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Garek Joseph Tauchen

Advisor at SpendVest — Murrieta, CA

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Credentials

Series 65

Experience

< 1 year

Location

Murrieta, CA

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SpendVest

Independent

Total advisors

1

Clients per advisor

4 Low

Avg AUM per client

$0 Very Low

HNW client ratio

0% Low

About

Garek Tauchen is the sole advisor at SpendVest, an independent firm based in Murrieta, CA. He holds a Series 65 designation and joined SpendVest in 2025. Outside of financial advising, Tauchen is a partner in six businesses, including pest control, solar marketing, and a SaaS company, where he focuses on recruiting sales representatives through his ownership entity, Tauchen Adventures. SpendVest offers a robo-advisory service that uses an algorithm-driven platform to map client spending to investments in equities and ETFs. The firm employs a rules-based, quantitative approach with automated portfolio management and charges a flat subscription fee rather than a percentage of assets under management.

Client services

Based on SpendVest

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on SpendVest

Passive / index investing

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Location

Murrieta, CA

Murrieta CA

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

California

Work history

< 1 year of industry experience

Spendvest Corp

2025 - Present • 1 year

Murrieta, CA

Tauchen Adventures

2015 - Present • 11 years

Reno, NV

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