Just a heads up regarding my short experience with owner Micheal Romano, Fortune Contractors, Largo, FL who came to my home to do an estimate and within 15 frustrating minutes I had to ask him to leave due to his unprofessionalism, defensiveness, and his attitude becoming aggressive by talking over me or at me to evade answering the simplest of questions. One of my main concerns are the workers who are in my home, whether there are background checks and this is when his whole demeanor changed dancing around the subject. I've worked with many trades in the past, never having this reaction when asked, very telling... He proceeded to tell me that he uses subcontractors not even in house people, doesn't do much work himself but will ck in on the crews which essentially is a project manager, not what I'm looking for and was not forthcoming with when initially asked before coming out. I find these basic questions not warranting such uncomfortable energy shift on his part. He also overly used religious quips during communications, like I'm a god bearing man, have a blessed day, as if it was a tool for marketing or manipulation to not question him or to shut me down. It was perplexing how this conversation turned south on his part quickly needing to ask him to leave only to be told what a "Horrible" person I was, confirming it was the right move. I should have followed my gut in the first place bc it is very hard to find many reviews anywhere despite he said several times he has all 5 star reviews. Unfortunately after he left is when I dug a little deeper finding some not so nice reviews of taking deposits then not coming back, starting jobs then not finishing or taking a long time to come back, that he's a con artist and hires "illegal subcontractors." These aren't my reviews, see for yourself by googling: fortune contracting, largo fl complaints. Obviously I can't say what his work is like but I see so many people on here or hear of contractor issues from friends that you need to follow your gut and even then that's not enough sometimes. read more