I guess I need to go back and sift through my contacts and places I do business with and get busy.

The other way was sifting through the membership and taking a look at who could do a deal and putting things together.

Talking to the leads and trying to sift through the all the dirt to find gold is an incredible learning experience to say the least.

"Sorry we decided to go another direction" I usually put a test in the Craigslist ad as well just to sift through someone I wouldn't want to work with anyway.

Most dont just sift though junker houses or brand new construction.

I just went to HUDhomestore and sift through all the properties that reduced price.

Fortunately, this philosophy has provided a profitable platform for my business and we (my lovely wife and beautiful baby: see pic) are now in the position to start investing some cash.Our lofty goal is acquire at least one million dollars in annual positive cash flow and have at least 10 million dollars in equity before we turn 40 (I am 31 now).By sifting through all of the great material here on BP, I believe it is sound advice to pick a niche and so far I am divided between SFRs and MFRs.

There's not much inventory and there's even more junk to sift out than ever - it is not a pretty cool lake for a newbie to learn to swim in; there's a lot going on just below the surface.You didn't really specify what your investment criteria are - but that needs to be clarified down to a standard measurement that you use to evaluate any and all properties that you find interesting.  

I've just had a conversation with someone RE: wholesaling, and it seems reasonable that part of the process consists of sifting through the "numbers"... am I wrong?

I recommend www.listsource.comYou could sift out properties with this service.