RED CEDAR ADVISORY SERVICES
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- CPA license active (individual: Red Cedar Advisory Services Llc) · 1102025796 · Michigan Board of Accountancy (LARA Bureau of Professional Licensing licence list)
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- None named on its website
Who they say they serve: real estate, technology (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services; CPA license verified with the state board.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | RED CEDAR ADVISORY SERVICES | home page | |
| Website | https://www.redcedar.io/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Royal Oak, MI | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...firm for 5 years. Instead of keeping my head down, just focusing on tax preparation, bookkeeping and consolidations, I felt like there was more to experience with accounting and... | /about-us/our-team | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Controller and CFO services Bill paying Collecting and managing receivables Payroll transactions Budgeting Managing banking relationships Financial analysis and strategic... | /services/accounting | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...understand investor expectations, lender requirements, and the necessity for accurate financial statements and accounting records. Accounting and Information Systems Our specialty... | /services | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | real estate, technology | /about-us/our-team | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) | CPA license active (individual: Red Cedar Advisory Services Llc) · 1102025796 · Michigan Board of Accountancy (LARA Bureau of Professional Licensing licence list) | State accountancy board Third-party Sep 26, 2026 expires Jul 31, 2027 | 8 pts (max 8) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...share our experiences and plan for the future. Get Started Our Fund Administration Includes: Fund accounting Fund entity accounting Investor capital account management Distribution... | /services/accounting | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Experts Mike Schmansky, CEO | /about-us/our-team | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
| Privacy / data-handling page | Documented: Privacy / Policy | /privacy-policy | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 8 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Monthly bookkeeping (0 pts, max 8); Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); Local / remote model stated (0 pts, max 3); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
Not verified (not checked yet, so each scores 0 and counts against coverage): Service area; Phone; Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS directory credential (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Years operating (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: Michigan Board of Accountancy license search and business registry search.
- Active CPA firm or individual license (state board): Michigan lists an ACTIVE CPA firm license (Active) under this name, expiring 2027-07-31. It does not prove service quality.
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 19 of 21 evidenced items come from RED CEDAR ADVISORY SERVICES's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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