Merlin Locate Services – Flathead Valley, Montana
In 1997, Merlin Information Services introduced one of the first Internet-based public record websites, www.merlindata.com, which continued to focus on access to California public record. Merlin the went national in 1999 by offering a great new skiptracing product, National Flatrate. In 2001, Merlin became a reseller of Accurint. In 2005 it became the first reseller licensed to sell and house the Experian Credit Header file to private investigators. Merlin had over 5,000 clients when it was sold in 2012 to a private company that merged with TLO right after the sale.
Shortly thereafter, Mike hired fifteen employees who had been displaced from the sale, and created MDI Verify, Inc. dba Merlin Locate Services. This new company provided large volume skiptracing and place-of-employment locates to debt buyers, collection agencies and collection attorneys. In 2015, Merlin downsized by ending its relationship with these high-volume customers. Along with three top-notch employees, the company turned its focus to in-depth skiptracing for investigators and attorneys.
Today, Merlin has downsized again and now operates it’s asset location business with just Mike and Kristin. Merlin’s clients include some of the best Collection Attorney’s, Debt Buyers and PI’s in the country. We have been licensed PIs for over 40 years and continue to amaze our clients with our ability to find liquid assets others cannot. Mike is still the Chief Investigator and spends most of the year in the beautiful Flathead Valley in Northwest Montana. But when winter comes, Mike, his wife Jordonna and their 14-year-old Morkie, Oso are in Morro Bay, California while the Merlin staff continues to work its magic in the Flathead.