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). 

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. 

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

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 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.

Autocratic governments tend to have even more issues because the issues are hidden from the public and nobody within those institutions wants to risk pushing them up the chain to get solved. 

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.  

I'm seeing some large institutional SFR/BTR investors looking in very different markets too.  

The biggest issue I’ve faced is unreliable syncing with financial institutions.