When I first started skip tracing — that is, finding people — my only tool was the telephone and my only resource for searching was directory assistance. Unbelievably, I was able to find people from London to Fiji, but it was costly and extremely time consuming. Half my search time was trying to be connected to directory assistance in a foreign country. Trust me — 411 in the ’90s was not cheap. The world of skip tracing has changed. A world without walls truly exists.