To obtain sign-off to purchase a NeXT Machine (the Cube), Tim needed to come up with a project. 

(Washing machine, dishwasher, toilets, sinks).

Now the problem with online bidding is similar to gambling slot machines; there is an algorithm that balances the win/lose ratio (or so we think). 

You should master cold calling if you want to be a deal machine. 

I believe this came from Medicare, not wanting an itemized invoice for $$$.I know a couple groups of doc that invest in real estate, and the always invest in specialty things like the $1M magnet in the MRI machine & the imaging center, and surgi-centers, not "generic" office space.

type writer there.. ( a typewriter is this machine that you can actually stick a document in and it prints out letters and numbers) if you make a boo boo there is this thing called white out.anyway.. buyers would show up and he would sell out all 100 properties in a day.. now he would buy the tax sale stuff for 100 to 200 a lot... sell them for 900 to 1900 per parcel.. 

Ryan Dossey makes a good point about letting calls go to answering machine.

The higher 6 digit ones (under 1m but >500k) are the old salt dogs, low enough (<500k) and that's who was doing mortgages via fax machine and telegraph, the tribal elders who travelled by horse and buggy with a top hat.

@Rich O'Neill on a hopefully lighter note there was a line about VAT/national sales tax that made the rounds last time this got a push: "it will pass as soon as liberals realize it is a cash machine and conservatives realize it is regressive."

Another cool feature we integrated is machine learning AI to predict what the price would be based on how we have bid.