Let's Build a Plan
Here's What a Financial Plan Costs and What You Can Expect:
First, we set up an intro meeting to determine if we're a good fit to work together.
If so, we sign an advisory agreement, which gives us an initial 6-month period to work on the financial planning topics most important to you. Details:
Every 6-month engagement begins in an advice-only format. You ask questions, I give answers and make written recommendations. Unlimited interactions/meetings for six months. I'm on the team until your questions are answered.
If you need help getting your portfolio set up, we can work together so you can pull the levers on those changes with my assistance.
Need a financial partner for the long-term? Need to delegate the investing process? It's easy to extend our initial engagement indefinitely via Portfolio Management Services.
Starting at $2,400 per individual, or $3,600 per household (you + partner/spouse)
OK...But, How?
Once we're off and running, we start by gathering ALL THE DATA. I'll break this down into small requests, with tips on how to best complete these tasks. Steps:
- You'll get your own client website, which acts as a central hub for your financial life (take a test drive here). This is where we'll directly plug in your various accounts and build a live, personal balance sheet. We'll also add future goals, household spending estimates, and much more. This information will serve as the inputs for the financial planning software we'll use together.
- We'll set up our first official meeting, literally titled "Get Organized."
- During our meeting we have a chance to talk in detail about all the things that aren't easily explained by the numbers, and to answer some of the questions we'll have for each other after the data gathering process.
- OPTIONAL: This is also our first chance to officially air grievances about the Seattle Mariners.
Do You Need Ongoing Help?
Portfolio Management Services:
If you need help with direct management of your investments after we go through the planning process, or you just want your portfolio set up professionally before you eventually decide to manage accounts yourself, you can opt in to use Portfolio Management Services. This optional service is based on the total assets directly managed at our third-party custodians (Betterment or Schwab), with a 0.50% annual advisory fee broken up quarterly. It's built in to seamlessly activate as part of our advisory agreement if you decide to utilize it. The typical minimum portfolio size is $100K.