History

I am a 'retired' businessman who sold his financial services practice more than 8 years ago. I hold no licenses, but I am still professionally designated as a Chartered Life Underwriter. (I mention this for purely historical and egotistical reasons.)

I'm also the former board chair of a medical not-for-profit agency here in Rochester.

For years I made my living doing the right thing for others. Because of that I've developed a reputation for honesty, competency and dependability. I back-up this claim by quickly providing you with both personal and professional references, should you desire them.

Over the years it became apparent to me that people need help in many ways. Older folks and busy families seem to be most in need of on-going assistance with daily, routine chores. I noticed other people were already providing various types of assistance. When I asked those other providers what made their services successful, the answer was always the same, 'I show up, on-time, every time.'

That didn't sound like a difficult business model to emulate. So, Surrogate Son was born out of these collected observation