Is IPIU an agency? How can IPIU sponsor an intern?

[Michael R Ivy]

Hello,

Just a couple of quick questions.
Is IPIU considered an agency?
Is it possible for someone to get their license referring to IPIU as the agency they work for?
Would it be best if someone started their own company/agency or would it be better to go to work for someone already in the business?


I am weighing the option to pursue my license. It is going to be somewhat expensive to get both the PI company and PI license based on application fees, license fees, and testing fees. I know that it is not required to have a license to be a CASE EXAMINER but it would be nice to be able to make more money and do more sophisticated cases and having the license would or should accomplish this. Also, it could open the door to do some possible bounty hunting.

[Legal Affairs]

Originally posted by Michael R Ivy
Is IPIU considered an agency?
No.

Originally posted by Michael R Ivy
Is it possible for someone to get their license referring to IPIU as the agency they work for?
No

Originally posted by Michael R Ivy
Would it be best if someone started their own company/agency or would it be better to go to work for someone already in the business?
Owning a successful business of any kind is reserved for the few. The hours and days are long during the first few years. Working for someone already in the business is reserved for the many. We suggest you obtain the training and the experience first before venturing into ownership. But for those few who have the skills of ownership, trainees can start their own agency within the licensing statutes of most states. However, this forum is not the place for that discussion. The proper forum is titled Establishing Your Own Private Investigative Agency.

Originally posted by Michael R Ivy
I know that it is not required to have a license to be a CASE EXAMINER but it would be nice to be able to make more money and do more sophisticated cases and having the license would or should accomplish this.
A very well know California private investigator has said that 90% of all of the work he gets as a result of his license . . . ends up not requiring the use of his license. But to get all of the work he desires, he uses the license to obtain that end. As we have said before, a license is also a license to advertise.