TrueDoor appears to have a great reputation online, I'll be giving them a call.

Did you feel you had any difficulty getting started with the listings compared with if you had started them with your personal account that would have been more reputable at first?

You and this private person you met hammer out the details of the loan at the kitchen table so to speak and you seal it with a handshake and your reputation that this Private Person already respects or whomever introduced has vouched for you.But if a man opens a lending company tomorrow with 50 Million of his own capital and he checks in on the HML market to see what it bears and he copies his products and UW guidelines and now is he PML or HML? 

When you celebrate success and prioritize building relationships, you'll find that your network expands, your reputation soars, and the path to wealth becomes even more prosperous.

They are a reputable company. 

You’re not just managing a property—you’re building relationships and your reputation. 

It markets our properties, screens our tenants, collects our rent, deposits it into our bank accounts, has full accounting and reporting features, has a tenant facing web portal & app where tenants can log in and report maintenance issues and see their account, etc, for $2/door/month - but they have a $45 minimum monthly fee... so up until you cross 22 doors it would be $45.

Quote from @Dani Murai: Any recommendations for a reputable general contractor that services the Torrance/Gardena area? 

I will challenge you to find a single reputable source that does not show San Diego to have achieved outstanding long term return.- I posted a recent rehab that I added half a bathroom out of existing space and the comps showed that half bathroom added $50k of value.  

As long as you are comfortable with the sponsor (Brian has a solid reputation) and the opportunity meets your criteria, then it is your decision to move forward with the investment.