Situation
Auction research formed part of my property-appraisal and deal-screening work. What began with recurring auction workbooks developed into an operating procedure, methodology reviews and later automated capture work.
The work ran from 2025 into 2026. It connected the practical task of researching an auction catalogue with the question of how that activity could become more repeatable and better supported by software.
The commercial purpose remained the same throughout: create a usable flow of information for investigating and assessing potential opportunities. The process and tools needed to support that purpose across successive auction cycles.
What I did
I worked across auction research, process design and the progression towards automated collection. I authored the auction process master procedure in March 2025, alongside a working history that included individual auction runs, combined workbooks and a reusable template.
The workbooks provided the practical starting point. They gave the research a consistent place to be assembled and developed across more than one cycle. Later versions and the reusable template show the process being worked on over time, alongside the underlying appraisal activity.
The operating procedure addressed the work around those files. A workbook can hold the result of a run; a procedure helps explain the activity that produces it and what should happen afterwards. Connecting the two made the recurring task easier to describe, review and develop.
I also worked on the progression towards automated data pulling. The development thread began with automation work in June 2025 and continued into a scraping prototype, a capture worker and methodology reviews in 2026. It brought engineering into an established research process, with the earlier operating work remaining relevant.
My standing responsibilities included review authority over auction operations. The operations group carried out recurring checks, processing and database updates. My role connected the review of that activity with the process and development work around it.
That division of responsibilities matters to the design of an operating process. The person reviewing the work needs a usable account of what has happened, while the people carrying it out need a clear understanding of the task and its next handoff. The tools and procedure sit within that relationship.
Methodology reviews provided a place to examine the approach as it evolved. The task was broader than building a collector: the collection work needed to fit the way information was gathered, considered and passed into the wider opportunity-assessment process.
Outcome
The work developed from recurring auction workbooks into a documented process with later software-supported capture. The delivery history includes the authored operating procedure, the workbook series, development tasks, a prototype, a capture worker and methodology reviews.
That progression gives the case a clear operational and engineering thread. An existing research task was examined, documented and developed towards automation, with manual and software-supported stages visible in the same history.
The result is a body of practical work around auction research and screening. It connects the activity itself to a repeatable method and to the engineering intended to support it. The account concerns that development and contribution, with the underlying acquisition decisions remaining part of the wider commercial process.
What it proves
This case demonstrates the connection between deal research, process ownership and technical execution. I can work with the commercial purpose of a task, understand the recurring activity around it and contribute to tools that support its progression.
It also shows that my systems work grows out of real operating requirements. The auction work had a purpose before the software existed. The later engineering made sense because it addressed a defined part of that activity and could be considered alongside the process around it.
For an investment or development team, that is a useful combination: someone who can engage with opportunity screening and appraisal, take responsibility for the operating method and work across the technical detail needed to improve it.