Percy posted a Homework #2 docket check on Hamilton County OH last week — case numbers he posted himself in this group. It is a worked example we can read the way an operator would, and then I'll answer the question underneath it: what is the paid side for? The path Percy posted On the Homework #1 thread, Percy pulled Hamilton County OH and answered three questions from the county's own list: when the list was generated (September 1, 2026), how many entries carry both a name and an amount (233), and the oldest sale date on the list (02/09/2018). Then he took the next rep — Homework #2, the docket check on your three oldest — and posted what the docket showed on his rows. One line from his post: "NOTIFICATION TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR OF EXCESS FUNDS. SERVICE SENT BY REG MAIL TO (Claimant)… I took out the owner's name because I wasn't sure if you wanted us to post names and amounts." He also posted his row summaries — one row where a motion to distribute was contested and awarded to a competing party, and another where a motion was filed and his post states there had not been a ruling, with the line cut off by the see-more break. What his post actually shows Read exactly what Percy wrote, no further. His own summary shows one claim resolved to a party who contested it, one motion without a ruling, and a service entry addressed to a claimant. He redacted the name himself. The lesson is in what he did: the case numbers he posted himself (A 1505764 and A 1900394), dates on the lines he quoted, verbatim wording instead of a summary where it mattered, and no dollar amounts posted. The homework sequence builds exactly that — reading a record without filling the gaps. Where the paid side fits The homework sequence is posted in this group at no cost right now — Homework #1, Homework #2, and the pinned overview ("The Homework #1 path, in one post") are all here. What SFS Foundation adds is the five paid deliverables: the operator manual, the Field Kit, the simulation and source packet, the member readiness resources, and the local agent-builder learning reference. Support happens inside the paid community and at info@surplusfundssecrets.com, with replies within 2 business days. What it costs: $500 one-time for 12 months of access, paid through Stripe. No subscription, nothing auto-billed. After 12 months you can renew for $99 per year — renewal is manual only, never automatic. Refund policy: full refund within 14 calendar days, processed via Stripe on request; access ends on refund. What is not included: no automatic private integrations, no assured leads or attorney access, no promised outcome of any kind, no legal engagement, no software deployment implied. This is education, not legal advice. If you have looked at the path and decided you want what SFS Foundation adds, the checkout link is right here. Checkout link: https://buy.stripe.com/bJeeVcfqwauQbMXb6Bc3m09 SOURCES: - Percy's Homework #1 and #2 posts: his own words in this group (Hamilton County OH list answers 9/1/2026 / 233 entries / 02/09/2018; case numbers A 1505764 and A 1900394 with his row summaries; the service line quoted through the see-more break; his redaction note) — quoted as he posted them, first name only, zero dollar amounts - Pinned overview: "The Homework #1 path, in one post" (pinned in this group); homework threads "Homework #1: pull one county list" and "Homework #2: the docket check on your three oldest" - Price, term, refund, renewal, deliverables, exclusions, support route: SFS Foundation commercial spec RELEASED 2026-09-22 (offer_spec.json, owner-approved); checkout link buyer-render-verified 2026-10-07

Watch-the-machine day. Here is a real run, start to finish, including the parts that did not work. **The run** Today's target: the Collier County Clerk's site, hunting a surplus list. First attempt: the obvious URL — domain plus a guess at the page name. 404. Dead end one. Second attempt: a different county's records host. The hostname would not resolve. Dead end two — that hostname didn't resolve for me today. Third attempt: search, not guess. That found the real page on the Collier County Clerk's site, and the list itself: Tax Deed Sales Excess Proceeds List, a PDF stamped as of 9/29/2026. Downloaded today, one page. **What the machine saw** 16 rows. The header row reads: Sale Date / TDA # / Unclaimed Surplus / Claim Pending Surplus / 120 Day Deadline / Claims Filed / Legal Titleholder (prior to sale) / Address / City / State / Zip / Property ID# / Legal Description — 13 columns. The pull was fast. The judgment was not. **Where it gets interesting: the list argues with itself** I ran one arithmetic check on 14 of 16 rows — deadline minus sale date; the other 2 print no deadline at all. Here is every row's disposition: - 8 rows show a gap of 123 days, not the 120 the column implies — a consistent 3-day variance I did not chase today. - - 2 rows show 125 days, 2 rows show 133 days. - - 2 rows show a deadline that comes *before* the sale date. As printed, those numbers contradict each other. I don't know why, and the list doesn't say. - - 2 rows have no deadline printed at all. That is all 16. And the clerk's own footer says what the list isn't: "Abbreviated list provided for convenience - May not show complete information or current claims." **The lesson** This is why "the agent found the list" isn't the deliverable. The clerk's own disclaimer applies to all 16 rows, not just the two that print a deadline before the sale date — none of them are a substitute for the source records. What that deadline column actually binds is a question for counsel, not for me. Operators find and verify. Licensed counsel files claims. A list is a starting point, not an answer.