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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
NY RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • NY RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

742 State Route 3, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Self-Employed Cadyville NY 09/1995 Present
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Plattsburgh NY 11/1996 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Plattsburgh NY 08/1998 09/2025
Tax Ii, Llc Plattsburgh NY 06/2015 12/2019
Vasso D. Laforest, Cpa Plattsburgh NY 01/2024 Present
Laforest Realty Plattsburgh NY 01/2024 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Plattsburgh NY 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 09/1995 → Present
    Self-Employed
    Cadyville, NY
  • 11/1996 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Plattsburgh, NY
  • 08/1998 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Plattsburgh, NY
  • 06/2015 → 12/2019
    Tax Ii, Llc
    Plattsburgh, NY
  • 01/2024 → Present
    Vasso D. Laforest, Cpa
    Plattsburgh, NY
  • 01/2024 → Present
    Laforest Realty
    Plattsburgh, NY
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Plattsburgh, NY
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2021-08-19 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Plattsburgh, NY
Other Businesses

1) Zoning Board of Appeals~Banker Road~Plattsburgh~NY~12901~Other~Elected/Appointed Official~7/1/2014~3hrs~0hrs~review local zoning appeals 2) Rental Property~742 State Route 3~Plattsburgh~NY~12901~Rental Property Owner/Management~Owner/Sole Proprietor~1/20/2005~5hrs~2hrs~Landlord 3) First Financial Services~742 State Route 3~Plattsburgh~NY~12901~Tax Preparation/Accounting~Owner/Sole Proprietor~1/5/2006~80hrs~60hrs~Acctg/Tax Prep 4) ROMANS 11, LLC POSITION: MEMBER NATURE: Holding entity for rental real estate INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 01/06/2022 ADDRESS: 1309 Coffeen Ave, Ste 1200, Sheridan WY 82801, United States DESCRIPTION: Manage activity of the LLC related to rental property 5) VASSO LAFOREST POSITION: Owner NATURE: Creating websites for lead generations for customers by searching highly searched words/services in a city then create a website with those words/terms in hopes the site reaches the top selection when searched, create a phone number that is then automatically routed to a customer to serve that industry thereby creating leads to the customer. Industries selected are generally contractor types (towing, landscaping, window washing, etc) where someone needs to visit a customer. Not used for an investment related solicitation. If my ultimate customer is happy with we negotiate how much they will pay per month for the continuous leads. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 12/14/2021 ADDRESS: 742 State Route 3, Plattsburgh NY 12901, United States DESCRIPTION: Research business niches that have potential website traffic to capitalize on the traffic and direct that web traffic to a local business 6) LAFOREST REALTY INC POSITION: Owner/Sole Proprietor NATURE: Real Estate Brokerage Sales Residential, Commercial, and property management/ Broker Price Opinions INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 10 START DATE: 06/21/2004 ADDRESS: 742 State Route 3, Plattsburgh NY 12901, United States DESCRIPTION: Real Estate Brokerage Sales Residential, Commercial, and property management/ Broker Price Opinions 7) LAFOREST REALTY POSITION: Owner NATURE: Real estate brokerage for buyers and sellers of residential, commercial real estate. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 5 START DATE: 01/19/2024 ADDRESS: 742 State Route 3, Plattsburgh NY 12901, United States DESCRIPTION: Meet with buyers and sellers of real estate and engage the services of a realtor to assist in either transaction for a commission 8) VASSO D. LAFOREST, CPA POSITION: owner NATURE: Accounting and tax services, DBA for sole proprietor INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 120 START DATE: 01/09/2024 ADDRESS: 742 State Route 3, Plattsburgh NY 12901, United States DESCRIPTION: Prepare tax returns and provide accounting services to clients

Exams
CodeExamDate
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1997-04-19
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1997-04-19
Other Names
  • Vasso D Laforest
  • Vasso D Laforest

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