However you see your tomorrow, you have to plan for it today.
Here’s how we can help:
PLAN & CONSULT
- Personal Finance Education
- Education Savings
- Insurance & Risk Management
- Investment Planning
- Tax Strategies
- Saving for Retirement
- Estate Planning
- Employee Benefits Selection
- Other Planning
INVEST
- Planning for investment taxes
- Incorporating investment risk
- Assessing Alternative Investments
- Determining asset allocation
- Ensuring portfolio diversification
- Bond, Stock, ETF selection
- Portfolio development
- Aligning Investment strategies
- Assessing alternative investments
TAX
- Personal Tax Returns
- Business Tax Returns
- Bookkeeping
- Payroll
PLAN & CONSULT
(Financial Planning)
01. Get Acquainted
Where are you in your financial life and what are you planning for? Dream vacation? Down payment? Early retirement?
02. Get Organized
Based on your answers, we'll recommend a financial plan and use our technology to build you a personal financial website.
03. Get Ahead
And we keep working. Once we get you set up, we'll track your financial plan and ensure you are staying on-track. Also, you get unlimited access to licensed financial experts — anytime, anywhere.
Our PLAN & CONSULT (financial planning) services cover several areas:
Basic Planning
- Identifying financial goals
- Evaluating financial statements
- Cash flow management
- Financing strategies
- Economic concepts
- Time value of money concepts
- Behavioral finance
- Financial counseling
- Debt management
Education Planning
- Education needs analysis
- Education savings vehicles
- Financial aid
- Gift/income tax strategies
- Education financing
Insurance Planning
- Homeowners & Renters Insurance
- Life insurance
- Health insurance and health care
- Disability Insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Annuities
- Business uses of insurance
- Property and casualty insurance
Investment Planning
- Planning for investment taxes
- Incorporating investment risk
- Assessing investment returns
- Determining asset allocation and portfolio diversification needs
- Bond and stock selection
- Portfolio development
- Aligning Investment strategies
- Alternative investments
Tax Planning
- Personal tax reduction techniques
- Business taxes
- Taxation of trusts and estates
- Alternative minimum tax (AMT)
- Tax consequences of property transactions
- Passive activity and at-risk rules
- Charitable/philanthropic contributions and deductions
Retirement Planning
- Retirement needs analysis
- Social Security and Medicare
- Medicaid
- Qualified plan rules & options
- Tax-advantaged retirement plans
- Regulatory considerations
- Plan selection for businesses
- Distribution rules and taxation
- Retirement income distribution
- Business succession planning
Estate Planning
- Estate Plans (incl. Wills, Living Wills, Power of Attorney)
- Gift and estate tax
- Property titling
- Multigenerational property transfers
- Taxation of trusts
- Marital deduction
- Intra-family and other business transfer techniques
- Estate planning techniques
Other Planning
- Buy vs. Lease a Car
- Buy vs. Rent a Home
- Credit card selection
- Buying Diamonds
- Career Planning
- Job Offer negotiations
- Employee benefits selection
- Saving for Travel
- Merging Finances
INVEST
(Investment Management)
01. Get Acquainted
Where are you in your investment life and what are you investing for? Higher returns? Lower risk? A more diversified portfolio?
02. Get Organized
Based on your answers, we'll recommend an investing plan and build you a custom portfolio. We take sophisticated investing strategies and make them better with modern, tax-smart technology.
03. Get Ahead
And we keep working. Once we get you set up, we'll manage your portfolio. Ensure it is continuously rebalanced to your allocation goals, and cash flow needs. We’ll also ensure tax savings through implementing tax loss harvesting strategies
0.30% of AUM. No asset minimums. And you actually get advice from a HUMAN financial advisor! No jokes!
Our investment strategies are sophisticated, but our philosophy is simple. It is based on Nobel Prize-winning research - over the long term, a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds is likely to outperform a high-cost, actively managed portfolio.
Manage risk:
We’ll create a diversified portfolio that reflects the risk you’re willing to take. We'll keep it balanced, so you can rest assured that your money is safe and secure.
Lower taxes:
We'll help lower the taxes you pay, so you'll have more money to meet your goals.
Reduce fees:
Fees compound over time and eat into your returns. We choose low-cost investments, and charge a low advisory fee - lower than the industry average.
TAX
(Tax Preparation)
01. Get Acquainted
Let’s talk taxes! Don’t want to? Okay, just tell us a little about yourself. Then just sign-up on our secure online client portal. We’ll guide you through every step.
02. Get Organized
Collect your last three years of tax returns. Collect your current year tax documents, such as your W2, 1099, or K1. Don't know what these are - ask us! Upload your docs through your client portal. We’ll keep them safe.
03. Get Ahead
We’ll take care of the rest. Just sit back and relax. We’ll calculate your refund and send you a draft return. Look through your return and sign when you're happy and ready.