About

The editors at the Financial Advice Zone are committed to bringing you the best resources and information in the areas of personal finance and money management. Everyone has different financial goals and there are many different plans to help you achieve your goals.

Figuring out how to put all the pieces in place is key to your financial strategy, and that’s something we can help here at Financial Advice Zone. We’ll go through everything you need to know and the questions you need to ask yourself. For example, do you want to maintain your current lifestyle after you retire? How do Social Security benefits factor in? What estate planning issues should you consider? Are my credit cards fee to high? Do I have the right mortgage? Is the job that I have the right one? We are committed to help you keep your financial life on track. Just as it’s never too late to benefit from investing, it’s never too early to begin.

Don Miller | Editor – Publisher

Don is one of those kinds of guys who know a little about everything. He loves to coach and counsel anyone who will listen while making his living at home working from his home office in sunny Palm Harbor, Florida. He lived many years of his life as a big spender and big borrower, until he saw the light. He has lived in debt and he has lived debt free. He prefers the latter ! He is a follower of Larry Burkett and Dave Ramsey in matters of money management and personal finance.

His two children are grown men now, and he calls them his pride and joy. He spends lots of his time at the Financial Advice Zone and loves his work so much that it isn’t really work for him.

Becky Smith | Investing Contributor

Becky Smith is professional day trader. In 2007 She entered stock trading contest by The Street. Com. She competed against 26,000 participants and beat them all. For her efforts Becky was awarded a check for $150,000.00. She has agreed to share some of her knowledge to the readers of the Financial Advice Zone. Becky is married and has 3 children.

Linda Kiewra | Careers and Professional Development Contributor

Linda, by profession is an Information Technology geek, and she loves it, but she also has a voracious passion for helping others with their own professional development. She lives in sunny West Central Florida with her two children ages 8 and 18 and her oldest just began attending the University of Florida to pursue his dream of becoming an Orthopedic Surgeon, which makes Linda officially a Gator Mom.

She is a regular contributor to Financial Advice Zone and is a self-described human performance technician. She is unequivocally passionate about people.

You can find her here and at The Write Biz, where she assists federal career seekers with writing KSAs, Federal Resumes and Career Services.

Tim Parker | Finance Contributor

Tim Parker is the owner and creative director of ECS, a content creation company specializing in business and financial content. He lives in Sarasota, Florida with his wife, Cassie.  His clients include financial magazines, investment firms, large commercial sites like Investopedia. Tim is an active options trader and his work is  often sourced from places like Bloomberg, CBOE, Harvard Business Review, FINRA, and S&P.

Patti Illsley | Penny Pinching Guru

Canadian by birth, penny pincher by necessity, Patti offers money saving tips that will help any family. Use to finding ways to reduce costs and live on a shoestring budget, Patti is a family person who is always searching for more ways to live frugally but still to live well. She will share her pearls of wisdom and her cost savvy ways with you to help you to do the same.