Know My Plan

Helping clients maintain, build, & transfer their wealth to their loved ones or charities. Financial planning doesn't have to be overly complicated. You don't have to do it alone. I enjoy working with clients who want to build a financial plan together thru a deep understanding of your goals both while working, in retirement, and beyond.

All investment advice is offered through Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC, a registered investment adviser.

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

SunTrust Investment Services, Inc.

VP, Financial Advisor

Financial Advisor

Licensed Financial Sales Consultant 2

I’m a Financial Planner that helps Sales Executives reduce financial anxiety with a 1-Page Plan.

Phone:  704-243-9376 | Email:  nic@knowmyplan.com | Website:  www.knowmyplan.com

I design financial plans for busy executives and their families.

Feel confident about your money with a complete overview of your financial situation

Reduce overwhelm by understanding exactly where you’re at in your journey

Reduce financial anxiety with a high-level plan for the future

You also want to reduce stress, save time, pursue your goals!

As a high earner, you deserve a customized plan to meet you and your family.  No more rules of thumb.  Your goals determine your financial plan, and your financial plan will determine your goals.

The financial plan is your life adventure map.  The plan will need to be monitored and adjusted over time.  That is why we love financial planning.  The process requires relationships built over years!

Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC.  For links to FINRA/SIPC, refer to the Contact Information section above. Advisory Services offered through Independent Advisor Alliance a registered investment advisor and separate entity from LPL Financial. 


Know My Plan is an other business name of Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC.  All investment advice is offered through Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC, a registered investment adviser.  Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC is a separate entity from LPL Financial.

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Nic Nielsen, CFP®

The busy attorney's financial advisor | Putting your money where it matters most, so you can reduce your taxes today and tomorrow. Stop tipping Uncle Sam!

Hundreds of law firm owners have worked with me to cut their taxes, protect what they’ve built, and create financial freedom on their terms.

They call me The Wealth Guardian — because my superpower is helping attorneys keep more of what they earn and build a financial foundation that lasts.

Here’s what I see every day:

You’ve built a successful firm.
Clients are happy. Revenue’s strong.

But your tax bill? That’s another story.

Most attorneys don’t overpay because they’re careless.
They overpay because they’re too busy serving others to plan ahead for themselves.

That’s where I come in.

I help law firm owners simplify the complex — so they can stop tipping Uncle Sam and start building lasting wealth.

Our MPG System is built around three goals:
✅ Minimize taxes with proactive, law-firm-specific strategy
✅ Protect income and assets from hidden risks
✅ Grow wealth with clarity and confidence

We start with a simple belief: serve the person, not sell the product.
No cookie-cutter plans. No pressure. Just smart strategy that fits your life and your firm.

A little about me:
I’m a Chicago guy at heart, a lifelong baseball fan (had a little trouble with the curve), and now a Florida resident who still bleeds Blackhawks red. I’m also a proud dad to a physician assistant daughter and an active member of AHEPA, raising scholarship funds for local high school seniors.

Next step:
If you’re ready to see how smart tax and financial planning can create real freedom — let’s talk.
📩 Book a 20-minute Ask-Frank-Anything session — no pressure, just real insight.
📞 954-253-5508
📧 frank@palmwealthpartners.com

P.S. You’re gonna love the way you feel when you stop tipping Uncle Sam.

Frank Rekas, CPFA

Nobody warned me this would be the hardest part of this profession.

The clients I remember most aren't the ones with the biggest portfolios.
They're the ones who reached out to me when they needed answers.

The law firm owner who lost his partner.
The widow who had no idea what her husband had.
The client retiring and wondering if they'll have enough income.

After 30 years, I've learned money is just the tool.

What I actually do is show up when they need me.

That's the job nobody puts on a business card.

Being the person someone calls when their life changes.
That's the privilege of this work.

I keep scheduling 60-minute coffee meetings. 

They never end in 60 minutes. 

I'm not going to apologizing for it. 😉 

Wednesday morning I sat down for coffee with Monica Ishak, 
a criminal defense attorney in the West Palm Beach area who
I'd only been connected with here on LinkedIn for a few months.

