Financial Planning & Investment Management
Park Lake Advisors helps individuals and families bring their financial lives into focus through personalized financial planning and investment management.
We help you understand where you are, prepare for where you’re going and make informed financial decisions along the way.
How We Help
Your financial life involves more than investments. We combine personalized financial planning and investment management with educational resources designed to help you better understand your options and make informed decisions.
Personalized investment management designed around your goals, time horizon and comfort with risk while keeping your broader financial picture in view.
Personalized financial planning helps bring the pieces of your financial life together around your goals, priorities and changing circumstances.
Financial decisions can feel complicated. Explore practical articles, videos and resources designed to help you better understand financial topics and make more informed decisions.
Why Park Lake Advisors
Your interests are at the center of the financial guidance we provide.
Guidance backed by CFP® and AIF® professional credentials.
Financial guidance tailored to your goals, priorities and circumstances.
Thoughtful guidance focused on your financial needs, goals and broader financial picture.
Serving clients from Lansing and Okemos with convenient virtual meeting options.
Guidance that evolves as your life, goals and financial needs change.
Meet Your Advisor
Financial Planning • Investment Management • CFP® Professional • AIF® Designee
Larry Mengerink brings more than 20 years of experience helping individuals and families navigate financial decisions, investment management and financial planning.
His approach begins with understanding what matters to you. Rather than starting with products or one-size-fits-all solutions, Larry focuses on helping clients understand their options, organize the pieces of their financial lives and make informed decisions as their needs evolve.
As a CFP® professional and Accredited Investment Fiduciary® designee, Larry combines professional knowledge with a commitment to thoughtful, personalized financial guidance.
Our Process
A financial relationship should begin with a conversation. We’ll take the time to understand what brings you to Park Lake Advisors, discuss where you want to go and determine the next steps together.
We begin by learning about your goals, concerns and the financial questions or decisions that prompted you to reach out.
We’ll discuss your financial planning or investment management needs, answer your questions and outline appropriate next steps.
If we decide to work together, we’ll begin the relationship and continue adapting your financial strategy as your needs and priorities evolve.
Insights & Education
Explore practical articles and short educational videos designed to make financial topics easier to understand and help you make more informed financial decisions.
The Park Lake Perspective
A practical mid-year financial checkup covering spending, emergency savings, insurance, taxes, estate documents, debt, investments and other areas worth reviewing.
The Park Lake Perspective
Investment choices can become complicated quickly. This article explores why understanding what you own and keeping an investment approach understandable can matter.
Five-Minute Finance
A short overview of how the Federal Reserve influences the economy, interest rates, employment and price stability — and why those functions can matter to your financial life.
Ready When You Are
Whether you’re looking for help with financial planning, investment management or simply want a clearer understanding of your options, the first step is a conversation.
In-person and virtual meeting options are available.