The sleazier and more down market a lender is, the less likely they are to have owner bios on the website. The bottom of the barrel lenders don't even have websites.

Whenever I go to the website of a large, reputable lender the management bios are there. For **** tier funders, they seem to always be absent.

I assume to know why this is, but figured I could throw this out there for discussion. What other things do folks observe that signal shadiness?