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Thomas Davis Talmage III

Advisor at Independent Financial partners — Mt. Dora, FL

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Credentials

Series 65, Series 63

Experience

18 years

Location

Mt. Dora, FL

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Independent Financial partners

Enterprise

Total advisors

314

Across 165 offices

Clients per advisor

167 Very High

Avg AUM per client

$225,569 Low

HNW client ratio

35% High

About

Thomas Talmage III is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. His career includes ten years at LPL Financial and ongoing roles at Independent Financial Partners and the Talmage Financial Group. He is also involved in business advisory services through Encompass Consulting, focusing on exit planning, estate planning, and retirement planning for business owner clients. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent advisors. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients, offering both decentralized investment strategies and centralized asset management options.

Client services

Based on Independent Financial partners

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops Non-discretionary investment advice

Expertise

Based on Independent Financial partners

Retirement income strategy Tax-loss harvesting

Occupation focus

Based on Independent Financial partners

Founder/Business Owner Executive Retired

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning services often charged as flat fees, negotiated based on service scope and complexity

Percentage

$0+: Negotiated; may be tiered with breakpoints set by individual IARs up to 2.0% max $0+: Up to 2.5% max with Third Party Asset Managers (TPAMs) included

Commissions

Offered through affiliated broker-dealer; commissions charged on brokerage transactions separate from advisory fees

Project-based

Financial planning and consulting services may be charged on an hourly basis, fees negotiated per engagement

Other

Minimum fee: Minimum fees vary by IAR; some IARs may charge flat fees regardless of account size Fee-only: Financial planning fees charged as flat fees, negotiated per client and service complexity

Location

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Mt. Dora, FL

Mt. Dora FL

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Florida

Work history

18 years of industry experience

IFP Securities, LLC

2019 - Present • 7 years

Eustis, FL

Talmage Financial Group

2012 - Present • 14 years

Tavares, FL

Independent Financial Partners

2011 - Present • 15 years

Eustis, FL

LPL Financial, llc

2009 - 2019 • 10 years

Eustis, FL

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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James R

Series 63, Series 65

Tavares, FL

LSP Advisory LLC

James Randazzo is a financial advisor with LSP Advisory LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at GWN Securities Inc. for 15 years before founding LSP Planning LLC in 2014 and LSP Advisory, LLC in 2019. In addition to advisory work, Randazzo is involved in tax consulting and preparation, life insurance and annuities sales, and Medicare planning. LSP Advisory, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $24.8 million across nearly 100 accounts. The firm primarily uses risk-based model portfolios and third-party sub-advisers, with a focus on quantitative and qualitative evaluation of managers, and offers services in equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, structured notes, REITs, and private/alternative investments.

Private / alternative investments
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Laurore J

Series 63, Series 66

Maitland, FL

JP Law and Wealth Advisors PLLC

Laurore Jean Pierre is a financial advisor at JP Law and Wealth Advisors PLLC in Maitland, FL, with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked previously at Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, SunTrust Bank, and Wells Fargo. Ms. Jean Pierre is also a licensed attorney and provides legal services through her firm. JP Law and Wealth Advisors offers tailored asset-allocation advice and written financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm combines technical and fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory, primarily using model portfolios and third-party money managers for implementation, and operates a fixed-fee planning model without discretionary management or custody of client assets.

Options & derivatives strategies Cash flow / budgeting
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Philip F

Series 65

Apopka, FL

Polaris Financial Planning, LLC.

Philip Ferguson is the sole advisor at Polaris Financial Planning, LLC, an independent firm based in Apopka, Florida. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 25 years of industry experience, having founded Polaris Financial Planning in 2000. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Ferguson hosts The Phil Ferguson Show, a podcast covering skepticism, atheism, investment philosophies, economics, and politics. Polaris Financial Planning provides discretionary asset management primarily for high-net-worth individual clients, employing a science-based, buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm customizes portfolios using diversified index and mutual fund allocations selected through a proprietary model, with an emphasis on long-term holdings and occasional tactical adjustments.

Passive / index investing
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David S

CFP®, Series 65

Sorrento, FL

Apis Wealth, LLC

David Souders is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Apis Wealth, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2019. Prior to founding Apis Wealth, he worked at Ronald Blue & Co., LLC and Ronald Blue Trust from 2003 to 2019. Apis Wealth provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, typically serving clients with account minimums of $500,000. The firm’s investment approach includes tailored asset allocation across equities, fixed income, and other securities, with continuous monitoring, formal annual reviews, and specialized planning for clients with concentrated equity positions and cryptocurrency exposure.

Concentrated stock management Retirement income strategy Income planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Executive
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Daniel B

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Apopka, FL

Victory Wealth Management, LLC

Daniel Basinger is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Victory Wealth Management, LLC since 2022. He previously worked at NorthRock Partners from 2019 to 2022 and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2014 to 2019. He maintains a current Illinois insurance license. Victory Wealth Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm utilizes a range of investment instruments and combines fundamental, quantitative, technical, and charting analysis within a fiduciary framework.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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Gregory G

Series 63, Series 65

Orlando, FL

Fund Advisors of America Inc

Gregory Galloway is a financial advisor with Fund Advisors of America Inc in Orlando, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Fund Advisors of America since 1993. Fund Advisors of America provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, focusing on retirement planning, college funding, and mutual-fund based investing. The firm uses a combination of modern portfolio theory, asset allocation, and fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, employing a range of instruments such as equities, mutual funds, ETFs, leveraged index funds, and option strategies.

Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies
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