Let us help you get financially fit
Custom-tailored planning with no sales agenda or conflicts of interest
According to the American Psychological Association, 72% of Americans have felt stress about money in the past month. This stress, combined with the personal nature of the topic, typically leads individuals to minimizing the concern, internalizing the anxiousness, and experiencing Stage 4 analysis paralysis.
It's a fact, we know. But we can help!
How We Work
Free Consultation
Financial Wellness Review
Ongoing Financial Planning
Our Fiduciary Oath
The investment and insurance industries are predicated on hiring thousands of high-pressured salespeople that prioritize the maximization of sales and profits. At wHealth Advisors, we’re not naïve to the capitalistic system in which we operate—just the contrary. However, instead of prioritizing our bottom line, we think that it’s a better business decision to prioritize YOU.
As Fee-only Fiduciaries since day one, we hold ourselves to the highest ethical standard in the industry. Similar to the Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors, our Fiduciary Oath to you means we shall:
Always act in good faith and with candor
Not accept any referral fees or compensation contingent upon the purchase or sale of a financial product
Range of topics we cover
Click each box below for details.
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
- Education needs analysis
- Education savings vehicles
- Financial aid
- Gift/income tax strategies
- Education financing
- Student Loan Refinancing
Insurance
- Evaluation of risk exposures
- Health insurance and health care
- Disability Insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Annuities
- Life insurance
- Business uses of insurance
- Property and casualty insurance
- Insurance needs analysis
Investment
- Planning for investment taxes
- Incorporating investment risk
- Assessing investment returns
- Asset allocation & diversification
- Bond & stock selection
- Portfolio development
- Aligning Investment strategies
- Alternative investments
- Asset location analysis
taxation
- Factoring Income taxes
- Taxation of business entities
- Taxation of trusts and estates
- Alternative minimum tax (AMT)
- Tax reduction techniques
- Tax consequences of property transactions
- Passive activity and at-risk rules
- Charitable/philanthropic contributions and deductions
Retirement
- Retirement needs analysis
- Social Security and Medicare
- 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
- Consequences of property titling
- Strategies to transfer property
- Estate planning documents
- Gift and estate tax
- Sources for estate liquidity
- Taxation of trusts
- Marital deduction
- Intra-family and other business transfer techniques
- Estate planning techniques
Other Planning
- Buy vs. Lease a Car decision
- Buy vs. Rent a Home decision
- Credit card selection
- Career Planning
- Job Offer negotiation
- Employee benefits selection
- Saving for Travel
- Merging Finances
Beyond your finances
Personal goals and values identification
Through a variety of exercises and assessments, we help clients identify their individual (and shared) goals, values, and visions for their uniquely ideal life. Based on these results, we work together to prioritize a financial plan of action based on both importance and practicality. The exercises and assessments are done periodically, allowing us to revisit and recalibrate the plan over time.
Health optimization and longevity planning
Health Improvement/Optimization: As planners, we recognize the inherent connection between your finances and your health. As individuals, if in our pursuit of financial independence we sacrifice healthy habits (think: good nutrition, exercise, sleep etc.), we are unlikely to reach our potential as a parent, partner, or professional and are more likely to age quicker and experience more illness, handicaps, and medical bills.
Now, flash forward and try imagining your last 10-20 years of life. What if, instead of spending countless hard earned dollars reactively on doctors, medications, and long-term care expenses that you instead proactively invested in your overall health and were able to stave off illness, maintain your vitality, and have more money, time, and energy for yourself and loved ones?
When approaching the intersection of health and wealth, both the return on investment (ROI) and return on life (ROL) for investing in health is obvious.
Longevity Planning: Longevity-focused lifestyle choices have downstream impacts to the financial plan which may include:
- allocating funds for expenses related to longevity-focused therapies, supplements, coaches/trainers/doctors, as well as other (currently unavailable) medical advancements, and
- creating resilient financial plans with longevity in mind. A financial plan that lasts until age 95 is very different from one that lasts until age 110, 120, or beyond.
