The BFM Planning Process

Income Planning

To start the Process, we evaluate your current income situation and expenses to ensure they are sustainable for your life. Next, we’ll make sure that we have maximized your social security, looked into your pension options and decisions, planned for a pre-mature death of a spouse, inflation, and other considerations that are critical for your income plan.

Investment Planning

Depending on your risk tolerance and risk capacity, we’ll create portfolios that are customized to your overall financial goals. By being an independent Investment Advisor, we are not tied in with a large “wire house” institution, which means we can offer a universe of funds and equities to create cost-efficient and high quality portfolios.

Tax Planning

The main goal of our tax planning is to generate more tax diversification. This means that we’ll assess your current tax liability whether it is income taxes, capital gain taxes, or estate taxes and develop strategies to minimize the taxes you pay during your retirement, as well as when passing on your wealth to the next generation.

Healthcare Planning

Understanding the healthcare system can be overwhelming. Whether you are trying to retire before Medicare, on Medicare, or concerned about the high costs of Long-Term Care, we take the time to ensure that you know your options, and create a plan that matches your health and budget.

Legacy Planning

By working collaboratively with estate planning attorneys, we can help maximize the amount that your loved ones will inherit, help control how the money is to be given, and minimize the taxes that are paid.

Many pieces, one plan.

Financial planning is for everyone. Anyone with any degree of discretionary income can benefit from the services of a qualified, capable, financial planner.

With a fully integrated plan, often times the most beneficial result is often the return on your time. The ability to delegate your finances so you can spend your time on what is important to you will be your first return on investment.