Richard H. Becker
Professional Financial Planner
Spiritual Explorer & Teacher

I have spent the majority of my professional life as a financial planner and entrepreneur helping people accumulate and preserve their estates while achieving financial independence.

Today, there is a need for the guidance of a financial professional like myself who also has invested the time and has gained the knowledge to be able to counsel and guide people in a holistic manner to be able to find new ways for living fulfilling, nurturing, and powerful lives while the world goes through an awkward transitional period.

I am one of those few but necessary guides who are willing to stick their necks out and go beyond the established traditional ways of dealing with the world both in financial and non-financial ways.

I do hope you find my professional background of interest and capable of giving you some confidence for working with me in these confusing and rapidly changing times. I'm looking forward to helping plant seeds for future generations through my lifetime of experience and interests.

In Pursuit Of World Peace & Abundance For All People,

Richard H. Becker
Founder & Executive Director
1000 Year Home Foundation

EDUCATION

University of Michigan
Eastern Michigan University
BBA, Accounting, 1969
Officer, U.S. Army Reserves 1970 - 1975
Licensed Insurance Agent (Michigan) 1974
Fully Registered Securities Representative NASD 1975
Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) 1979
Licensed Insurance Counselor (Michigan) 1983
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1983
General Securities Principal 1983
Certified Financial Planner (CFP) 1985
Admitted to the Registry of Financial Planning Practitioners 1985
Licensed Builder, State of Michigan 1997
Licensed Realtor, State of Michigan 2001
---Most Recent---
Tax Professional, H&R Block Tax Season 2006, Tax Certification Course 2005
Series 6 & 63 Securities License Courses & Exams, 2006
Michigan Life, Accident, Health Courses & Exams, 2006
Participant in an ongoing continuing education process through numerous seminars and workshops leading to various certificates and designations.

EXPERIENCE

Founder & Director of 1000 Year Home Foundation - My remaining life work.

Financial Planner - In March of 2006, I decided to develop a new approach to financial planning - a holistic approach that is in alignment with the changing times and which embraces new solutions to solve emerging problems. My goal was to provide needed information and counselling to help people become secure during the coming uncertain times and to make this knowledge available within the 1000 Year Home Foundation which first became active in September of 2006.

H&R Block Tax Professional – My professional financial success has partly been attributable to my tax knowledge. To update my tax knowledge in preparation for helping people become financially secure, I enrolled in an H&R Block 4 month tax training program in September of 2005. In January and February of 2006, I worked in the local Ann Arbor H&R Block Tax Office in the Arborland Shopping Center and prepared over 100 personal tax returns. I did this to bring my tax knowledge and application of tax concepts up to the highest standards to be able to counsel clients interested in becoming financially stable during these unstable times.

Licensed Builder - Since 1997, I have been a licensed builder and home inspector and have used these two interested to gain the background and knowledge needed to play an active role in the new types of homes and community that will be promoted within the 1000 Year Home Foundation. My home inspection activities are described in full at: http://www.annarborhomeinspection.com. My activity in this area will cease once the 1000 Year Home Foundation reaches its planned level of activity.

Teacher & Guide – Since 1997, I have been a teacher and guide for over 500 students all over the world. It is through my background and interest in life planning and the human potential movement that I have gained valuable experience in working with hundreds of people to test some of the knowledge and techniques that will be shared and utilized within the 1000 Year Home Foundation and its courses and future programs.

Personal Spiritual Quest - Between 11/89 and 11/96, I spent 7 full time years actively pursuing my own spiritual quest. I will share more about this in other sections of this web site.

President & Founder of Broadacre Network, Inc. - Between 1986 and 1989, I had the unusual pleasure of creating my own Internet with a graphic web browser similar to what Netscape introduced in 1994 when today's Internet became a reality. I had all 50 US States plus 26 foreign countries tied together and was both a General Electric Value Added Service Provider as well as an Apple Computer, Inc. Value Added Reseller. My exclusive client was the worldwide operations of Dominos Pizza headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michgian. Creating this network was a total accident and involved being in the right place at the right time while embracing a substantial and highly creative vision. I learned much about working with large corporations in a sensitive fiduciary role and the difference between what a creative entrepreneur can accomplish that large oranizations simply cannot. I walked away from this network after trying to raise money to go public with the concept. No one I approached during that time thought the communication industry would amount to anything and I wasn't able to secure the funding needed to go to the next level. In reality, I was just 5 or 6 years too early.

President, Becker Advisory, Inc. an SEC registered investment advisory and financial planning firm.

President and Registered Principal, Becker Financial Services an NASD securities broker dealer.

President and Founder of, Sigma Advisory Corporation, Inc. an SEC registered investment advisory and financial planning firm formed to provide financial planning services capability to registered representatives of Sigma Financial Corporation.

President, Registered Principal and Founder of, Sigma Financial Corporation an NASD securities broker dealer based here in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is one of the largest independent broker-dealers in the United States.

Tax Accountant, Touche Ross & Co., CPAs (Now Deloitte & Touche, CPAs)

For over twenty years, I had the good fortune to create an enviable financial planning practice wherein the majority of my clients had paychecks in excess of $1 million per year.

Because of my integrity, experience and common sense, my clients came to me as referrals from the most prestigious law firms in Michigan. I was completely independent of all financial service companies and formed and operated my own securities broker-dealer to implement my client’s financial plans. Today, my clients will come through personal contact and others who feel the urgency and importance of the new planning direction that I'm pioneering.

PROFESSIONAL TALENTS

I have spent my entire professional career working with and motivating people to take action. Whatever income group I focused on, I have been able to help my clients toward their own financial independence.

My business success has always been related to my ability to identify a client’s goals and related needs, come up with appropriate solutions and focus on bottom line results. My skills result in coming up with appropriate, accurate, and complete integrated solutions.

Send me an email to discuss how you and I might be able to establish a productive and enjoyable professional relationship.