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SCHLAGER SCHLAGER & LEVIN
Schlager Schlager & Levin (SS&L) has been helping our clients in Southwest Florida for over 30 years, The financial planning process at SS&L integrates expertise from various disciplines, including investments advisory, tax planning, legal & insurance consultations. Advisors with particular knowledge and experience with these areas are consulted to analyze, develop and implement comprehensive plan designs for your unique personal circumstance. By taking a team approach to your financial planning, we attempt to insure that there is always someone ready to help you who fully understand your personal need and details of your long term plan.
At Schlager Schlager & Levin we provide independent and objective financial planning advice. Our allegiance is to our clients. We have an unyielding commitment to our client's financial goals and objectives. We will never lose sight of the basis and tenet that an uncompromising commitment to service, above all unquestionable ethics, is the one true path to success.
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