If you have a U.S. social security number with a good credit profile, and can prove at least two years employment income (tax returns, etc) then you are likely to be able to get a mortgage loan.Of course, there is always seller financing but that is somewhat rare too, and requires a lot of sifting to find sellers willing to do it.We have a private money mortgage product in a few markets, but it's not for everyone because it's 50% LTV, 12% interest, and fully amortized over 7 to 15 years.

Knowledge is the accumulation of facts (in this case real estate facts).Wisdom, on the other hand, is the ability to sift through those facts and make a decision that will bear long term fruit.

Sift through the list and then adapt an excel spreadsheet to your specific uses.RE: Specific play-by-play excel usage...that will take awhile to type out here.

However, how does one sift through 80 million ads of crap to find what they are looking for? 

Well, how am I going to sift through the millions of people on social media to target those that may want to sell a house right?

In the last month or so of sifting through every available listing, it seems as if every single property offers a cap rate somewhere between 0-2.5%.

That would be great though because I am trying to sift through Realtor.com and Zillow and I'm getting no where!

He has been helping me sift through the good and bad deals to settle on only the gems.

It's hard to sift through sometimes and you really need a patient, good lender that will invest the time to sort through it.

If you do that you’ll have to sift through hundreds, maybe thousands of deals before you find that strong enough deal.