Private Investigator business. Get paid to use your nosy nature as a private investigator. Business Overview As a private investigator, you'll delve into the secrets of people's lives and solve mysteries, but you'll spend far more time on the phone and at your computer than any fictional private eye ever does, and odds are you'll never be involved in high-speed chases or shootouts with bad guys. Instead, you'll perform background checks on prospective employees, tenants,...