William Merriam III

Do you plan to make work optional before age 65? I will use my tools and expertise to educate and empower you to be your own retirement hero, rather than try to convince you that you need to pay me or any other advisor year after year. While I provide investment advice, I do not offer ongoing portfolio management as a service and my only objective is to give you the best advice possible. My planning engagements typically consist of three to four meetings and span one to three months. We will work together to create a detailed plan for early retirement that doesn't ignore what you need to feel fulfilled in the present. You will be given free ongoing access to my planning software upon completion of our engagement and I will teach you how to navigate it. Visit my website today to learn more and don't forget when you are there to sign up to receive my free guide, The Top 10 Critical Mistakes People Make When They Plan To Retire Early.

Jerry Parrish is a financial advisor at JLP Investments with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC for 15 years before founding JL Parrish Investments Inc. and Parrish Insurance Agency, where he is a licensed insurance producer. JLP Investments serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and 1031 exchange assistance. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various instruments and manages many client accounts on a non-discretionary basis, often through monitored third-party managers.

Robert Liggero is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Financial Prescriptions, LLC since 2012. Prior to and alongside his financial advisory role, he has worked as a physician assistant in a pediatric ICU at Baptist Medical Center since 1990. Financial Prescriptions serves individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and consulting, coordinating investment management through third-party institutional managers. The firm employs a structured, multi-phase planning process and combines fundamental and technical analysis with both active and passive investment strategies.

Mario Payne is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Toams Financial. Prior to founding Toams Financial in 2019, he worked for Raymond James Financial Services from 2013 to 2019. Outside of advisory services, Mr. Payne is an Independent Insurance Agent and holds minority ownership stakes in several technology and real estate platforms, including Let Bob LLC, a software app focused on investment strategies and trading automation. He is also the author of the book *The Relax Estate - The Relax Investor*. Toams Financial provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a mix of fundamental, technical, cyclical, behavioral, and charting analysis in a primarily long-term investment approach. The firm integrates AI-driven products such as the Let Bob AI Powered Momentum ETF (LETB) into client portfolios and manages a notably high client load for a single-advisor practice.

James Grysko is a financial advisor at Ascend Wealth Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work history at Swindell Bohn Durden & Phillips PL and PGA TOUR, Inc. Ascend Wealth Advisors provides investment supervisory services primarily to institutional and pooled-plan clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and endowments. The firm follows a value-driven, fundamental investment philosophy and offers client education programs alongside portfolio management.

Ulrike Bittenbinder is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Sapphire Wealth Consulting, Inc. since 2016, with a brief period at Ken Zahn / University of North Florida from 2017 to 2021, and also has experience with Paul A Moir M.D. P.A. from 2012 to 2021. Sapphire Wealth Consulting, Inc. provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes client-specific policy construction and strategic asset allocation, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with a range of instruments including equities, fixed income, ETFs, private equity, and private credit.