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    5 Buckets, 4 Shovels, a Beach and a Map: A Guide to Financial Security
    5 Buckets, 4 Shovels, a Beach and a Map: A Guide to Financial Security
    5 Buckets, 4 Shovels, a Beach and a Map: A Guide to Financial Security
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    5 Buckets, 4 Shovels, a Beach and a Map: A Guide to Financial Security

    By Stephen D Mayer

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    With over 40 years of industry experience, Steve Mayer takes the complicated subject of financial planning and explains it in an easy to read format that all ages and levels of income can relate to . Using metaphors for your asset groups (the buckets), your advisors (the shovels), your life (the beach) and your financial plan (the map), Steve wa

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSD Mayer & Associates LLP
    Release dateNov 2, 2018
    ISBN9781087857022
    5 Buckets, 4 Shovels, a Beach and a Map: A Guide to Financial Security
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    Stephen D Mayer

    Stephen D . Mayer was born in San Francisco in 1954, where he attended Riordan High School and then U.C. Berkeley. He is a CPA by trade, however, his entrepreneurial nature has lead him to be involved in starting over 18 different businesses. He lives in San Mateo with his wife, Patty, of over 25 years and has three children-Dylan, and twins, Kenzie and Nicola. He is a man of many traditions, including over 40 consecutive years of backpacking with his group of friends. For fun, when he turned 60, he completed an Ironman "because it seemed like a worthy goal". Steve also enjoys writing, especially when his experiences can help someone else. This book is meant to take a complicated subject and make it easily digestible through simple images and words .

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