Private Lender Verification?

[Tim Robinson]

Is there a good way to verify a Private Lender?

As an SFR investor I was PMed by a private lender through biggerpockets with some really good rate & terms, like conventional loan type numbers.

I haven't given them a whole lot of personal information as yet and am not too far into the process but my Spidey-Sense is going off a bit. their website has some content not a ton, it looks to have been registered a little over a month ago.

I don't have a lot of experience working with a private lender so what is the normal process, what information do they ask for up front?