It's probably best to go to local Credit Unions and small banks for those than large institutions at the moment.

I only found an online one but some one else may give more inputshttps://www.meetup.com/real-estate-wealth-institute-indianap...

@Brandon MorganAbsolutely, and it's ironically what large institutions target (as well as large multifamily). 

Institutional hard money lenders will not lend to you personally or on a home you are occupying.

BRAND NEW (developed from the ground up and everything) brewery is opening on that bikeway the university has been pitching for years.I'm convinced that the university & city planners design the campus as a resort rather then an institution of higher learning.

I was offered LTV of 54%, 6% rate from a commercial lending institution but that LTV isn't feasible for me and was definately a lower LTV than I expected.

DO NOT invest with Chris Walters or Jim Thorpe, they are repeated and known scammers who have been issued fines by the WA State Department of Financial Institutions and are currently under investigation. 

I have found that you cannot go through a normal lending institution, They will lead you down the path that you will get the loan...In the end they will require documentation that is near impossible to get and it will end. 

As for SFR a pre approval letter is of value because most institutional lenders will close the loan with the main qualification being the buyer himself, as long as the property appraises for a certain value.Loans secured by commercial real estate are much more dependent on the property itself and all its characteristics, not just the appraised value.  

Stessa's reports are great, but the sync issues with financial institutions drive me nuts.