Be In The Know - Finance, Life and Reaching Your Goals
The BITK podcast is a service to clients, friends and family of Stiles Financial Services. Hosted by the team at SFSI who serve up relevant topics on finance, life and realizing your long-term goals. We take a conversational approach to important subject matter to provide clarity, context and perspective. Each episode is roughly 30min long. Check back monthly for new episodes, hosts and relevant topics. Make sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening.
Episodes
This episode #9 of the Be In The Know podcast features guest, Lori Ryan - ChatGPT/Custom GPT Expert and founder of LorIgnite.com
Together with your host, Glenn Gray, ( Digital Brand Connector and AI Enthusiast at Stiles Financial Services, Inc.) they look over the amazing advances in AI and how to use it to our advantage in a practical manner. They take a look at incorporating LLM's like Grok into a conversation as a fact-check...
In this episode of Be In The Know, we sit down with one of the CoFounders of Fentanyl Free Communities Foundation, Michele Hein. Michele's organization was the recipient of The Stiles Financial Community Service donation for 2025. FFCF was founded after Michele's son Tyler died of fentanyl poisoning while trying to get his life back on track after years of addiction. Listen in to hear how to spot fentanyl use in family or...
Kristine Meyer hosts for part two of her series on Real Estate. This time she discusses real estate as an investment. What types and how to assemble the right team to help oversee the property. Brad Fox and Brandon Vitale are her guests. Check it out.
In this 6th episode of Be In The Know, host Kristen Meyer talks with her guests: Contractor/Broker - Brad Fox and Broker - Brandon Vitale. Together they hit on various aspects of Real Estate and the Consumer Home Market. Topics covered in this 1st of a two-part series include - the current status of the market, mortgage rates, what buyers need to know and where they think the market is headed.
This is an easy listen and will g...
In this episode of BITK, Paul and Mark highlight their review of the market performance for Q2. They call it Quarters & Sense. Tune in and learn how the second quarter performed and how that will guide them through the next quarter and throughout the rest of the year.
Paul and Mark break down the last quarter and highlight the ups and downs and the trends that might be currently trending. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one.
Kristine hosts and her special guest, Theresa Bea talk family law and getting your "Family Financial House" in order. These two ladies are long-time friends, so this is more like listening in on a conversation at your favorite coffee house and the time goes by quickly. Plus, you'll learn a few important bits of information along the way.
Guest Cyrus Simmonds, Associate Financial Planner at Stiles Financial Services, sits down to discuss what it was like to grow up in Liberia, Africa. We talk about the banking systems, the government, civil unrest, retirement, beaches and investment opportunities. It's a great little insight into who we are as people and your financial partners. Thanks for listening.
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For our maiden voyage of the Be In The Know podcast, Kristine Iten interviews our founder and guiding light, Susan Stiles. She created Stiles Financial 23 years ago after a blossoming career in hospitality in Chicago and NYC. She shares her challenges, successes and hopes for the future with us. And what better place to start the BITK podcast, than with the woman who started it all?!
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