Mike "Big Mike" Engler

Before I ever sat down with a client, I spent years in the lumber industry working alongside the same guys I serve today. Builders. Contractors. Tradespeople who showed up before sunrise and didn't stop until the job was done. I watched them work incredibly hard and still end up with nothing to show for it at the end. Not because they were careless, but because nobody in their world was giving them straight answers about money.

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That changed everything for me.

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I'm a Certified Financial Educator and I hold FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 registrations, along with life and health insurance licenses. I've spent years learning the strategies that actually work for business owners whose income doesn't fit neatly into a paycheck, and whose retirement plan can't just be "keep showing up."

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I played offensive lineman at East Stroudsburg University. In football, your whole job is protection. You don't make the highlight reel, but when you do your job, everything else works. That's how I think about financial planning. Most people focus on the big play. I focus on making sure nothing collapses the pocket first.

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I live in the Lehigh Valley with my wife Rebecca and our kids Hailey and Brayden. This work is personal for me. It was built because of my dad, and it runs on the same values he taught me, even if the financial system let him down.