Sourcing Dossier locates, verifies, and arranges logistics for compute, hardware, and infrastructure that isn't available through standard retail or vendor channels — scoped to the $1,000–$5,000 engagement range.
Market Note — why new server pricing just moved, and what it means for acquisition timing →
| Category | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute & Hardware | Retro/rare computers, servers, GPUs, networking gear, restoration-grade electronics. | |
| Agent-Economy Infrastructure | Hard-to-source AI/agent tooling, dev hardware, and infrastructure access tied to agent-economy operations. | |
| Trading & Market-Data Equipment | Specialized trading terminals, data-feed hardware, and financial equipment not sold through retail channels. |
US Institutional Surplus covers government and university liquidation channels — enterprise servers, networking, and storage hardware sourced by watching auction inventory on the client's behalf, not held as stock.
| Estimated Item Value | Detail | Engagement Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Under $1,000 | Minimum engagement fee — search, verification, logistics. | $150.00 |
| $1,000 – $5,000 | Primary engagement range. Fee charged at intake. | 12% of value |
| Above $5,000 | Direct inquiry required — scoped and quoted before engagement. | By inquiry |
| Item cost | Quoted once located and verified. Client approval required before purchase. | Billed separately |
Turnaround: first verified candidate within 5 business days of intake. Refund policy: if no matching candidate is identified within 14 days, the engagement fee is refunded in full — no questions, no partial credit.
If you're relocating a business or team to Georgia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, or Colombia, the instinct is to buy hardware locally once you land. Priced it ourselves, live, this month: a workstation-class server (dual Xeon, 256GB RAM, professional GPU) that runs roughly $800–$1,500 wholesale in the US listed for the equivalent of over $2,000 in Mexico — a 35–150% premium we found consistent across servers and workstations in the two markets we've priced directly so far (Mexico and Georgia) — the pattern holds enough to state it plainly, and we're extending the same check to Puerto Rico and Colombia. Import-constrained markets price hardware at what it costs to get it there, not at US levels. The opportunity isn't finding a local steal — it mostly doesn't exist. It's sourcing from the deep US market at US prices and landing it correctly, customs-cleared, in the country you're actually operating in.
Our Channel Registry is public — the marketplaces, government auctions, and ITAD vendors we use are not a secret. What the fee buys is what happens after you find a listing: condition and authenticity verification before money moves, customs classification and duty exposure worked out in advance (a misclassified used-server import in Mexico or Colombia carries penalties of 100–300% of the duty owed — we carry that risk assessment, not you), cross-border logistics and payment execution on your behalf, and a single accountable counterparty instead of a foreign-language marketplace listing with no recourse.
Sourcing more than one unit — a server fleet, a recurring hardware refresh cycle — is scoped as a standing engagement with a dedicated point of contact, not repeated one-off intake forms. Contact marcus.still@nolawealthfinancial.com directly to scope volume pricing.
$150.00 covers engagements under $1,000 estimated item value. For $1,000–$5,000 — the primary engagement range — the fee is 12% of estimated value, invoiced directly. Engagements above $5,000 are scoped by direct inquiry at marcus.still@nolawealthfinancial.com before any fee is charged. No item cost is charged until a candidate is verified and approved by the client.