The present invention is directed to a method for facilitating a real estate transaction comprising the steps of receiving at least one site performance criteria from at least one prospective buyer, receiving prospective site data regarding at least one prospective site from at least one prospective seller, calculating the value of at least one prospective site metric using the prospective site data wherein the at least one prospective site metric corresponds to at least one of the site performance criteria, evaluating the at least one prospective site metric using a predetermined set of filtering criteria, determining whether the at least one prospective site meets the site performance criteria based on the evaluation of the prospective site data and the at least one prospective site metric and displaying the degree to which the at least one prospective site meets the site performance criteria.