Money and Marriage

By Mike Switzer

Published July 18, 2017 at 5:42 AM EDT

Summertime is primetime for weddings and our next guest says that oftentimes, the subject of money is not discussed nearly enough when planning not only the nuptials themselves, but life going forward as a married couple.

Mike Switzer interviews Bryan Ballentine, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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