Dasher & Padgett Financial Advisors, Inc.

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <table style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="609"> <tr> <td width="384" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="384"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="middle" colspan="3"> <span style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>Comprehensive Wealth Management Since 1982</b> <br> <br>2549 Lafayette Plaza Drive, Suite 101 <br>Albany, GA 31707-2251 <br>Phone: 229-883-3500<br>Toll Free: 888-883-9303 <br>FAX: 229-888-6595 <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr style="font:10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <td>Email:  </td><td> <a href="mailto:FinancialAdvisors@DasherandPadgett.com"> FinancialAdvisors@DasherandPadgett.com</a> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <p><font face=Arial size=2>Francis Dasher and Tommy Padgett are Registered Representatives of and offer securities products & services through Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. Member <a href="http://www.finra.org" target="_blank">FINRA</a>/<a href="http://www.sipc.org" target="_blank">SIPC</a>, a registered broker-dealer. In this regard, this communication is strictly intended for individuals residing in the states of AL, CA, FL, GA, MO, NC, OH, PA, TN and VA. No offers may be made or accepted from any resident outside the specific states referenced.</font></p> <p><font face=Arial size=2>Francis Dasher and Tommy Padgett are also registered as a separate investment adviser under Dasher & Padgett Financial Advisors, Inc., a registered investment adviser, offering advisory services in the state of Georgia. As such these services are strictly intended for individuals residing in Georgia.</p> <p>Important Consumer Information: A broker-dealer "BD", investment adviser "IA", a BD agent, or IA Representative may only transact business in a state if first registered in that state, or is excluded or exempt from registration in that state as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, BD agent or IA Representative, as appropriate. Follow-up, individualized responses to persons in a state by such a firm or individual that involve either affecting or attempting to affect transactions in securities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, will not be made without first complying with appropriate registration requirements, or an applicable exemption or exclusion.<br> For information concerning the licensing status or disciplinary history of a broker-dealer, investment adviser, BD agent, or IA rep, a consumer should contact his or her state securities law administrator.</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="384"> <tr><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/A/TA12_r4_c1.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Calculators"></td><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/A/TA12_r4_c4.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Newsletters"></td></tr> <tr><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/A/TA12_r5_c1.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=139" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Loan Payoff</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>How much will it cost to pay off a loan over its lifetime?</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=141" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Mortgage Refinancing</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Determine whether you should consider refinancing your mortgage.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=701" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Credit Card Debt</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>How Long Will It Take to Pay my Balance?</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=705" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Car Affordability</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>How much can you afford to pay for a car?</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=calc_hdr.cfm" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF0000">More Calculators>>></font></b></a> </p> </td><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/A/TA12_r5_c4.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=1393" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Heir-Tight Estate Conservation</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> An incentive trust can help reinforce the lessons you taught your children during your life.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=1430" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Put Some Infrastructure in Your Portfolio</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> The normally placid muni bond market has been roiled by a confluence of variables related to the stock market, slow economic growth, and credit-market woes. 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