On March 25th in Walled Lake, FAI was well represented at the 16th annual Passion For Life 5K Run/Walk. Cold and rain didn’t stop our team from walking and helping to raise money for Mott Children’s Hospital. Thank you to Chris Cousins, Sherry Hanford, Jan Winters, Matt Dery, and Jan’s son Jordan Winters, and Sherry’s…

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Our clients mean everything to us here at Financial Architects and two of our favorites are Michelle Mullen and Aleta Sill. This dynamic duo are both professional bowlers and lovers of animals and for years have run the Bowl-4-Animal Rescue Fundraiser at Country Lanes in Farmington Hills. FAI participated this year as an Elite Sponsor…

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Ultimately, what are business owners looking for when they think about succession? Is it leaving on their terms? Leaving a good legacy? What about living happily in the “fifth quarter” of their life? All of these discussions took place on Wednesday in Oak Park at the Q5 Experience first “Spring Fling” event. Q5 team members,…

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On Wednesday February 16th, FAI’s own Pat Marody and Matt Dery along with John Carter, Chris Meso, Sarah Greifenberger, and John Bell participated in the annual Construction Association of Michigan “Design and Construction Expo” at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. The event brings together local businesses to highlight what they offer to the business…

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On Sunday, the 15U Romeo Renegades held their annual golf outing and it was a huge success! The Renegades are a girls fastpitch softball organization located in the Romeo/ Washington MI area. They are 100% volunteer-run and every penny they raise goes toward these fine young women on their softball journey. Financial Architects has been…

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August was Black Philanthropy Month and our own Asalyn Coachman was asked to be the Keynote Speaker for the Connecticut Community Foundation for Greater New Haven webinar event on August 25. She talked about the history of philanthropy among African Americans dating back to pre-colonial West Africa, through the period of segregation to present day.…

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Financial Architects’ Chris Besonen was recently featured on the company’s Inside Financial Architects podcast. Chris specializes in healthcare planning and Medicare and joined host Matt Dery to discuss the open enrollment period. There are a lot of options for Seniors when it comes to their Medicare coverage and Chris highlighted many of them on this…

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Content is certainly king. While we all continue to work through the “new normal” of 2020, our podcast network has provided our audience with enlightening and fresh conversations with newsmakers and community movers. Recently, host Matt Dery had the opportunity to catch up with Mike Stone of 97.1 FM The Ticket to discuss the death…

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The events of the last several weeks have caused us all to pause and consider the way we treat each other in this country. At Financial Architects, we deplore the acts that have taken the lives of fellow Americans and the systemic issues that allowed this to occur. The issues we face as a country…

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In our latest episode of the Inside Financial Architects podcast, we talk to Absolute Succession CEO John Carter. John specializes in business exit planning and working with owners who are looking to sell their companies. On the show, John and host Matt Dery talk about his vision for Absolute Succession and a new venture that…

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