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The Buckeye Shield · Retirement Protection Planning

Protect What You
Spent a Lifetime
Building.

Most Americans enter retirement without a real protection plan. At Buckeye Financial LLC, we close that gap — with strategies that shield your income, minimize your taxes, and give you certainty no matter what the market does.

20+
Years of Experience
3,000+
Clients Served
8
States Licensed
$0
Cost to Meet
Licensed: VA · MD · NC · SC · AR · TX · OH · TN
Life · Health · Annuity Licensed
2002 Ohio State BCS National Champion
Independent — We Work for YOU
Lee Boone - Founder, Buckeye Financial LLC
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2002 BCS National Champion
Ohio State Defensive Back
Who We Are

A Champion’s
Commitment to Your Future

Lee Boone founded Buckeye Financial LLC with one mission: give everyday Americans access to the same retirement protection strategies that wealthy families have used for decades.

A former Ohio State defensive back and member of the 2002 BCS National Championship team, Lee brings the same game-planning mindset to your financial future — studying the field, anticipating the risks, and building a defense that holds.

With over 20 years of experience and 3,000+ clients served across 8 states, Lee and his team specialize in protecting those 5–15 years from retirement — or already in it.

Fixed Index Annuities Indexed Universal Life Hybrid LTC Roth Conversions Tax-Free Retirement Medicare Planning
What We Do

The Buckeye Shield
Protection Stack

Get Protected →
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Fixed Index Annuities

Protect your principal while capturing market upside. FIAs offer growth potential with a guaranteed floor — your savings cannot lose value due to market downturns.

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Indexed Universal Life (IUL)

Build a tax-free retirement income engine. IUL policies grow cash value tied to market indices with downside protection, and qualified distributions come out tax-free.

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Hybrid Long-Term Care

Life insurance and long-term care coverage in one policy. If you never need care, your beneficiaries receive the full death benefit. Your money always does something meaningful.

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Roth Conversion Strategy

Stop the Tax Torpedo before it fires. We map your Roth conversion ladder to reduce future RMDs, lower lifetime tax liability, and create tax-free income streams in retirement.

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Life Insurance Planning

From term to permanent solutions, we match the right life insurance architecture to your income replacement needs, estate goals, and legacy vision — from top-rated carriers.

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Business Owner Protection

Your business is your biggest asset — until it isn’t. We build retirement plans that don’t depend on a successful sale, using key-person coverage and continuation strategies.

The 10 Retirement Risks

Do You Know What’s
Threatening Your Retirement?

Most people approaching retirement have no idea how many threats exist to their financial security. Any one of these 10 risks can derail a plan that took decades to build.

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Longevity Risk

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Inflation Risk

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Market Volatility Risk

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Withdrawal Rate Risk

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Healthcare & LTC Risk

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Tax Risk

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Social Security Risk

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Legacy & Estate Risk

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Liquidity Risk

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Sequence of Returns Risk

Which of these risks is currently threatening your retirement plan?
Take our free assessment and find out exactly where you stand.

⚠️ Take the Free 10 Risks Assessment
Last Line of Defense — Business Edition

Is Your Business
Truly Protected?

Most business owners have spent years building something valuable — but very few have a plan that protects it against the threats that can take it all away overnight. One wrong answer to any of these 7 questions could cost you everything.

Lee Boone brings the same last-line-of-defense mindset from the football field to your business. As a free safety, your job is to see threats before they arrive. That’s exactly what we do here.

● Protected: 0–8 pts ● Exposed: 9–19 pts ● Critical: 20–30 pts
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Business Valuation Protection

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Personal Protection

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Key Employee Retention

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Partnership Protection

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Exit Strategy

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Tax Strategy

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Family Protection

Watch the presentation above, then take the free assessment to get your Business Risk Score.
Your score shapes our entire conversation when we meet.

Real Stories. Real Results.

Clients Who Beat
the 10 Risks

Every retirement risk has a strategy. And every strategy has a story. Here’s what it looks like when real people take action in time.

