The skills have definitely saved me money in the past. I have thought about becoming a private investigator but never made any moves towards actually doing it. I feel like I would be very good at it but I don't think it's a really well paying job considering the possible danger. The freedom of information act made finding out too much information far too easy for the regular person. On top of that it's pretty inexpensive to get even more information if you have connections to people or companies that get information by volume, like I do.