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Working From Home Gives You Variety

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As I just said, I have been pleasantly surprised that working from home this go-’round has actually gone really well. I am able to be a hermit when I don’t feel like being nice, which is Really Nice Benefit Number One, and Really Nice Benefit Number Two is the variety of the work that I do. Since I have come home to work, I have blogged (here, of course, and then I also have a personal blog that deals with politics – see my bio for more info.) I have also written copy for websites, edited sales letters, done lots … Continue reading →

Courthouse Research Blogs in Summary

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Since I have written so many different blogs about Courthouse Research over the course of two months, I thought that if I created one blog where you could go to and find links to all of the courthouse research blogs at once, it would make it easier for people who are interested in the subject. Here are the blogs in the best order to read them: Looking for the Perfect Data Entry Job? I May Have Your Answer… In this blog, I introduce the job and what it entails. My Embarrassing Trip to the Courthouse, Part One Here, I talk … Continue reading →

Week in Review for March 31 – April 6

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Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for March 31 – April 6. This is our way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week! I know I for one am glad to be blogging and posting–back in the swing of things. I missed blogging while Families was in transition. It feels good to be back. 🙂 Here’s a review of the happenings on the Jobs blog–if you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in touch with me at Hava L {at} Families … Continue reading →

Courthouse Research Companies: Sunlark Research, Part Four

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This is a continuation of an interview I had with Lark of Sunlark Research. If you missed the beginning of the interview, please check it out here. Me: Are there any other research opportunities at Sunlark, other than the standard pulling of mortgages/deeds of trusts? Lark: We do collect all new mortgages except commercial. This includes refinances, home equity loans, and 2nd mortgages, as well as new purchases. In addition to mortgages/deeds of trust, we collect several other types of court data. This includes tax liens, civil cases, probate files, and several others that I prefer not to elaborate publicly … Continue reading →

Courthouse Research Companies: Sunlark Research, Part Two

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This is a continuation of an interview I had with Lark of Sunlark Research. If you missed the beginning of the interview, please check it out here. Me: Do you use a custom-built program for the ICs to input the records into, or do you use Excel sheets? Why? Lark: We use both. At present, some of our clients have their own systems for data entry. For our others, we are using spreadsheets for now. Our intent is to eventually develop our own data entry software for those clients that don’t already have their own. In most cases, a data … Continue reading →

Courthouse Research Companies: Sunlark Research, Part One

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As part of my mini-series on becoming a courthouse researcher, I have interviewed several research companies in hopes of helping my readers get a better feel for each company, and understand more about the industry. If you haven’t been reading my blog long (shame on you!) and have never heard of courthouse research before, then make sure to start reading at the beginning. Otherwise, read on! Today I wanted to talk about Sunlark Research. This is the company that I actually worked for, when I was a courthouse researcher. I have nothing but the best to say about the company, … Continue reading →

Dove-Tailing Jobs Together: Research and Mystery Shopping

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This is a mini-series on becoming a courthouse researcher that I started quite some time ago and through different random happenings, was not able to finish until now. If you haven’t heard of courthouse research before, or if you missed the first part of this series, make sure to start reading here. Otherwise, read on! In this blog, I talked about how courthouse research is not a full-time job, except in rare cases. In this blog, I talked about it may still be worth your time to do it anyway. There are some ways to make each trip more profitable; … Continue reading →

Courthouse Research: A Full-Time Job?

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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! Many people start salivating over the idea of having a flexible data entry job that pays them $15 – $20 an hour, and they get really excited, apply at Sunlark / AMD / Wolfgang, and think their life is set when they get hired on with one of the companies. The problem is, yes, the hours are flexible, but keep in mind that you … Continue reading →