Retirement Income Strategies Pro

Personal service. Proven guidance. Built around your goals.

Your financial life is personal. Your guidance should be, too. Let’s start with what matters most to you.

 Mr. Kollar has been interviewed and featured by numerous media outlets across the country, sharing his knowledge and insights on retirement planning, financial strategies, and building a more secure financial future.   

  • ABC 7 Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune
  • The Christian Science Monitor
  • CNBC
  • Crain’s Chicago Business
  • FOX Business
  • InvestmentNews
  • NBC 5 Chicago
  • U.S. News
  • WGN 9

Retirement Income Strategies Pro

Your financial life.
A coordinated approach.

Retirement brings connected decisions about income, protection, taxes, and family. Explore the planning areas that can help bring your priorities into focus.

Start with the big picture

Personalized Retirement Strategy

Bring your income needs, risk considerations, taxes, benefits, and personal goals into one coordinated conversation—then explore a strategy built around you.

Explore Your Retirement Strategy

Let’s start with what matters to you.

Retirement Income Strategies Pro can help you identify your priorities and explore how these planning areas fit into your financial life.

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Watch • Listen • Learn

More Perspective for Your Retirement Journey

Explore retirement questions with Mark Kollar through featured videos and the Financial Cornerstone Podcast. Discover conversations about retirement income, financial risk, and the decisions that shape life beyond your working years.

Retirement Income Strategies Pro

Retirement Videos
with Mark Kollar

Watch & Explore

Take a Closer Look at Retirement

Watch Mark examine common retirement assumptions, the consequences of trading risk, and the challenges of planning for income. Explore featured videos and connect with his YouTube channel for more.

  • Retirement Assumptions
  • Trading Risk
  • Retirement Income
Explore Mark’s Videos

Mark Kollar’s Podcast

Financial
Cornerstone

Listen & Discover

Conversations Worth Making Time For

Listen to Mark’s Financial Cornerstone Podcast for discussions on the purpose of money, retirement income, risk, and financial decision-making. Browse the searchable episode library and listen at your own pace.

  • The Purpose of Money
  • Income Planning
  • Understanding Risk
Explore Mark’s Podcasts
Learn in the way that works for you.

Watch a video or listen to a conversation. Start with the questions that matter most to you.

With Mark Kollar

Understand where you stand

A clearer picture today.
A more informed next step.

Your financial profile is more than a collection of accounts. It’s a picture of your resources, responsibilities, priorities, and plans for the future.

At Retirement Income Strategies Pro, we help you look at those pieces together—so you can better understand what’s working, where there may be gaps, and which decisions deserve attention next.

Planning and guidance
Strategy and technology
Start with a conversation.

Share your priorities, ask your questions, and explore what your next steps could look like.

What we’ll explore together

Four perspectives to help bring your financial picture into focus.


  • Your Goals & Values

    What matters most to you, the lifestyle you envision, and the priorities your strategy should reflect.


  • Your Income Picture

    How your savings, benefits, and other resources may work together to support retirement spending.


  • Your Retirement Readiness

    Where your current plan stands, potential gaps to consider, and questions worth addressing.


  • Your Next Steps

    Practical priorities and a clearer understanding of the choices available to you.

People first. Planning with purpose.

Behind every financial plan is a family.

The decisions you make today reach beyond the numbers. They’re about the people you care for, the experiences you want to share, and the future you hope to build.

At Retirement Income Strategies Pro, we take time to understand those priorities. Our approach centers on personal service, clear communication, and guidance that reflects what matters to you and your family.

  • Personal attention
  • Clear communication
  • Your family’s priorities
Family together
Your priorities give the plan its purpose. Thoughtful conversations about your life, your loved ones, and what comes next.

Questions about your next chapter?

Let’s talk about what matters to you and how we can help you explore your next steps.