presumably, the idea of these things is to fool people into thinking that normally, if you ask a real-estate agent to come and see what they reckon your house is worth with an eye to selling it, they charge you $500 just for picking up the phone. they will in fact do a better job of removing dirt that is deeply embedded into the carpet. we can say that good stuff was found. he had that slight mad edge that made him exciting and interesting to be around. 