About Bliss & Thompson Financial Services Steven L Bliss, founder of BTFS, has been serving clients in Northern Michigan for over 36 years. All of the advisors at Bliss and Thompson Financial Services are dedicated to helping families plan for their own unique future. Individuals today are faced with incredible challenges that require very specific planning. Challenges such as estate conservation, minimum distribution requirements, social security taxes and medicare are all growing needs. Decisions that individuals make today, will greatly affect the financial future of the individual and in many cases the heirs to follow. What you do today creates your "Retirement Reality" in the future.