Meet the financial advisor ranked No. 1 two years in a row by CNBC
David Rea in Chobe National Park in Botswana.Source: David ReaFor two years in a row, something hasn't changed on CNBC's ranking of the top 100 financial advisors in the U.S.: Salem Investment Counselors has come in at No. 1.CNBC spoke recently with Salem's president, David Rea, about why he believes his firm has been ranked so highly – twice.Salem Investment Counselors provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management to its clients, most of whom have a net worth of $ 500,000 or more. The Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based firm has more than $ 1.7 billion in assets under management and has been in business since 1979.Rea, whose mother was a housekeeper and father worked in the steel mills in Indiana, has been serving some of his clients for close to four decades now, ...