Sift through them and probably for every 5 calls you get, one person will be your diamond.

See the illustration below.Our team sifts through all the buy-down options and selects the top five or ten.

In last few days I have received loan estimates and will now sift through the numbers with greater scrutiny thanks to Michael Kinsella's advice.Thanks again!

Especially now in the day of the internet- there is so much garbage out there, and young people need information to "sift and winnow" through it, and recognize what simply isn't true.

I use excel for a lot of things, but to image having to look at a list of 200 and try to manually sift through it to find the correct criteria for a property would have me pulling out the little hair I have left.

You need to network like crazy, be active in your target market, doing deals, etc. and sifting through a lot of crap.I do this day in and day out.

But right now it's in a big pile that has to be searched/sifted every time.

People who already have a great network of investor friends and colleagues who would be happy to show them how to invest People who already have advanced skills with real estate investing (unless you are looking at going to a specific course to learn an advanced method of investing you are not familiar with)People who get involved in other programs because they get excited but end up quitting and not doing the work that it takes to become successfulPeople who have the time to sift through the various opinions of others on the forums to determine what is helpful and what is not helpful when it comes to how to get startedIn other words, there are people who would likely benefit more than others by getting involved in a "guru" or mentoring program but it depends on the person's life situation, their learning style, and the quality of program they get involved with.

So a brokerage firm has to sift through the crud of new agents to see who might be a rising star versus another dud that peters out after a few sales.The low transaction fees and higher splits are for SEASONED brokers and agents.

Watch interviews and answers some time.The letter being long trying to explain everything to sift out the serious sellers is a mistake in my opinion.Over the years I do commercial real estate but used to do the owners heading into foreclosure etc.