Tom Elder was the worst private investigator I've ever hired...I hired him to find me a lawyer to sue a company that I had work related injuries with....he told me that he knew all the good lawyers and that he would personally investigate the company...I paid him a thousand dollars and he wanted a percentage of my winnings..Tom Elder did absolutely nothing for me...he didn't get me the lawyer and he didn't investigate the company at all...the only thing he investigated was putting my money in his bank account...I told him I wanted my money refunded because he did absolutely nothing and he told me he can't refund me my money...so if you need to hire an private investigator...I'd advise you to hire someone else unless you like wasting your money