Our Approach
It’s About the Journey
We believe that sound financial planning is an ongoing process – not a one-time solution. Our philosophy is to build a shared vision of what success looks like to you. We then work to truly understand what you want & need from your resources to be happy & content.
From there we help to build wealth & reduce risk by employing disciplined financial strategies backed by evidence and rigorous academic research. By partnering to pick and choose the best fitting strategies for your situation, we’re able to organize and optimize your wealth.
Get Started Creating Value
And Long-Term Wealth
Organize
Get your financial life in order and gain a shared understanding of what success looks like to you.
Optimize
Assess strengths & vulnerabilities, and develop a strategy to reach your long term objectives.
Execute
Consistently make smart decisions and avoid pitfalls along your personal path to success.
Enjoy
Consistently make smart decisions and avoid pitfalls along your personal path to success.
WHAT YOU GET
Full Service Financial Planning
We help our clients optimize their wealth by reviewing & advising on the gamut of financial topics.
If there’s a dollar sign in front of it, it’s something we’ll probably want to take a look at it.
This comprehensive focus helps ensure that no opportunities to build wealth or reduce risk go overlooked.
We're in the business of helping people reach the best financial destination for them. We do this by employing a consistent process to help understand your goals, values, and aspirations. After review and analysis we provide observations and recommendations to arrange the puzzle pieces in a manner best suited for you and your family.
Knowing when you can retire and exactly how much you might need saved can be daunting questions…and they’re not the only challenges. Determining how you’ll obtain healthcare, how and when to draw from your accounts, and how to structure assets within your estate can become a complex exercise. We can help you devise a plan that gives you peace of mind, optimizes your assets, and sets you and your family up for sustained financial success.
You may have heard that over 80% of businesses never sell — and of the 20% that do, the vast majority sell for less than what the owner thought the business was worth. Our practice is built to help business owners align their business with their personal finances and lifestyle objectives. We can help you prepare to sell your business and confirm that what you keep after taxes will be enough to support your post-transition lifestyle.
Everyone needs to pay their fair share in taxes. But you probably don’t want to leave a tip. Our team can work to help you minimize your tax burden over time. Whether it be via strategic Roth IRA conversions, deferred sales trusts, or harvesting tax losses (or even gains), we can help you optimize your taxes for the long-term.
Ever wonder how large your rainy day fund should be? What about how and when should you be paying yourself from your business? Or how quarterly estimated tax payments come into play? Our team can help you build a repeatable framework for managing cash in your business (as well as your household) that supports your immediate and longer term needs.
401(k) plans, SEP-IRAs, and SIMPLE IRAs are low hanging fruit when it comes to saving for retirement and deferring taxable income. But retirement plans have their nuances and unique responsibilities when you offer one. Our team can help you design and operate a retirement plan that fits your business objectives, helps you and your employees save for the future, and provides substantial tax advantages.
Experience Security Through
The Advanced Planning Process
We build a custom process around an understanding of your financial life today, exploring your
immediate & longer-term objectives, and developing an action plan to achieve them.
STEP 1
Introductory Meeting
Before committing a significant amount of our time or yours, this 30-minute call will give us a chance to make sure your situation matches our expertise. The call is complimentary, and nothing will be offered for sale. We will use the time to get to know one another and determine whether it makes sense for us to create a free one-page financial plan.
STEP 2
Our Analysis
We’ll ask for a few basic documents like your tax return and account statements. Along with your responses to our intake questions. We’ll then review and analyze everything while building a customized one-page financial plan.
STEP 3
Plan Presentation
We meet for 60-minutes to present your one-page financial plan and explain, very clearly, what you need to do to reach your financial objectives. These recommendations and high-level guidance will encapsulate your complete financial situation and provide direction toward building, growing, and preserving your wealth.
STEP 4
Decision Time
We get it — choosing the right financial partner is a big decision. With your one-page financial plan in hand you’ll decide whether to implement the plan yourself, hire another firm for help, or work with us. If you’re comfortable with our approach and believe we’ll provide more value than the fees you’ll pay, we’ll proceed to onboard you as a client. We believe a client and provider relationship should be natural and we don’t believe in hard sells.
STEP 5
Implement and Enjoy
Onboarding as a new client is easy. We’ll gather any additional information we might need, set up a profile for you in our financial planning system, and get to work implementing your plan, together.
Let's Strategize
We believe successful and worthwhile achievements start with a plan.
Schedule an introductory call today to get started on yours.
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