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Surplus Funds Profit System

16 Real Surplus
Deal Breakdowns

"Don't just learn what a surplus deal is. Learn how to think through one."

You've learned the fundamentals. Now see what happens when those principles are applied to real opportunities: real counties, real numbers where they exist, real complications, and Eric's real reasoning, case by case.

01

Analyze the Deal

Read only the raw opportunity, then work it yourself in the Deal Analysis Workbook before you see anything else.

02

Compare Your Thinking

Reveal Eric's actual analysis of the same deal and compare it to what you saw, missed, and concluded.

03

Build Pattern Recognition

Sixteen cases later, you'll start noticing the same signals before you're told what they mean.

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Real Cases
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States Represented
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Recurring Patterns
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Case Ends in a Loss
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Where this fits: use these breakdowns during Week 2 of the 21-Day Challenge. Days 8–9 teach you to identify and read opportunities, Day 10 covers deal economics, Day 11 is research and due diligence, Day 12 is claimant considerations, Day 13 pairs directly with studying Eric's own analysis, and Day 14 asks you to make your own call. These 16 cases give you repetition beyond the Challenge's core exercises; work one or two per sitting, not all sixteen at once.
Every case, one library

16 Real Cases

Each one is a different opportunity, a different complication, and a different lesson: pulled directly from Eric's own content, not summarized YouTube filler.

These case studies are provided for educational purposes. They reflect information and commentary from Eric Richardson's published content and should not be interpreted as legal, financial, or tax advice. Specific surplus-funds claims and recovery processes can vary by jurisdiction and circumstance. Consult appropriate professionals when necessary.
Before you start

How To Use The Breakdowns

Six steps, repeated for every case. The order matters: seeing Eric's analysis before you've formed your own opinion defeats the entire purpose of this product.

01

Read The Deal

You'll first see only the information available about the opportunity: state, county, surplus amount where known, sale type, and whatever else is on record. Nothing more.

02

Stop and Think

Before seeing Eric's analysis, open the Deal Analysis Workbook and work through the opportunity yourself: what you know, what you don't, what concerns you, what's attractive, what you'd verify, what you'd do next.

03

Make Your Call

Decide, honestly, before revealing anything:

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Reveal Eric's Analysis

See how Eric actually approached the same opportunity: what he noticed, how he reasoned through it, and what mattered to his conclusion.

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Compare

What did I see? What did I miss? What did Eric notice that I didn't? This comparison, not Eric's answer alone, is where the actual learning happens.

06

Capture the Pattern

Record the one lesson you want to remember the next time you see a similar opportunity, then move to the next case.

One important note: this product does not treat Eric's analysis as "the correct answer." Eric is an experienced operator reasoning through incomplete, real information, not a textbook. Some of these cases involve judgment calls, uncertainty, and at least one deal that was lost despite good analysis. The goal is to understand how he reasons, compare it honestly to how you reasoned, and build your own judgment, not to memorize his conclusions.
Works alongside the Surplus Deal Analysis Workbook. This product doesn't duplicate the Workbook's sections: it's built to be used with it. Each case links directly to the Workbook so you can record your own analysis there, exactly the way you would on a live opportunity.
All 16 cases

Case Library

Ordered pedagogically: easier and more foundational cases first, complexity builds toward the capstone at Case 16. Filter by state, pattern, complexity, or your own progress.

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After all 16

What You Should Now See

Instead of repeating sixteen individual lessons, here are the broader patterns that emerge once you've seen all of them together: the things you should now notice before you're told what they mean.

Optional

Knowledge Check

Seven scenario questions built from the 16 cases, not trivia. Each one reinforces a pattern you've already seen in action.

16 REAL SURPLUS DEAL BREAKDOWNS · Source: Eric Richardson, Money Making Juggernaut · Part of the Surplus Funds Profit System