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Ryan Fleming is a college planning specialist in the Columbus, Ohio area, practicing for over 11 years. As a Certified Financial Fiduciary®, CFF Ryan takes pride in helping others plan for their financial futures by avoiding wealth transfers and conflicts of interest. Ryan specializes in helping parents of college college-bound students plan for one of the largest wealth transfers of their lives. He also consults individually with parents and students to help them improve their financial aid picture and pay for college on a tax-favored basis.

In addition to his college planning practice, Ryan also works with families who want to improve their long-term retirement picture and ensure proper distribution of their estate.

What sets Ryan apart is his client-centric and easy-to-understand approach. Ryan’s main goal for each of his clients is to help provide them with confidence and certainty in their financial future by helping them answer the 4 most important financial questions that we all must answer in order to properly plan for retirement.

Ryan Fleming, CFF®

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After graduating with an engineering degree and then an MBA from Ohio State, Paul entered the management development track at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. After five years, he departed to start a staffing company with a partner. They sold it to a publicly traded firm five years later for $2.9 million. Along the way, Paul was Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year two years straight (1996 & 1997). Paul later entered the real estate sector, where he flipped over 50 homes and 25 high-end waterfront lots, appeared on HGTV’s House Hunters, rehabbed and managed rental properties, built a number of new homes, developed a subdivision, and started two successful online real estate marketing firms.

Three successful developments, including assisting with the development of a Hyatt hotel and a very successful multifamily project, led him into the commercial multifamily arena. Paul is the author of The Perfect Investment – Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing (2016). Paul also co-hosts a wealth-building podcast called How to Lose Money, is a featured guest on numerous real estate podcasts, and is a regular author for Bigger Pockets. Paul is married with 4 children and lives in Central Virginia.