The Pulse Team WealthWave Tampa

Can’t make it to our in-person FRS Lunch & Learn? No worries—we’re bringing FRS education straight to you! 💻

Join Financial Educators Kenneth Gita Taylor and The Financialpreneurs for a FREE FRS Live Webinar designed to help Florida public employees better understand their benefits and feel more confident planning for retirement.

Whether you’re just starting your career or retirement is getting closer, this is your chance to get informed from the comfort of home.

📅 Thursday, September 17
⏰ 7:30 PM ET
💻 Live via Zoom
🎟️ FREE — Registration required

Reserve your spot at FRSWebinar.Eventbrite.com

Love is what you do while you’re here. But love can also mean preparing for a future you hope never comes.

Life insurance can’t replace a parent, a spouse, a laugh around the dinner table, or the person everyone turns to when life gets hard.

It can help give a family time. Options. Stability. The ability to keep moving forward while everything else feels like it has stopped.

Want to book a call to talk about your options? Click the link in our bio 🔗

If you're a Florida teacher, first responder, state employee, or public employee, your Florida Retirement System (FRS) benefits are one of the most valuable parts of your compensation package. Yet many employees don't fully understand their options until they're nearing retirement.

Join Financial Educator Kenneth Gita Taylor for an engaging FRS Lunch & Learn, where you'll gain a clearer understanding of your retirement benefits in a welcoming, easy-to-follow environment.

🎉 Additional seats just opened! Due to high interest, we've expanded capacity to 75 attendees, giving more Florida public employees the opportunity to join us. With 59 seats already reserved, only 16 spots are currently available.

Once we reach capacity, registration will automatically move to a waitlist—so we encourage you to reserve your seat while space is still available!

📅 Saturday, September 12
🕐 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Brimstone Woodfire Grill
14575 SW 5th St.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33027

🎟️ Reserve your seat today: FRSwithKen.Eventbrite.com

Whether you've just started your career or you've been with the state for years, it's never too early—or too late—to better understand your benefits.

A raise can make it tempting to immediately upgrade everything—but increased income can also be an opportunity to make progress toward your bigger financial goals.

The key isn't avoiding every lifestyle upgrade. It's being intentional about how much of your additional income goes toward today's wants versus tomorrow's goals.

The next time your income increases, decide where the extra money will go before your spending adjusts to it.

💬 If you got a raise tomorrow, what financial goal would you put some of it toward first?

Teachers, you've spent your career planning for everyone else. 🍎

It's worth taking time to understand what's being built for your future, too.

Have questions about your FRS benefits?

📞 Connect with The Pulse Team to learn more and start the conversation about your retirement goals.

Click the link in our bio to get started.

*For educational purposes only. FRS rules, eligibility, contribution rates, and benefits can vary based on membership class, service history, and other factors. Consult official FRS resources and appropriate financial professionals regarding your individual circumstances.*

The question isn't necessarily “Am I wealthy enough to have an estate plan?”

A better question may be: “Do I have people, responsibilities, wishes, or assets I want to plan for?”

📞 Have questions about where to begin? Book an Estate Planning Call with Ken Taylor through the link in our bio.

For educational purposes only and not intended as legal, tax, or financial advice.

If you know an expense is coming, consider preparing for it little by little with a sinking fund.

Vacations, holiday shopping, car maintenance, annual bills, and other occasional expenses can feel much more manageable when you've intentionally planned for them ahead of time.

Take a look at your next 6–12 months and ask yourself: What am I going to need money for that isn't part of my normal monthly budget?

📌 Save this post and start planning for one future expense today.

Estate planning isn't only about deciding where your assets go. It's also about identifying the people you trust to help carry out your wishes, manage important responsibilities, and make certain decisions if you're unable to.

And these aren't decisions you have to make alone.

📞 Ready to start planning? Book an Estate Planning Call with Ken Taylor to discuss your goals, questions, and next steps.

For educational purposes only and not intended as legal or financial advice. Consider consulting qualified professionals regarding your individual circumstances.

Financial conversations can feel like a different language—but they don't have to. 💰📚

Learning the basics can make it easier to ask questions, understand your options, and participate more confidently in decisions about your financial future.

Today's five terms are just the beginning. The goal isn't to become a financial expert overnight—it's to keep learning one concept at a time.

📌 Save this post as your financial vocabulary cheat sheet, and send it to someone who's working on their financial literacy too!

What financial term should we explain next? Drop it below! 👇

Your emergency fund is there to help you prepare for the expenses you didn't plan for—from an unexpected repair to a change in income.

You don't have to build your entire emergency fund overnight. Starting small and building consistently can still help create an important financial cushion.

💬 What's one unexpected expense you think people often forget to prepare for?