Courthouse Research Companies: Wolfgang Research

There are three major courthouse research companies out there, that do the kind of work I have been talking about lately. There are many, many companies out there that do other types of research (criminal background checks, liens on properties, and genealogy research, just to name a few) and although I’m sure those types of research are very profitable, I don’t personally have any experience with them, and wouldn’t know how to tell y’all how to become that type of researcher. The research I did, and the research I talked about in my previous blogs, is very simple and does … Continue reading

Why Do Companies Pay People to Collect this Information?

This is a mini-series on becoming a courthouse researcher. If you haven’t heard of that job before, or if you missed the first part of this series, make sure to start reading here. Otherwise, read on! I found this job by Googling a phrase that I saw a poster on a work-at-home forum talk about in passing–Sunlark Research and something called courthouse research. What is Sunlark Research? I had no clue, so I hit Google to find out more. I found their website, and read about it some. Looked interesting, and the money sounded good, so I decided to apply. … Continue reading

How Much Does A Courthouse Researcher Make?

This is a mini-series on becoming a courthouse researcher. If you haven’t heard of that job before, or if you missed the first part of this series, make sure to start reading here. Otherwise, read on! The first day as a courthouse researcher, I made a whopping $4 an hour. The second day, that hourly wage crept up to $7 an hour. That made me feel pretty good, because that meant I was making over minimum wage. I went back later that week, and my hourly wage went up again, this time to roughly $9 an hour. That made me … Continue reading