The as the quality of the area decreases the more you have to sift for that gold.

It is clunky, and requires you to sift through too many search results.

The business model has sifted a fair amount.

I'm a big fan of craigslist and agree there is a fair amount of garbage/scams running about there but if you sift through you do get a good bang for your advertising dollar.I've used backpage as well but never got the response.

I am trying to get my list of potential contractors now, so I can have some rough estimates, sift through the ones that aren't a good fit, and hopefully hit the ground running, should I find and close on a property.

First off, sub to and pre-foreclosure investing requires a ton of marketing and advertising as well as the need to sift through hundreds of phone, email, and web contacts before finding one worth pursuing further.

It is SO much easier to input these things as they happen, rather than sifting through receipts and miles logs come tax time.Best of luck to you!

If not, this might just have to be a tool or spreadsheet that my wife and I will have to create to help us sift through the number of potential properties that come our way to determine if it's one to pursue or not.We're looking into doing STRs and the BRRRR strategy.Thank you for your time, and looking forward to seeing how others analyze multiple deals quickly. 

if you have the time and energy to sift through it al that's a business decision.  

It is your job to always be critical of every individual’s motivations.Underwriting involves sifting through a ton of data that may or may not be biased in one way or another.