Entity needed for a hard money lender

[Courtney M.]

I am in the process of funding a deal with a hard money lender. The hard money lender informed me that I need  to set up an entity it were to work with them. I've never worked with a  hard money lender nor do I have an entity set up, so I was surprised to hear about this arrangement. For someone who has never set up an entity before, what would you recommend?