What I didn't expect was that it would feel like 
catching up with someone I'd known for years.

We laughed, we swapped "horror" stories from our younger days, 
and somewhere in between all of that I asked her why she became 
an attorney and why she landed in criminal defense specifically. 

And just like so many of the attorneys I've had the privilege of 
sitting across from, it came from something real that happened in her life. 

Funny how that works, isn't it?

Here's something cool I can share too.  

Monica is actually the one who planted the seed for the "Frank's My Guy Hat." So there's that. 😎

Monica is full of energy, full of great ideas, and she is absolutely in growth mode right now. I also picked up two things I didn't know going in, she's expanding into personal injury cases, and she has experience as a wedding planner.

That last one may come in very handy for a certain father of the bride in the not-so-distant future. 😉

Our conversation never had that awkward "we just met" feeling that can creep into a first meeting. It just flowed from the very beginning, and that's the power of building the relationship on LinkedIn before you ever sit down together. 

By the time you shake hands (or hug in my case), you're already warmed up.

I got so caught up in the conversation that I forgot to take a picture. 

I have done this before!  So I grabbed one off her LinkedIn timeline.

If you're not already connected with Monica, go fix that right now. 

And if you don't have a coffee meeting on your calendar next week, 
what heck are you waiting for?

Most law firm owners I talk to ask me the same thing.

"How much time do you spend on LinkedIn?"

It's a fair question.

It's not a billboard on I-95 that costs $3,000 a month.

It's not a radio ad nobody remembers.

It's not a cold call to someone who doesn't know you.

My last 5 new clients came directly from LinkedIn.

Zero ad spend.

Just showing up consistently with something worth reading.

Law firm owners are on this platform every day.

They're reading, scrolling and watching to see who shows up.

The question isn't whether LinkedIn moves the needle.

The question is whether you're on it when your next client is looking?
Are you on LinkedIn consistently or just when you remember to be?

You're sitting on introductions right now that could change someone's life.

Our Boca Elite Mastermind Group met Friday. 

I gave us all an interesting challenge.

Tell me how to introduce you.

It's a simple concept. 
With a powerful result. 

When you know exactly who someone's looking for 
and how they want to be connected, referrals actually happen.

Here's the real challenge when you're well connected... 
you actually know a lot of good people.

After 5 or 6 years together, the opportunities are everywhere. 

The question isn't whether you have someone to refer. 

It's having the confidence to say to someone:
"I'm connected to a number of excellent professionals, 
and for your particular situation, I feel strongly that I 
should introduce you to one of them that'll be helpful."

That's the moment. 

Yet most people hesitate right there, 
and it's not because they don't care, 
but because they aren't sure how to frame it.

Friday's exercise helped with exactly that. 

And once you have that green light, the email handshake, 
a technique I learned from Bill Cates, The Original Referral Coach,
makes the actual connection clean, professional, and pressure-free.

Truthfully, just handing someone a name and number doesn't count. 

If everyone who'd ever received my contact info had actually called... 
let's just say I'd be on a Greek island right now sipping Ouzo.

The real value isn't in the contact. 
It's in the thoughtful, well-timed connection that makes someone say
 "I'm so glad you introduced us."

Are you sitting on an introduction right now that you haven't made yet?

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If you're already feeling that familiar knot 
in your stomach... you're not alone.

Tax season is staring us in the face. 

Most law firm owners don't overpay because they're careless. 

They overpay because they're too busy running their firm to think three moves ahead.

Just this past week I had 3 conversations that stopped me in my tracks. 

Mid 5-figures to 6-figures in taxes that could have been significantly reduced.

With the right plan. 

Put in place before April.
☕ It's Tuesday. I've got my coffee. 

And I'm also here to tell you, 
there's still time to change the story for next year.

But that window? 
It opens and closes faster than most people realize.

The attorneys I work with didn't get ahead by working harder. 

They got ahead by finally having someone in their corner 
who thinks about this for them.

Have you had enough of tipping Uncle Sam more than your server?

Let's talk strategy not spreadsheets. 