Your health, your life, your finances:
Even the most bulletproof financial plans are worthless if you find yourself in poor health. Similarly, the positive impacts of good health, while perhaps harder to quantify, are difficult to understate.
Our endgame: To ensure that you have the financial means and health to live your most contentful life.
Who this is for:
For those aspiring to preserve their youth, energy, and vitality for as long as possible while not running out of money in the process. Said another way: for those aspiring to die young, as late as possible (☺).
Whether you are aspiring to eventually compete in the Centenarian Olympics or are just getting started on your health journey — we’re here to support your goals.
When it comes to both health and financial planning, the best time to have started making improvements was 10 years ago, the second best time is now.
How we help:
- Non-medical counsel, guidance, and accountability on your health journey.
- Discuss incorporating new habits and lifestyle changes.
- Help you vet appropriate professionals (doctors, nutritionists, coaches, therapists etc.).
- Plan for personal and/or professional pivots (think: relocating, planning a career change etc.).
- Third party longevity questionnaires and calculators to gain a better understanding of how your current health may impact your potential healthspan (i.e. the number of years a person is healthy – not just alive).
- Building community, extending invitations to health focused webinars/seminars/retreats/travel.
DISCLAIMER: As financial planners, none of our advice qualifies, or should ever be misconstrued as, medical advice.
Human capital analysis
Human capital can be broken down in a variety of ways. We help clients think about optimizing their human capital through two lenses:
- Professional: How can you make yourself more valuable (and thus increase your earning potential)?
- Personal: How can you maintain your physical, mental, and emotional health, your most valued relationships, and your professional aspirations and not burn out in the process?
NEXT-GEN: YOUR CHILDREN
Preparing your children for their own financial journey (and adulthood!) begins by equipping them with the education, tools, and skills to succeed.
At wHealth Advisors, we work with families in the following areas:
- College Financial Planning: This service is included for all ongoing clients. Regardless of the age of your child, we’re there to guide families through the educational process. See more of our approach on of the work we do in in College Financial Planning.
- Student Loan Analysis: Should your or your children have outstanding student loan debt, we’re here to help navigate the best repayment strategies.
- Financial Literacy: Using a 10 module education program, we provide our clients’ children with the opportunity to learn the skills and personal finance fundamentals that they’ll be able to use throughout their lives.
Author
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Today, as co-founder of wHealth Advisors, I find immense fulfillment in knowing that we use our platform as a force for good. As a firm, we’re founded on the industry’s highest standards for ethics and transparency while also offering pro-bono services to those in need. Financially, we donate a portion of our gross revenue annually to qualified 501(c)3 organizations (which are nominated + voted on by our clients). Personally, though, I find the greatest satisfaction in helping my clients gain financial peace of mind through prudent money management. Prudent money management is like a positive feedback loop: when we are no longer burdened by finances, other dimensions of our lives also tend to improve. As we continue to grow we realize that as important as money is, those other dimensions of life are equally (if not more!) important. As modern philosopher Naval Ravikant reminds us: “The three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. We pursue them in that order, but their importance is reverse. A calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought.” My life’s mission has been dedicated to helping others use money to close the gap between who they are today and the best version of themselves that awaits ahead. I am excited to meet you and look forward to the opportunity of working together on your journey to financial independence! Designations: - Certified Financial Planner™ - Chartered Financial Consultant® - Accredited Investment Fiduciary® - Certified Student Loan Professional® Featured in: - Forbes - U.S. News & World Report - Financial Advisor Magazine Outside of wHealth Advisors: - Educating myself more on: Stoicism, permaculture, climate justice, systemic racism, health & longevity science - Happiest when: outdoors with wife, Arabelle, and son, Manny - Stays active with: strength training, functional range conditioning, hiking, cycling, surfing, and yoga - Financially splurges on: Single-origin coffee