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Sal Alfano, Retired President Avis Leasing USA

Dear Mike,

It is hard to believe it's been 40 years since you began advising me regarding estate planning and financing options. As President of Avis Leasing Corporation, I realized my business career limited the time necessary to concentrate on my affairs.

Meeting and involving you to provide the needed support has been invaluable. The sound advice, honest assessments, and straightforward talk you have provided over the years have proven to be on target.

Now, at 75 years old and retired for the past 24 years, I am and have been debt-free, enjoying financial security. Many thanks!

Thanking you for your thoughtful and straightforward advice is not only a pleasure but well deserved. It is said that today's fast-paced world no longer values the interpersonal approach you employ in interacting with your clients.

I have always welcomed your professionalism, availability, and honest personal concern not only for me but for my family.

Unfortunately, you are an anomaly in a world that no longer values relationships or loyalty.

Best wishes and again...Thanks!

Sal Alfano, Retired President Avis Leasing USA

Tim Murphy, Boomers Parks Chief Executive Officer, Board director

Michael is an excellent problem solver with a creative vision that provides solutions to problems. Michael helped

PHresh Kitchen and later, FRESH & fit! To GO, as COO and, did a fantastic job with vision execution, bringing value to our business model, and would enrich any entity he is affiliated with. He is a true professional, detailed, research-oriented, and a pleasure to deal with, always lending a valued opinion or creative approach to the organization. It was a sincere pleasure working with Michael at PHresh Kitchen and FRESH & fit! To Go, I would highly recommend him for any task, endeavor, organization, or company!

Tim Murphy, CEO, Boomers Parks

Leslie H. Krieger, Ph.D., SPHR, Florida Licensed Psychologist

January 16, 2018

Mr. Michael L. Chindamo

Fautores Family Offices

Dear Michael,

Working with you as part of the Fautores Family Offices resource team has been a pleasure and a privilege. As you may know, my late father, Ben Krieger, was a true family office professional, guiding a select group of families for over half a century who had invested in several Krieger-Built ventures. Your dedication to your clients reflects the same high ethics and deep, genuine concern for the well-being of all family members that I saw in my father's relationships with his clients.

Very few family office advisors provide the enlightened perspective you bring to this responsibility. By seeking out intelligent, caring resources, continually updating your knowledge and skills, and asking families the tough questions that must be addressed for their future well-being, you bring your very best to support each family's generational succession needs. You recognize that family businesses accumulate not just wealth but also a unique culture that needs to be respected, nurtured, and refined for the benefit of each successive generation.

Sadly, I've seen individuals and groups who advertised themselves as Family Office Advisors but who were nothing more than financial product salespeople in disguise. And sadder yet, I've seen one of these self-proclaimed advisors wipe out much of a family's hard-earned wealth after a “corporate insider” suggested the family move their family office away from a respecter advisor with whom they had worked for years and who had introduced us to handle the many psychological issues that had arisen among family members and the family business itself. That family and their wealth were devastated by the mismanagement of their financial assets and the resulting shattering of the family itself.

Michael, I look forward to supporting your continuing efforts to preserve family businesses and protect their family members through successive generational changes. In today's economy, family-owned businesses are the primary job creators, and most family business owners take this critical role in their communities very seriously. So the family's choice to work with Fautores Family Offices benefits not just successive generations of family members but also the communities their businesses support.

Most sincerely,

Leslie H. Krieger, Ph.D., SPHR, Florida Licensed Psychologist

Les Krieger, Ph.D., is also President of Assessment Technologies Group. 

Donald L Ward - State Director of CEO CLUBS Florida.

There are people that you have the Honor of crossing the path of. Unusually gifted and well-rounded, despite their level of success in the past, feel like a friend from one's childhood.

When I met Michael Chindamo, I felt I must have known him in my future or childhood!

There are not many men or women I would entirely trust my Life, Wife, and Money.

Michael has walked with Kings much of his life and shown through his ability to serve, learn and grow. He focuses on the relationship, not the transaction, which I saw I had in common with his day one.

Honored to be able to share Michael with people as I have tried to do for the past 14 years

Donald L Ward

State Director of CEO CLUBS Florida.

Paul M. Brala, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist licensed in NJ and FL. Steve Atamanchuk, HR Officer and Certified Succession Planner.

It is my distinct pleasure to make this recommendation of Mike Chindamo and the services he provides through Fautores Family Offices. I have known Mike very well for decades and have had the opportunity to watch him develop the range and depth of his financial planning services. Fortunately, I have also benefited directly from the professional expertise and wisdom he has worked hard to develop.

Mike has always been readily available to respond to questions and concerns when they arise, and in doing so, he has always been mindful of making sure his views and input are clear and understandable. He has never been the type of advisor just to say, “Do this and then do that,” without explanation. He values relationships in his consultation practice and thus places a premium on communicating with his clients to ensure they see the strategy and logic in his advice. And although he values the process of consulting with clients, his focus is always on the financial and organizational outcomes that will benefit and support his family clients and their businesses.

Mike's input was instrumental in my decision to make a major life/career transition when I was 64. Changes in the healthcare industry had impacted my business, and I struggled as I considered transitioning to a different career path. Consultation with Mike throughout several months was vital to my decision, and I continue to be grateful for his input. His perspective and advice were thoughtful, supportive, comprehensive, and data-based. As a result, I've significantly improved my financial well-being and family. In the realm of home and property ownership and rental, Mike has always helped me sensibly connect the dots, while he also identifies a few dots I hadn't considered! Over time he showed me the value of thoughtful, strategic, and conservative decision-making and investing, which has also contributed directly to my long-term security.

Mike has a key bias. That when families have worked hard to develop and own a business, they should be able to avoid critical pitfalls. At the same time, they secure the family's business culture and financial well-being for generations to come. He has no cookbook, but he knows what works. It's just that the range and depth of his knowledge and experience are sufficient for him to adequately address complex situations with an understanding that comes only with time. Mike has learned to identify and then ask the hard questions. He also knows how to distill complex situational elements into their most vital components and thereby help his clients see them with greater clarity. Mike cares about his clients.

Mike is a man with considerable expertise who is strongly committed to families' and businesses' financial success. I am pleased to recommend him as a Certified Financial Planner and Family Business Consultant.

Paul M. Brala, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist licensed in NJ and FL

Stephen Atamanchuk, HR, Certified Succession Planner

having worked with and known Michael for over 30 years, I have had the utmost respect for his ability and knowledge in his field. He has been not only an ethical individual but also a genuine and authentic communicator. His recommendations and concern for his client are, without a doubt, tops in the business. I would recommend Mike to any of my friends, family members, or colleagues.

Steve Atamanchuk.

Fautores Family Offices (Fautores) specializes in counseling family-owned and owner-managed businesses that commit to maintaining their family and business culture for generations to come.