📩 DM me or grab 20 minutes on my calendar 
for an Ask Frank Anything session.

You're gonna love the look of your financial life.
You can count on it

After 34 years in financial services, 
I finally figured out the most powerful phrase in my profession.

And I learned it from attorneys. 😎 

"It depends." 🤓 

Here's a few examples.

Client: "Should I buy or lease the new BMW?"
Me: It depends.

Client: "Is a SEP-IRA or Solo 401(k) better for me?"
Me: It depends.

Client: "Frank, are you going to tell me anything definitive today?"
Me: ...it depends. 🤣

Here's the thing, when your financial situation is as complex 
as a law firm owner's, cookie-cutter answers are dangerous.

The right plan "depends" on YOUR numbers. 
YOUR structure. 
YOUR goals.

Not some template built for someone else.

And definitely not the "Plotnick 3000" that everyone pushes.

If your advisor gives you confident answers before 
asking a LOT of questions,  you might want to run.

What's the most "it depends" financial question you've ever asked? 

You're gonna love the look of your financial life.
You can count on it

I had to choose between my sanity and my ego.

Should I stay in management and work with my clients??

Or resign from management and only work with my clients?

You think it's a simple choice. Except it wasn't.

I was constantly worried what others would think.

I worried about what others would say.

I continually asked myself if the 5-6 years would be a waste if I walked away.

My business partner was likely sick and tired of me talking about it so much, and she could see it on my face....which if you know me tells you all you
need to know about what I think about something.

I was drained both mentally and emotionally and I lost my way.

It took me passing out on the bathroom floor to realize something had to change.

After some long talks and many sleepless nights, I finally made up my mind.

I walked away from management.

Not because I failed at it, although some may have thought that, and
they're entitled to their own opinions.

But because I finally got honest with myself about what I was built for.

Sometimes we need to realize our work "here" is done.
Sometimes we need to admit that there's things going on that'
we don't want to tolerate any longer.

The hard choice was made, but I didn't lose anything. 
In fact, I was able to find my way back.
Back to the person I used to be.  Smiling, happy, good mood.
Positive energy.  And I started feeling better too.

Those years weren't wasted.

They made me a better advisor.

Here's what I know now:
Choosing yourself isn't quitting.
Sometimes it's the only move that makes sense.

I win.
My clients win.

If you're standing at a similar fork in the road, exhausted, 
second-guessing, afraid of what people will say.........
this is your sign that you have decision to make.

The path that scares you might be the right one.

Risk management and wealth management go hand in hand.

You can't have one without the other.

Most attorneys learn this the hard way.

One lawsuit. One disability. One bad tax year.

Years of progress....poooof.....gone.

That's why the attorneys I work with don't just have a growth plan.

They have a protection plan.

Because building wealth you're not protecting?
That's not a strategy.
That's a gamble.

If you're a law firm owner who wants both
DM me "PROTECT" and let's talk.

Your firm's biggest risk isn't market volatility. 

It's the absence of your partner.

Two founding partners of a law firm.
Together for 18 years. 

They've been splitting everything 50/50.

Then one of them has a stroke at 54.

Now the healthy partner is running the entire firm solo.

At the same time trying to figure out how to buy out his partner's half.

They never did an agreement.
They never planned for this.
There isn't enough money.

The firm's worth $3 million. 
He doesn't have $1.5 million sitting around. 

The bank won't loan it without cash flow to support it. 

And his partner's family needs income now.

So the firm gets sold at a discount.

Both partners end up losing.

This happens more than you think.

Death. Disability. Divorce. Departure. 

One of them will happen. 

If you don't have a funded buy-sell agreement, 
you're gambling with everything you've built.

Stock market crashes recover. 

Partnership disasters like this don't.

Do you have a buy-sell agreement that's actually funded?

Or are you hoping nothing bad happens?

Hope isn't a succession plan.

I'm Frank Rekas, The Wealth Guardian for law firm owners. 

This is exactly the kind of risk that hides in plain sight until it's too late. 
Let's find it before it finds you.

You're gonna love the look of your financial life.
You can count on it

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