How not to get burn by a HML?

[Jose Ortega]

Hi BP, my question is how do I know that a HARD MONEY LENDER won't burn me. For example, let say I found a GREAT deal and I send the information about X property to them and they " don't want " to finance the deal to me but instead they might know someone else in the business and pass that Information to him or her. How do I protect myself in this situation??? Thanks you!