What We Plan For

Seven coordinated planning areas — not seven separate checklists. Each one connects to the others, so decisions in one area account for their impact on the rest.

Cash Flow

  • Income and expense analysis — personal and business, if applicable
  • Debt paydown strategy
  • Savings plan and cash flow gap identification
  • System for tracking and managing cash flow going forward

Tax Strategy

  • Optimize taxable income and identify available deductions
  • RMD planning and timing

Investment Strategy

  • Assess whether current investments are positioned to hit your financial goals and support your lifestyle
  • Align portfolio structure and risk exposure with your timeline
  • Coordinates with Tax Strategy and Retirement Planning
  • Coordinates with Risk Management on overall portfolio exposure

Retirement Planning

  • Model retirement income needs against expenses and life goals
  • Social Security timing and claiming strategy
  • RMD planning
  • Withdrawal strategy — sequencing and timing of drawdowns across account types
  • Contribution strategy — maximizing tax-advantaged accounts, coordinated with entity structure for business owners

Estate Planning

  • Review and analyze current estate documents
  • Estate Plan Documents are delivered through our partnership with Trust & Will
  • Create/update Will, Healthcare Directive, Power of Attorney, and Revocable Living Trust (if applicable)

Risk Management

  • Investment risk — portfolio positioned appropriately for your risk profile
  • Life insurance — adequate coverage to protect your family
  • Property & casualty — auto and home coverage reviewed for adequacy

Business Planning

For business owners, your company is usually the largest piece of your retirement plan — and the least understood. We connect the two.

  • Business valuation estimate — get a realistic estimate of what the business is likely worth today, so you're planning off real numbers instead of a guess
  • Wealth gap analysis — see how business equity, personal assets, and future savings stack up against your retirement number, and where the shortfall is
  • Exit proceeds modeling — estimate what you'd likely walk away with after taxes, whether it's a sale, succession, or family transfer
  • Coordinated exit timing — the sale or succession decision isn't just a business decision, it's a retirement-timeline decision, and we plan them together

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Financial planning fees range from $2,000 to $15,000, based on the complexity of your situation and the depth of planning required. Your exact fee is quoted after a discovery call.

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