# Proof of funds

Documentation that your cash for the deal exists and is yours.

Brokers filter first inquiries on it, so having a current statement ready is the difference between reading the [CIM](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/cim) this week and getting a form reply. Screenshots and verbal assurances do not count, and neither does a balance you would have to borrow against. Prepare a redacted PDF showing the institution, the date, and the balance but not the account number, and pair it with a lender [prequalification letter](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/prequalification-letter): together they answer the two questions a broker has about a stranger.

In numbers: A broker asking for proof of funds wants to see the $150,000 injection actually exists: a statement dated this month, balances visible, account numbers redacted. A screenshot of a brokerage app from last quarter reads as a buyer who is not ready.

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/proof-of-funds
Not dated: A definition is editorial: what a term means, why it matters, and an example. None of it reads a source that can go stale, so there is no date to take and a stamped one would be the build time wearing a costume.

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