Sound Income Strategies, LLC

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $25,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 23, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

$4,181,062,401 as of October 2026, filing dated January 23, 2026.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
• Educational seminars/workshops

Also doing business as

ABUNDANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ALL NEEDS PLANNING, APONTE FINANCIAL SERVICES, ARBOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, BLISS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CARTER FINANCIAL GROUP, CHAMBERLIN FINANCIAL, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT SERVICES, CRYSTAL LAKE TAX AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DAVIS WEALTH PARTNERS, EISSMAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FAMILY LEGACY GROUP, FIRM FOUNDATION TN, FOCUS FINANCIAL PLANNING, FORTRESS FINANCIAL GROUP, GOODMAN GREEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HORIZON WEALTH PARTNERS, JOHNSON WEALTH & INCOME MANAGEMENT, MCADAMS GROUP, MCCARTIN FINANCIAL, MCKENZIE FINANCIAL GROUP, NORTH AMERICAN FINANCIAL, NORTH SHORE ASSET MANAGEMENT, OUTREACH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, PEASON FINANCIAL GROUP, PINEHURST WEALTH MANAGEMENT, PLATINUM FINANCIAL LLC, POOLE LOCKE ADVISORS, PRES FINANCIAL, RETIREMENT INCOME SOLUTIONS, RETIREMENT INCOME SOURCE, RETIREMENT INCOME SOURCE OF FORT LAUDERDALE, RETIREMENT INCOME SOURCE OF HUNTSVILLE, RETIREMENT INCOME SOURCE SW FLORIDA, RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS LLC, RICH WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ROTHERMEL FINANCIAL, SCRANTON FINANCIAL GROUP, SCRANTON FINANCIAL GROUP OF SOUTH WINDSOR, SENIOR ADVISORS INC., SPARKS FINANCIAL GROUP, SPECTRUM FINANCIAL GROUP, STEARNS RETIREMENT GROUP, STRATEGIC SENIOR BENEFITS GROUP, TPC FINANCIAL GROUP, WRIGHT FINANCIAL GROUP

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2014 (11 years)

Employees

Total: 134. Performing investment advisory functions: 134.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)

73 other offices, as of the February 2026 filing

Alpharetta, GAAvon, CTBoca Raton, FLBraselton, GACharlotte, NCCharlottesville, VAChatanooga, TNChattanooga, TNCheshire, CTClear Lake, IAColumbia, SCCoral Gables, FLCordova, TNCranston, RICrystal Lake, ILDallas, TXDenver, CODowners Grove, ILFort Lauderdale, FLFort Myers, FLGlastonbury, CTGuilford, CTHumboldt, IAHuntsville, ALIrving, TXJacksonville, FLKansas City, MOKennesaw, GAKnoxville, TNLafayette, LALeonmeister, MALexington, KYLibertyville, ILLitchfield, CTLondonderry, NHLong Meadow, MALouisville, KYMadison, WIManassas, VAMelbourne, FLMiami, FLMidland, TXMinnetonka, MNMoorestown, NJMurfreesboro, TNMyrtle Beach, SCNashville, TNNeptune Beach, FLOmaha, NEPinehurst, NCPlano, TXPlantation, FLPortland, ORRichmond, VASaint Louis, MOSan Antonio, TXSan Diego, CASan Jose, CASan Ramon, CASarasota, FLSouth Windsor, CTSpokane, WAStaunton, VASunrise, FLTampa, FLToledo, OHTrumbull, CTTullahoma, TNWatkinsville, GAWayne, PAWeirton, WVWestbrook, CTWilmington, DE

States registered or notice-filed

51 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

6 Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

• 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
• 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
• 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
• 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
• 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
• 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Regulatory assets under management: $1,310,346,090 in the October 2021 data and $4,181,062,401 in the October 2026 data, up 219%.

Total employees: 69 in October 2021 and 134 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

1. February 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 111 to 134.
   • Added the business name Outreach Capital Management LLC.
   • Added the business name Pres Financial.
   • Added the business name Spectrum Financial Group.
   • No longer lists the business name Finsett Solutions.
   • No longer lists the business name McLean Tax Advisory Group.
   • No longer lists the business name New England Financial Partners LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Willo Financial.
   • Changed its office addresses in Cranston, RI.
   • Changed its office addresses in Huntsville, AL.
   • Changed its office addresses in Londonderry, NH.
   • Changed its office addresses in Madison, WI.
   • Changed its office addresses in Manassas, VA.
   • Changed its office addresses in Murfreesboro, TN.
   • Changed its office addresses in Myrtle Beach, SC.
   • Changed its office addresses in Portland, OR.
   • Added an office in Alpharetta, GA.
   • Added an office in Avon, CT.
   • Added an office in Columbia, SC.
   • Added an office in Denver, CO.
   • Added an office in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
   • Added an office in Glastonbury, CT.
   • Added an office in Irving, TX.
   • Added an office in Jacksonville, FL.
   • Added an office in Kansas City, MO.
   • Added an office in Knoxville, TN.
   • Added an office in Litchfield, CT.
   • Added an office in Neptune Beach, FL.
   • Added an office in Omaha, NE.
   • Added an office in Saint Louis, MO.
   • Added an office in San Antonio, TX.
   • Added an office in Trumbull, CT.
   • Added an office in Wayne, PA.
   • No longer lists an office in Coconut Creek, FL.
   • No longer lists an office in Norman, OK.
   • No longer lists an office in Southlake, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Waretown, NJ.
   • No longer lists an office in Wesley Chapel, FL.
2. December 2025
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,494,958,391 to $4,038,151,245 (+16%).
   • Added the business name Davis Wealth Partners.
   • Added an office in Chattanooga, TN.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.