Process · How I Work

A four-step process, built around your situation.

Discovery, plan design, implementation, and ongoing review. The first conversation is no obligation. The pace is yours.

Step01

Discovery.

A first meeting to understand your goals, your concerns, and the decisions in front of you. No paperwork, no commitment. I listen more than I talk.

By the end, you'll know whether we're a fit. If not, I'll do my best to point you somewhere useful.

  • Goals, priorities, and timeline
  • Inventory of accounts, plans, and benefits
  • Specific decisions you're weighing
  • Questions you want answered before we go further
Typical length · 45–60 min · No charge
Step02

Design.

I take what you've shared and develop recommendations — retirement income, rollover analysis, asset allocation, insurance review, beneficiary alignment. Whatever the situation calls for.

You see the work. I explain the tradeoffs in plain English. You decide what to do.

  • Retirement income projection across scenarios
  • Rollover and pension election analysis
  • Allocation review with risk capacity test
  • Tax sequencing and Roth conversion windows
  • Insurance and estate-document coordination
Typical length · 1–3 weeks · Iterative
Step03

Implementation.

The paperwork. Account openings, transfers, beneficiary updates, rollover paperwork — handled carefully so you're not stitching it together yourself.

I coordinate with custodians, plan administrators, your CPA, and your estate attorney as needed.

  • Account openings and transfers
  • Rollover and direct-transfer paperwork
  • Beneficiary and titling updates
  • Coordination with your CPA and attorney
  • Confirmation that everything posted correctly
Typical length · 2–6 weeks · Tracked end-to-end
Step04

Ongoing review.

Plans don't stay still. Markets move, tax law shifts, and life happens. We meet on a regular cadence and whenever something changes — a job, a sale, a family event.

The point isn't to react to every headline. It's to keep the plan honest with the life you're actually living.

  • Annual full plan review
  • Event-driven check-ins (retirement, sale, inheritance)
  • Allocation rebalancing as markets move
  • RMD and Social Security timing in the right years
  • Beneficiary and estate-document refreshes
Cadence · Annual + as-needed

Start with a conversation.

No obligation. Microsoft Teams works for most first meetings; in-person available across Houston.

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