I am out of state, and cannot have eyes directly on the project, so I need someone trustworthy who does good work. 

The rental market is hot and renting both units with trustworthy tenants is very easy.

The more posts I read from PMs, the more I think I should rank their trustworthiness somewhere below a used car salesman, but just slightly above the Indian guy who calls me claiming to be from Microsoft. 

Everyone wants to go hard ball process and procedure no compromise with contractors but the truth is that for a lot of us small business investors a couple hundred dollars to a tried and trustworthy member of your team will pay dividends ten fold over the course of your REI career.

I'm willing to pay generously for a responsible, trustworthy person.

You need to sound professional, put together, and trustworthy.

As mentioned, the US GOV is very trustworthy as a borrower, but there is no actual security or control.

So I bought a 4plex in Michigan back in September and hired a handyman who only had positive reviews on Google, Yelp, Facebook, etc.He seemed pretty trustworthy at first and I hired him to get all 4 units rent ready where he quoted me $8000 to paint and cleanup all 4 units..

I recommend you meet over at the property with trustworthy and top producing local: STR PM, LTR PM, real estate agent- and get some numbers and some recommendations from them, with their boots on the ground. 

Although wholesaling is legal, many states are adding more regulations to the process to increase transparency for buyers and sellers.From what you have said, this company does not seem reputable or trustworthy.