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Retirement Planning Specialists, Inc.

241 Maple Street Suite 101, Ashland, OR 97520 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
OR RA APPROVED 2025-12-15
TX RA APPROVED 2019-09-06
  • OR RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-15
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2019-09-06

Branch Locations

241 Maple Street Suite 101, Ashland, OR 97520 • 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
Sagepoint Financial, Inc. Phoenix AZ 01/2009 08/2019
S & P Financial, Inc. Dba Financial Planning Specialists Ashland OR 09/2019 Present
  • 01/2009 → 08/2019
    Sagepoint Financial, Inc.
    Phoenix, AZ
  • 09/2019 → Present
    S & P Financial, Inc. Dba Financial Planning Specialists
    Ashland, OR
Previous Registrations
  • 2004-12-06 → 2006-09-07
    Oregon Pacific Financial Advisors Inc
    Ashland, OR
Other Businesses

1. ACADEMY OF PREFERRED FINANCIAL ADVISORS POSITION: TRAINING ASSISTANT NATURE: CALIFORNIA S CORP., INVESTMENT RELATED: NO NUMBER OF HOURS: 6 INVESTMENT RELATED HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2001 ADDRESS: 2260 LAVA RIDGE COURT, STE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95661 DESCRIPTION: I ASSIST WITH TRAINING SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN THIS COACHING PROGRAM., THIS ORGANIZATION TRAINS AND COACHES FINANCIAL PLANNERS, AND THEIR SUPPORT STAFF ON MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS., CE APPROVED WITH CFP. ***2. SMITH CONSULTING GROUP, LLC POSITION: President NATURE: LLC INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 01/01/2015 ADDRESS: 645 A St, Ashland OR 97520 DESCRIPTION: This LLC was created to pay my salary. This structure was recommended by my CPA and my estate planning attorney. My advisory fees and commissions are deposited into my individual checking account at Wells Fargo and then I journal these deposits over to my Smith Consulting Group, LLC checking account, also at Wells Fargo. ***3. RAVENSMITH HOLDINGS, LLC POSITION: Part Owner NATURE: LLC INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 10/01/2015 ADDRESS: 451 Briscoe Place, Ashland OR 97520 DESCRIPTION: I own a rental property in Sunriver, Oregon with my wife called Ravensmith Holdings, LLC. This LLC represents a 50% ownership of the property. My wife, Jane Cho-Smith handles all of the details. My role is very limited. The other 50% owner of the property is James and Janese Williams, who also run a separate LLC, called Blue and Gold Ventures, LLC. James and Janese Williams are advisory clients of the RIA.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2000-10-27
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1996-04-01
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2000-10-27
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1996-04-01
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