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Dee Kent Carter

Advisor at Sound Income Strategies, LLC — Midland, TX

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Credentials

ChFC®, Series 63

Experience

10 years

Location

Midland, TX 79701

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Sound Income Strategies, LLC

Multi-team

Total advisors

118

Across 60 offices

Clients per advisor

210 Very High

Avg AUM per client

$168,290 Very Low

HNW client ratio

2% Very Low

About

Dee Carter is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 10 years of experience at Sound Income Strategies, LLC and over 25 years in the industry. He has worked at Carter-Stearns Financial since 2025 and owns Carter Financial Group, where he sells fixed and index annuities, life, and long-term care insurance. Carter is also an educator at Scranton Academy for Financial Education and serves as chairman of the local John Burch Society business chapter. Additionally, he is a member of the Midland Downtown Lion’s Club. Sound Income Strategies is a fee-based investment adviser serving individual, corporate, pension, and retirement plan clients through asset management, financial planning, and advisory services. The firm emphasizes fixed-income and income-oriented strategies, active portfolio management, and allocates assets to third-party managers while also acting as a sub-advisor to exchange-traded funds.

Client services

Based on Sound Income Strategies, LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Sound Income Strategies, LLC

Income planning Annuities Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k)

Occupation focus

Based on Sound Income Strategies, LLC

Founder/Business Owner

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fees can be fixed fees negotiated in advance per plan

Percentage

$0+: up to 1.75% annually N/A - N/A: up to 2.0% annually for a limited select group with special needs requiring additional attention

Commissions

Commissions and trail fees from sale of mutual funds, variable annuities, and insurance products by select IA-Reps registered with affiliated broker-dealer Sound Income Wealth, LLC

Project-based

Financial planning services hourly fees with a minimum of $300 per plan

Other

Account minimum: $25,000 (may be waived based on client needs and complexity) Fee-only: Asset management fees, financial planning fees charged hourly or fixed fee, no commissions for advisory services

Location

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Midland, TX

1509 West Wall Street, Suite 114

Midland TX 79701

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

Texas

Work history

10 years of industry experience

Carter-Stearns Financial

2025 - Present • 1 year

Midland, TX

Sound Income Strategies, LLC

2016 - Present • 10 years

Midland, TX

Carter Financial Group

2001 - Present • 25 years

Midland, TX

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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CFA®

Midland, TX

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Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing
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Crystal R

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Midland, TX

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Christopher T

Series 66

Midland, TX

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General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Social Security optimization Income planning Tax-loss harvesting
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Brian F

CFP®, Series 63

Midland, TX

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General retirement planning Business succession planning Wealth management Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner
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Tanya M

Series 63, Series 65

Midland, TX

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Wealth management Options & derivatives strategies
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Michael M

Series 65

Midland, TX

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Passive / index investing Real estate investing Options & derivatives strategies
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