE them. And that's what is important for longevity of work
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Josalyn Humphreys
Grapevine, TX, United States
I'm a work-at-home mom
Interests Scrapbooking, Genealogy Research, Home Improvement Projects
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