You are One of a Kind; You deserve a One of a Kind Financial Plan™️.With decades of experience as a Certified Financial Planner®️ and an Adjunct Instructor at Old Dominion University, my mission is to demystify financial planning for clients and students alike. At Ideas By Mike™️, LLC, I specialize in creating comprehensive strategies that address the multifaceted needs of our clients, from daily budgeting to long-term savings and risk management. See, we make complex financial planning by breaking your needs into five easy to understand plans: 1. A Tax Plan, 2. Your Personal Retirement Income Plan, 3. Your Investment Plan, 4. A Long Term Care and Health Care Plan and 5. Your family’s Legacy Plan.Our team is dedicated to transforming complex financial concepts into actionable plans. Through my role at ODU, I contribute to shaping the next generation of financial professionals, equipping them with the knowledge to pass the CFP®️ Exam and make a lasting impact in the field. My approach intertwines practical advice with real-life experience, ensuring that every decision supports our clients' ambition to live life well.With Ideas by Mike™️, our team of professionals simply your plan; and we are there to execute “A One of a Kind Financial Plan for Your One of a Kind Life”. I am an educator at heart; from teaching at the highest levels of career learners who want to change people’s lives through planning to using social media, webinars, podcasts and individual meetings to equip individuals to break free of the average life most financial firms want you to have. They want you to let them manage your money to reward their shareholders, board of directors and the IRS by growing your money to generate higher fees and more taxes versus planning for more take home money for your family over your life and to the next generation by lowering fees and retiring your tax debt.Let’s get started!