Abstract: A method and computer-implemented method for loan consideration including the steps of: (a) obtaining financial data regarding a loan requester from a plurality of digital media sources, the financial data including tax data; (b) analyzing the financial data to make an affordability and risk assessment (AARA) for granting a loan to the loan requester, the AARA including calculating, at least from the tax data, a forecasted amount of unencumbered capital to be available over at least a portion of a term of said loan (i.e. by calculating an amount of historical unencumbered cash flow, which is then forecasted by the system into the future) after capital expenditure is estimated and current outstanding loan/debt repayments are deducted from the estimate; and (c) deciding whether to grant the loan based on the AARA.