⌛ Risk 01 — Longevity
★★★★★
My biggest fear was outliving my savings. I retired at 63 with decent money saved but no plan for what happens at 80. Lee showed me how a properly structured FIA could guarantee income I literally cannot outlive. That peace of mind is priceless.
Margaret T. — Retired Teacher, Virginia
📈 Risk 02 — Inflation
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We thought $4,000 a month would be more than enough to live on in retirement. Three years in, between groceries, gas, and utilities, it wasn’t. Lee restructured our income plan with an inflation-indexed strategy that grows our income every year. We actually feel ahead now.
Robert & Carol D. — Retirees, North Carolina
💼 Risk 03 — Market Volatility
★★★★★
I watched my 401(k) drop $80,000 in six months. My advisor kept telling me to “stay the course.” Lee showed me how an FIA captures gains and locks them in permanently. I moved money I couldn’t afford to lose into a zero-floor product. I’ve slept better ever since.
James H. — Small Business Owner, Ohio
💵 Risk 04 — Withdrawal Rate
★★★★★
Nobody told me that pulling 6% a year from my portfolio in a down market was essentially a death sentence for my savings. Lee restructured our withdrawal strategy using the three-bucket approach. Now we never touch the growth bucket during down years.
David & Linda M. — Pre-Retirees, Texas
🏥 Risk 05 — Healthcare & LTC
★★★★★
My mother spent her last four years in memory care. It wiped out everything she had saved. I was determined that wasn’t going to happen to us. Lee set us up with a hybrid LTC policy that covers care but still passes to our kids if we never use it. Win either way.
Patricia W. — Retired Nurse, South Carolina
📄 Risk 06 — Tax Risk
★★★★★
I had $620,000 sitting in a traditional IRA and thought I was set. Lee showed me that with RMDs and current tax brackets, the government was a silent partner in nearly a third of it. We’ve been doing a Roth conversion ladder for two years now.
Michael S. — Engineer, Tennessee
🏛 Risk 07 — Social Security
★★★★★
I almost claimed Social Security at 62 because I needed the income. Lee built me a bridge income strategy using an annuity to cover my expenses for four years so I could delay SS to 66. My monthly benefit went up nearly $700. That decision alone will pay for itself many times over.
Frank R. — Retired Contractor, Maryland
🏠 Risk 08 — Legacy & Estate
★★★★★
We never thought about what we’d leave behind — we were too focused on surviving retirement. Lee helped us see that with the right IUL structure, we could build a tax-free death benefit that would actually mean something to our grandchildren.
Thomas & Ruth E. — Retirees, Arkansas
👒 Risk 09 — Liquidity
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My previous advisor put everything into annuities with no liquidity. When my roof needed $18,000 in repairs, I had no accessible cash without a surrender charge. Lee completely rebuilt our plan using the three-bucket strategy. Emergencies don’t derail us anymore.
Diane K. — Retired Educator, Virginia
💸 Risk 10 — Sequence of Returns
★★★★★
Retiring right before a market drop was terrifying. I was withdrawing from a shrinking portfolio, which Lee explained is the worst combination in retirement. He restructured my income so I draw from protected sources during down years. My portfolio is actually recovering now.
Alan B. — Recent Retiree, Ohio
Free Education

Watch. Learn. Decide.

Before you ever sit down with us, we want you educated. These free presentations break down the strategies that protect your retirement — in plain language, no jargon.

The THRIVE Presentation

Complete overview of the Buckeye Shield retirement protection strategy.

The Three Bucket Strategy

Segment assets into safety, income, and growth — never sell at a loss.

Tax Codes They Never Taught You

Build and distribute wealth completely tax-free using IRS tax codes.

The 16 Banks Presentation

How insurance companies work as the most powerful banks in the world.

The “Dead Money” Presentation

Stop letting idle assets lose value to inflation and taxes every year.

Buckeye Shield — Affluent Edition

Advanced strategies for high-net-worth families with more to protect.

Medicare Planning Explained

Understand your options and avoid the costly Medicare mistakes most people make.

Retirement Protection: Under 65

The strategies you put in place now determine the retirement you get to have.

Last Line of Defense — Business Edition

The 7 questions every business owner must answer before it’s too late. Watch, score yourself, then book your review.

Take the First Step

Your Free
Retirement Protection
Review

This isn’t a sales pitch. It’s a strategy session designed to show you exactly where you stand — and what a real protection plan looks like for your situation.

  • A complete review of your current retirement income gaps
  • An honest look at your tax exposure in retirement
  • Protection strategies matched to your specific timeline
  • No pressure. No obligation. No cost to you.

Book Your Review

Choose a time that works for you. We meet in person or by phone — whatever is most convenient.

📅 Schedule My Free Review ⚠️ Take the 10 Risks Assessment First

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BUCKEYE Financial LLC · Est. 2005

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Life · Health · Annuity Licensed

Buckeye Financial LLC is an independent insurance and retirement planning agency. Insurance products are not FDIC insured, not a deposit, and not guaranteed by any bank or credit union. Fixed Index Annuities and life insurance products are issued by insurance companies. Product availability and features vary by state. Not licensed in NY. Testimonials are representative stories for illustrative purposes. This website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, tax, or legal advice.