Rick Kahler, MS, CFP

Current

• Personal Finance Columnist at Various SD Newspapers
• President at Kahler Financial Group
• President at Kahler Appraisal Services

• Vice President at Prudential Kahler Realtors

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Past

• President at Fidelity Nationwide Funding and Escrow

Education

• College for Financial Planning
• National American University
• National American University

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Industry

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Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Summary

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP, is president of Kahler Financial Group, a fee-only financial planning firm. In 2009 WEalth Manager magazine named his firm the largest financial planning firm in the Northern Great Plaines and Rocky Mountain Region. In 2008 BusinessWeek named him one of the 15 most experienced planners in the U.S.

He became South Dakota’s first CFP in 1983, and in 1998 was appointed by the South Dakota State Legislature to the South Dakota Investment Council, charged with managing the state’s multi-billion dollar retirement fund.

Rick is a co-author of four revolutionary books on money, financial planning, and therapy titled Conscious Finance (Foxcraft 2007), The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge (HCI 2006), Facilitating Financial Health (NLU 2008), and Wired For Wealth (HCI 2009).

His work and research into the pshycology of money with Drs. Ted and Brad Klontz was featured in Wynonna Judd’s book Coming Home To Myself, ABC's 20/20 and Good Morning America, NBC's Today Show, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, which called their work "an innovative effort that combines experiential therapy with nuts-and-bolts financial planning."

Rick is currently instructing a graduate course "Facilitating Financial Health" for Golden Gate Universitiy.

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Specialties:

Comprehensive financial planning, investments, asset protection, money psychology, real estate consulting, business consulting, writing, speaking, training

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Experience

• Personal Finance Columnist

  Various SD Newspapers

  (Newspapers industry)

  January 1991 — Present (18 years 11 months)

  Finance and business columnist for Rapid City Journal, Watertown Public Opinion, Meade County Times Tribune, Black Hills Pioneer, and the Parker County New Era.

• President

  Kahler Financial Group

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  May 1983 — Present (26 years 7 months)

  Rick Kahler, MS, CFP® founded Kahler Financial Group in 1981 as the first fee-only financial planner in South Dakota. In 2008, he was recognized by Wealth Manager Magazine as the largest financial planning firm in a six-state region. His firm, specializes in the integration of financial coaching, counseling, and traditional financial planning for business owners, professionals, and retirees
  
  He is co-author of four revolutionary books on money. His work, as the co-founder of Onsite’s Healing Money Issues workshop, was featured in Wynonna Judd’s book Coming Home To Myself, (New American Library, 2005). The Wall Street Journal hailed this work as "an innovative effort that combines experiential therapy with nuts-and-bolts financial planning."
  
  His work has been published or cited by NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Money Magazine, and The Washington Post.

• President

  Kahler Appraisal Services

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

  January 1975 — Present (34 years 11 months)

  KAS is an appraisal firm specializing in residential, commercial, ranch, and condemnation appraisals on property in South Dakota.

• Vice President

  Prudential Kahler Realtors

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)

  January 1973 — Present (36 years 11 months)

  Prudential Kahler Realtors was founded in 1952 and for over 50 years has served the real estate brokerage needs of Western South Dakota.

• President

  Fidelity Nationwide Funding and Escrow

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 2000 — January 2007 (7 years 1 month)

  Fidelity Nationwide specilized in residential loans, seller financed mortgages, and escrow services. Rick and Dave Kahler sold the company in 2007 to Old West Escrow, Inc.

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Education

• College for Financial Planning

  Masters , Personal Finance , 1992 — 1999

• National American University

  1972 — 1999

• National American University

  1970 — 1973

Additional Information

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Interests:

writing, speaking, self help, yoga, weight lifting, alternative medicine, gourmet cooking, wine collecting,

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Groups:

Financial Planners Association, Nazrudin Project, Planner-Therapist Alliance, Sudden Money Institute, National Association of Realtors, Kinder Institute

•    Golden Gate University
•    CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certificant
•    National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Fee Only Financial Advisors
•    Planner-Therapist Alliance
•    Financial Life Planning
•    Meeting the challenge for financial fitness
•    Professional Bloggers
•    InvestmentNews
•    NAPFA Consumer Group
•    GGU Financial Planning Network

Rick Kahler, MS, CFP’s Honors:

Rick graduated from the American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, in 1988, earning the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) degree. In 1984, he was admitted to the Registry of Financial Planning Practitioners by the International Association of Financial Planners. He obtained his master’s degree in wealth management in 1999.

Rick served a two-year term on the Journal of Financial Planning Advisory Board 2003-2004 and was chair of the 2004 FPA National Retreat.

In 2003, Mr. Kahler was recognized by National American University with the Alumni Distinguished Service Award. He has served on and chaired the South Dakota Investment Council (managing $6 billion) and has served nationally in several leadership capacities with the Financial Planning Association.

In 2008 the Journal of Financial Planning awarded Rick the Financial Frontiers Award for his research paper, "Who's Planning for the Planner."

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