What are the steps to starting a skiptracing business in Texas?

Unless you have had direct experience working for a tracing operation, I wouldn't suggest starting your own business, you will starve. With out direct work experience..........Try looking for a office that is willing to hire you for minimum wage, plus a percentage for successfull "locations" that way you may learn something. There are so-called "schools for training skip tracers" but in my opinion, the best way to learn is thru being able to observe a good tracer, at work. In some states, you have to have a Private Investigator license to work as a tracer, and in others there is no specific legislation about it. I'd check with the Texas state government about the rules to follow and the cost of a license, either PI or tracer. The other side of the coin is this...........who are your customers going to be? Unless you have contacts in the loan and banking business world, you will again starve to death. Think it over. You do not have to have a PI license in Texas to skip trace as long as you are skipping for debt collection, repossession. If you offer your service to the Public then you must be licensed. Skip tracing is exciting and challenging, trying to connect the dots and locate missing, lost or hiding people. Skip tracing is often referred to as "Adult hid and seek".