We specialize in the following types of services: Asset Management and Financial Planning &
Consultations. Our assets under management are $306,573,921 as of December 31, 2022.
A. Description of our advisory firm, including how long we have been in business and our principal
owner(s)1.
We are dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment
advisory services. Our firm is a corporation formed in the State of Tennessee. Our firm has been
in business as an investment adviser since 1997 and is owned as follows:
Donald C. VanLandingham, Jr. – 51%
Kathy J. VanLandingham – 49%
B. Description of the types of advisory services we offer.
(i) Asset Management:
We emphasize continuous and regular account supervision. As part of our asset management
service, we generally create a portfolio consisting of exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and
mutual funds. The client’s individual investment strategy is tailored to their specific needs
and may include some or all of the previously mentioned securities. Each portfolio will be
initially designed to meet a particular investment goal, which we determine to be suitable to
the client’s circumstances. Once the appropriate portfolio has been determined, we review
the portfolio at least quarterly and if necessary, rebalance the portfolio based upon the
client’s individual needs, stated goals and objectives.
(ii) Financial Planning & Consultations:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consultation services to individuals, families
and other clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an
analysis of client’s current situation, goals, and objectives. Generally, such financial planning
services will involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for client
based on the client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may
encompass one or more of the following areas: Investment Planning, Retirement Planning,
Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax
Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt
Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, Business and Personal Financial
Planning.
1 Please note that: (1) For purposes of this item, our principal owners include the persons we list as owning 25% or more of our firm on
Schedule A of Part 1A of Form ADV (Ownership Codes C, D or E). (2) If we are a publicly held company without a 25% shareholder, we
simply need to disclose that we are publicly held. (3) If an individual or company owns 25% or more of our firm through subsidiaries, we
must identify the individual or parent company and intermediate subsidiaries. If we are a state-registered adviser, on Form ADV Part 2A
Page 2, we must identify all intermediate subsidiaries. If we are an SEC-registered adviser, we must identify intermediate subsidiaries that
are publicly held, but not other intermediate subsidiaries.
Our written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually
include
general recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients.
For example, recommendations may be made that the clients begin or revise investment
programs, create or revise wills or trusts, obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or
alter retirement savings, or establish education or charitable giving programs. It should also
be noted that we refer clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialist, as necessary for
non-advisory related services. For written financial planning engagements, we provide our
clients with a written summary of their financial situation, observations, and
recommendations. For financial consulting engagements, we usually do not provide our
clients with a written summary of our observations and recommendations as the process is
less formal than our planning service. Plans or consultations are typically completed within
three (3) months of the client signing a contract with us, assuming that all the information
and documents we request from the client are provided to us promptly. Implementation of
the recommendations will be at the discretion of the client.
C. Explanation of whether (and, if so, how) we tailor our advisory services to the individual needs
of clients, whether clients may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of
securities.
(i) Individual Tailoring of Advice to Clients:
We offer individualized investment advice to clients utilizing our Asset Management Services.
We also offer general investment advice to clients utilizing our Financial Planning and
Consultation services.
(ii) Ability of Clients to Impose Restrictions on Investing in Certain Securities or Types of
Securities:
We usually do not allow clients to impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or
types of securities due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing their account. In
the rare instance that we would allow restrictions, it would be limited to our Asset
Management Services. We do not manage assets through our other services.
D. Participation in Wrap Fee Programs.
We do not offer wrap fee programs.
E. Disclosure of the amount of client assets we manage on a discretionary basis and the amount of
client assets we manage on a non-discretionary basis as of December 31, 2022.
We manage2 $306,298,711 on a discretionary basis and $275,210 on a non-discretionary basis.
2 Please note that our method for computing the amount of “client assets we manage” can be different from the method for computing
“assets under management” required for Item 5.F in Part 1A of Form ADV. However, we have chosen to follow the method outlined for Item
5.F in Part 1A of Form ADV. If we decide to use a different method at a later date to compute “client assets we manage,” we must keep
documentation describing the method we use and inform you of the change. The amount of assets we manage may be disclosed by rounding
to the nearest $100,000. Our “as of” date must not be more than three months before the date we last updated our Brochure in response
to Item 4.E of Form ADV Part 2A.