Sometimes holders of discounted mortgages need quick cash, so they sell them, either to individual investors or to one of a handful of companies that specialize in buying them, such as the Seattle-based Wall Street Brokers, Inc.

—The Washington Post

So how does one find a mortgage seller? Among other options, Lorelei Stevens, president of Wall Street Brokers, Inc., a Seattle firm that buys private mortgages, recommends looking in classified ads for buyers of notes.

—The Wall Street Journal

Mortgage-note buyer Lorelei Stevens of Wall Street Brokers in Seattle thinks the following skills would help: marketing, making public presentations, negotiation, business math, real estate finance and knowledge of the relevant law.

—Newsweek