Top financial advisors working with self-employed clients in Spokane Valley, WA

The right financial advisor for you depends on how you weigh location, expertise, experience, the clients they typically serve, and how they work with you.

If you're self-employed, you likely juggle irregular income, business expenses, and tax complexities that differ from traditional employment. Without an advisor familiar with self-employment nuances, you might miss opportunities to optimize your tax situation or plan for retirement effectively.

  • Tax-aware planning. Look for advisors who understand Washington's unique tax landscape, including the 7% capital gains tax on long-term investments, to help minimize your overall tax burden.
  • Cash flow management. Ask how they help balance business expenses with personal financial goals, ensuring you maintain stability despite income fluctuations.
  • Retirement options. Confirm they can guide you through retirement plans suited for self-employed individuals, like SEP IRAs or solo 401(k)s, tailored to your business structure.
  • Business and personal integration. Seek advisors who coordinate your business finances with personal wealth planning, avoiding gaps that could cost you later.

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Robert A

Series 65

Spokane Valley, WA

Pacific Wealth Advisory, LLC

Robert Astin is a financial advisor at Pacific Wealth Advisory, LLC in Spokane Valley, WA, holding a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Pacific Wealth Advisory, he worked at Thrive CPA, PLLC—where he is a partner—and previously held roles at Green CPA, PLLC, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, and Ernst & Young, LLP. In addition to his advisory work, Astin maintains active involvement as a partner at Thrive CPA, PLLC, providing CPA services to clients. Pacific Wealth Advisory serves individual and high-net-worth clients, business entities, and retirement plans with asset management, ERISA plan services, and financial planning. The firm employs a long-term, Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment strategy using primarily institutional asset-class mutual funds and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Passive / index investing Wealth management Founder/Business Owner
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Billy S

Series 66

Spokane, WA

Merrill

Billy Storlie Jr. is a financial advisor at Merrill with 8 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. He has been affiliated with both Bank of America N.A. and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith since 2012. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations using model-based and discretionary investment strategies designed by internal and third-party managers.

Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Rigoberto C

Series 66

Spokane Valley, WA

LPL Financial

Rigoberto Chavez Gomez is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at UBS Financial Services and Cuso Financial Services, LP, and has also been affiliated with Spokane Teachers Credit Union since 2018. LPL Financial is a national SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, credit unions, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement consulting, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by research and model portfolios.

College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)

Scott M

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63

Spokane Valley, WA

Edward Jones

Scott Murock is a CFP® and ChFC® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Edward Jones since 1998. He is also a member and manager of STRAC LLC, a commercial real estate business based in Spokane, WA. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm that serves over four million individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs and investment options supported by a nationwide network of more than 23,700 advisors.

College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Business ownership considerations General estate planning guidance Founder/Business Owner Intergenerational Families
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Brenna P

Series 66

Spokane, WA

J.P. Morgan Securities

Brenna Piper is a financial advisor with J.P. Morgan Securities in Plano, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. She has worked at JPM Chase Bank NA and Chase, and earlier at Mountain West Bank. Outside of her advisory role, she is part owner of a hobby farm in Spokane Valley, WA, where she assists with animal care and a self-service goat feeder. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC provides institutional consulting services to corporations, foundations, and defined contribution plan sponsors, offering asset allocation advice, investment manager searches, and customized performance reporting through a select group of Wealth Advisors. The firm combines large institutional advisory operations with broker-dealer and investment adviser registrations, delivering non-discretionary programs supported by an in-house manager solutions team and centralized due diligence.

Wealth management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Kristin M

Series 66

Mt Pleasant, SC

Guardian Life

Kristin Manna is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. She previously worked at Consolidated Planning Holdings, Inc. and spent eight years with Charleston County School District. Outside of finance, she is an author and publisher of "The Basketball Coach's Notebook" and works as a math tutor for high school students. Guardian Life's subsidiary, Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and a combination of proprietary and third-party investment advisory programs.

Retirement income strategy Business exit / sale strategy Wealth management Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive
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Geoffrey T

Series 66

Chicago, IL

Sanctuary Advisors, LLC

Geoffrey Tomes is a financial advisor with Sanctuary Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Noyes Advisors LLC for 11 years and David A Noyes & Company for 26 years. His other business activities include involvement in fixed life and health insurance and fixed annuities. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of over 400 independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services employing various analytical approaches and maintains distinctive features such as negotiated performance-based fees for large institutional clients and affiliations with specialized asset management firms.

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Cash flow / budgeting General retirement planning
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Ryan V

CFP®, Series 63, Series 66

Richfield, OH

Schwab Wealth Advisory

Ryan Vollweiler is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory Inc. since 2021. He has held prior roles within the Schwab organization dating back to 2017 and briefly worked at Voya Financial Advisor, Inc. in 2015-2016. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, delivering services such as annual financial reviews and investment recommendations using Schwab’s proprietary research tools. The firm operates as an internal advisory unit within Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., distinguishing itself by not charging clients directly and by limiting discretionary management to affiliated or third-party money managers.

Passive / index investing Private / alternative investments
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Jonathan L

Series 66

Roseville, CA

LPL Enterprise

Jonathan Levatino is a financial advisor at LPL Enterprise with a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities LLC, and Apple Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he also works as a rideshare driver for Uber and Doordash. LPL Enterprise serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering financial planning, advisory services, and access to model wealth portfolios and third-party asset management programs. The firm integrates advisory programs with brokerage and insurance product sales through its affiliated entities.

General retirement planning Tax-loss harvesting Self-Employed Founder/Business Owner
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Rachel G

Series 63, Series 65

Ronkonkoma, NY

Verity Asset Management

Rachel Gentz is a financial advisor at Verity Asset Management with six years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including Menna Wealth Planning Group and The Leaders Group DBA Simplicity Investments. In addition to her advisory roles, she is president and owner of Rachel A Menna Advisors Inc. Verity Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial planning to individual, corporate, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm uses a model-driven investment process emphasizing tactical asset allocation across diverse asset classes and offers both internally managed and third-party models under fiduciary standards.

Concentrated stock management Tax-loss harvesting Passive / index investing Active portfolio management ESG / Sustainable investing

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