Does anyone have any advice on the best way to find these lenders?

My vision is for this meetup to be informal and organic.

Most are folks that have the emotional control of a 5 year old, controlling attitude, an omniscient narrative in every thread & topic, act like an online hall monitor, and constant attention seeking. 

I don't mean to throw shade at my fellow Illinois residents, but I'm quite bearish on this state for the long-term. 

Meaning what actually makes up those numbers how do they get on that statement.

I think I've talked to maybe 2 tenants on the phone so far, and I didn't mind because there's a lot of scams online.

We work on the principle trust, but verify.

It is possible that over time, Google ranking metrics recognize the uniqueness of your key words, and you move up in the rankings organically (without a cost to you), so that you can be found easily on Google searches for your location.  

On insurance side of things, there is a lot of variables.

I’m just saying get your lawyers lined up and signed off first.