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About

Trevor Ausen, CFP®, RICP® is an experienced financial planner with more than 7 years in the industry. He has worked for BD and RIA firms and specializes in financial plan creation and analysis. He has experience advising clients with equity compensation, small businesses, rental properties, and retirement withdrawal strategies.

Planner For Hire was started to help financial planning firms and solo advisors do what they do best and allow them to focus on the high impact areas of their business, while outsourcing repetitive, time consuming tasks.

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I live in Minneapolis with my wife, Annie, and our cat, Penguin. I enjoy sailing, live music, travel, and travel photography. My favorite destination, so far, is Norway, though the Bahamas and Austria are close runners-up and it’s hard to beat summers in northern Minnesota.