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Van Leeuwen & Company Our team offers an advanced level of organic wealth management services and benefits to serve your Life Vision. We focus all of our attention on our clients.

Underpinned by a deeply personable touch, the Rembrandt Society represents an exclusive membership service reserved for select clients. What we have learned from our other clients has given us a depth of experience and a breadth of understanding that helps us grasp your unique situation and serve your unique interests. Over the years, we have developed extraordinary expertise by working with a wide range of people, in particular: corporate executives with extensive responsibilities, individuals dealing with loss, non-profits crucial to the community, and those who have made the U.S. their home. We build portfolios by building trust. Many of our clients have been with us a long time, some as long as 20 years. Clearly, performance is critical to such longevity; no one stays with financial advisors who don’t achieve results. But we have learned how important it is to earn the trust of clients early on. We can’t expect you to share personal information with us or allow us to manage your portfolio unless you trust us implicitly. So if for you that means taking it slow, that’s how we’ll take it. If like some of our clients, you want us to confer with others you rely on (lawyers, accountants, other financial advisors, or concerned family members), we are happy to do that. Whatever it takes to earn your trust. We respond promptly, because good communication is vital. When you want to discuss something with us – whether it’s a particular investment or an overall strategy, a concern about the market or a question about how best to finance a major purchase – we respond promptly. If you call, we answer (if we’re on another call, we’ll call you right back). If you want to come into the office to talk or have us come to you, we make that happen. And when we think you need to know something – good news or not such good news; an opportunity or a red flag – we contact you just as fast. Regular meetings and routine updates are important. Good communication is vital. We guide you using our financial expertise. Our client’s goals, objectives and concerns are first and foremost when creating a comprehensive financial strategy; we call this the Total Wealth Advantage. As our client, we evaluate your overall short- and long-term goals and carefully assess the opportunities and risks in addressing these goals. Included in that evaluation, we thoroughly review all of your assets, liabilities, and insurance coverages, as well as use our financial expertise in the areas of estate and trust planning. We are empathetic to the attainment of your goals. With our years of experience, we can help you pursue your vision by assisting to invest and preserve them the way you feel most comfortable, structured and coordinated with our advice and expertise. The financial professionals associated with Van Leeuwen & Company may discuss and/or transact business only with residents of the states in which they are properly registered or licensed. No offers may be made or accepted from any resident of any other state. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC finra.org sipc.org. Investment Advisory Services offered through Van Leeuwen & Company, a registered investment advisor not affiliated with LPL Financial. Third party posts found on this page do not reflect the view of LPL Financial and have not been reviewed by LPL Financial as to accuracy or completeness.

The executor was named when the kids were young. The guardian was a sibling you have not spoken to in three years. The t...
10/16/2026

The executor was named when the kids were young. The guardian was a sibling you have not spoken to in three years. The trust provisions were written for a balance sheet a fraction of what it is today.

If any of that sounds familiar, it might be time to take another look at your estate plan.

At Van Leeuwen and Company, reviewing these documents is part of our ongoing planning process. We ask the questions that surface what no longer fits. It is rarely a major overhaul, but there are often one or two things that nobody thought to revisit because the original documents felt finished.

If your estate plan has not been reviewed in the last few years, year-end is a natural time to update it. Schedule your year-end review at vanleeuwenco.com.

10/14/2026

For executives planning a move to Florida, the six-month rule works the other way around than most people think.

What matters is not how many days you spend in Florida but how many days you spend in the state you are trying to leave. That state will claim you as a resident if you give it the opportunity, and tax you accordingly.

Florida has no minimum number of days required to claim residency. The higher-tax state you are exiting does. That distinction changes how you plan the transition entirely.

Here’s what we walk through with clients before the move down south.

Before someone changes jobs, these are the two questions we ask first.What are you leaving behind at your current employ...
10/09/2026

Before someone changes jobs, these are the two questions we ask first.

What are you leaving behind at your current employer, and what are you actually gaining from the new one? The offer letter answers the second question clearly. The first one takes a little more work.

Stock still vesting. A deferred comp distribution schedule. A 401k match that has not fully vested. Getting clear on those details before you make the move means you are deciding with the full picture, not finding out what you missed after the fact.

10/07/2026

How do you envision your life when you stop working? That one question is where the planning process actually begins.

Two or three years before retirement is when that question needs a real answer, not an approximation. What does that life actually cost? Travel, time with family, the gifting you want to do while you are still here to see it, healthcare before Medicare arrives.

Here is just a snippet of what we walk through with clients in that window. ↓

10/02/2026

We asked two of our advisors: what do your happiest clients have in common?

Here is what they both said. ▶️

More than half of non-retired U.S. households report having no disability insurance at all, according to the Council for...
09/30/2026

More than half of non-retired U.S. households report having no disability insurance at all, according to the Council for Disability Income Awareness. For households that do have coverage, employer group plans typically cap benefits well below what a high earner's income actually requires, and the gap tends to widen the more someone earns.

The risk isn't hypothetical. A serious illness or injury doesn't ask what tax bracket someone is in first. What it exposes is whether the plan built around that income was ever tested against the possibility of losing it.

If your coverage hasn't been reviewed since your compensation changed, that's worth a second look before it becomes the thing your plan didn't account for.

Source in comments.

09/25/2026

Realized gains this year? There's a smarter way to offset them.

Tax loss harvesting lets you sell an underperforming investment, offset it against gains you've already realized, and reinvest in something similar without giving up the opportunity.

If you haven't looked at your portfolio for this yet, Q4 is the time.

09/23/2026

Charitable giving doesn't have to mean writing a check. Donating appreciated stock instead of cash can let you support the causes you care about while being more tax efficient about how you do it.

Year end is the natural time to look at this. Let's talk before the window closes.

Contributing to a deferred comp plan doesn't mean it's automatically invested the way the rest of your retirement portfo...
09/18/2026

Contributing to a deferred comp plan doesn't mean it's automatically invested the way the rest of your retirement portfolio is. That allocation decision is separate, and it's easy to overlook.

Someone 20 years from retirement and someone approaching it shouldn't have that money allocated the same way. Left unchecked, you could be taking on more risk than makes sense, or missing growth you didn't need to give up.

If it's been a while since you looked at how your deferred comp is actually invested, put it on the year-end list.

09/16/2026

Our process isn't a template.

That's not how it works here at Van Leeuwen and Company.

If your plan feels like it's following a script, let's talk.

Address

281 Witherspoon Street, Suite 220
Princeton, NJ
08540

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm

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+16095800088

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