The Process
The Process has been developed through countless meetings to make the most of your time. Our goal is to decide if it makes sense to work together. There are many advisors and clients out there, and we only want to work with those we can truly help. The Process will help us answer that question.
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A short phone call, around 15 minutes
Discuss your main questions
Determine if we should meet to go deeper
Set the meeting date & time
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A longer meeting by web or in person, around an hour
Discuss your
Goals
Family & friends
Assets & liabilities
Insurance
Income & expenses
Ideal outcome
Fears & Concerns
Review a sample 1-page financial plan
Set next meeting
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Provide any needed info
We’ll review everything that we discussed as well as the financial details you provide
We’ll build out your 1-page financial plan
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Revisit your goals, concerns, obstacles & opportunities
Review your 1-page financial plan
Discuss what working together looks like
Review our online comprehensive plan platform
Discuss next steps
Remember, there is nothing to buy
Set our next meeting
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This is an important decision and we insist you sleep on it. Take some time to consider your decision and let us know any questions you have before moving forward.
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Once you've had time to sleep on all we have discussed and feel good about your decision to move forward, we'll get started! This means getting investments in place and going deeper on building out your comprehensive financial plan and client dashboard.
Working Together
Once we’ve decided to move forward, we’ll establish accounts and your online access to those accounts. We’ll also build your financial dashboard with every detail possible. This acts as a touchpoint we’ll revisit regularly and allow us to model financial decisions as they arise. At that point we’ll you’re welcome to reach out at any time you need. Otherwise we’ll meet twice a year, generally in May after you’ve completed your tax return, and in October for year-end planning.
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This is the #1 topic when I meet with new retirees, and for good reason! Retirement is the transition from adding to your savings, to drawing from your savings. Doing this correctly can reduce taxes, reduce the chance of running out of money, and leave more for you heirs.
That's why we've introduced Retirement Income Guardrails. This helps increase the likelihood that you'll never run out of money!
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Taxes are important and impacts almost every decision we make from portfolio construction to income planning and estate planning. While we won't complete your tax return, we will work closely with your tax professional.
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We build portfolios engineered specifically to meet your goals, minimize taxes, and ensure you don't run out of money. We do this by investing in great companies and rebalancing regularly.
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Being properly insured could the most important step you take in building out your financial plan. Better to have and not need than need and not have! We'll review your need for insurance and review your current policies.
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Almost everyone needs an estate plan, including a trust, will, healthcare directive, durable power of attorney, and if needed, child guardianship. While we are not attorneys and cannot draft these documents, we are happy to make an introduction to attorneys we've worked with. And review your current plan.
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How you structure your investments, income sources, and estate plan will affect your legacy. We'll ensure that this is done with the intention of meeting your goals. We can also help you communicate this with your heirs through family meetings so the spirit of your legacy is clear.
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Many clients will have accumulated stock in their company through grants or employee stock purchase plans, which has grown tremendously. Certainly something to be celebrated.
Now that it's time to tap into that resource, we have to manage the tax that might come from selling.
There several ways to manage this from using options, to gifting, using exchange funds, tax transitioning, and setting up charitable trusts. The best solutions depends on your goals. We’ll help you through all your options.