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Turn Your Imagined Future into a Reality

For over 40 years, our firm has helped individuals and businesses pursue their financial goals and lifestyle dreams. We believe that planning for the future means building a life you’re excited to live. With every step, we’re here to help you see where you are, clarify where you want to go, and guide you through life pre and post retirement to live the life you’ve imagined.

Gain a Knowledgeable and Experienced Financial Partner

Gain a Knowledgeable and Experienced Financial Partner

With over 150 years of combined experience, our team helps clients navigate the complexities of retirement with confidence whether you're retired or planning to, we can help. We’ve seen how an experienced approach can turn complex decisions into clear actions, and we’re passionate about helping our clients protect, grow, and preserve wealth in a way that aligns with their life goals.

Live Confidently with an Educational Approach

Live Confidently with an Educational Approach

Through straightforward communication and clear explanations, we help demystify the planning process. You’ll find that every meeting is an opportunity to learn more about your finances, your options, and how each decision can impact your future. This educational approach builds your understanding and allows you to go beyond imagining and move forward with confidence. 

Our Core Values

We bring our values into the work we do every day to provide clients with the best recommendations and services we can offer.

A Team Approach

We’re client-focused, and work closely with our clients to guide them in pursuing their goals. Our collaborative team culture gives clients the benefits of our combined financial wisdom, knowledge, and experience. 

Process-Driven Guidance

We believe in results-oriented processes and tailor our guidance to fit each client's goals. We collaborate with our clients to create effective wealth management frameworks, helping them create the lifestyle they imagine.

Long-Term Relationships

You invest your time in us, so our team invests time to ensure your time is well spent. We earn client trust on a daily basis to foster long-term relationships and guide the most influential moments of our clients’ financial journeys. 

Guidance for Every Path

We provide personalized guidance and develop customized financial plans. Our plans are designed to help clients meet key milestones along their path to building the life they’ve always imagined.

Structure Your Path with Process-Driven Guidance 

Structure Your Path with Process-Driven Guidance 

Our approach is grounded in a proven process that provides clarity and structure as we develop your financial strategy. This results-oriented process is tailored to fit your life, providing the accountability and consistency you need to stay on track, no matter where life takes you.

Imagine Retirement the Way It Should Be

Make the retirement you’ve imagined into a reality with a strategic plan. We treat our clients like family and consider it an honor to work with you on your personal financial goals.

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Accolades & In the News

Discover the latest accolades and media highlights that showcase our team’s commitment to our clients and our community.

Imagine Retirement advisor, Guy Paredes, was awarded the Five Star Wealth Manager award in 2024.*


Guy Paredes was quoted in the Asbury Park Press in the article titled, "What Financial Planning Should the NJ Mega Millions Lottery Winner Be Doing Right Now?"

*This award was issued by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 2024. Fee paid for use of marketing materials. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and based solely on the disclosed criteria. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. The award is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria - required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser (RIA) or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a RIA or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by FSP, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or FSP's consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through FSP's consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client's experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria - considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. FSP does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. The award is not indicative of the wealth manager's future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients' assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by FSP or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by FSP in the future. Visit www.fivestarprofessional.com.

Our first priority is helping you take care of yourself and your family. We want to learn more about your personal situation, identify your dreams and goals, and understand your tolerance for risk. Long-term relationships that encourage open and honest communication have been the cornerstone of my foundation of success.

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Our Approach

Our process-driven approach gives clients the clarity to imagine and create the retirement they desire.

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Our Team

The Imagine Retirement team offers over 150 years of combined knowledge, experience and wisdom.

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