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Financial Confidence.

Personalized financial strategies designed around your goals — not a product shelf. We act in your interest, always.

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Fiduciary Always

We are legally required to act in your best interest. No commissions. No product quotas.

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Fee-Only

You pay us directly. We don't earn commissions on what we recommend.

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Comprehensive

Tax, estate, investments, and insurance — your plan sees the full picture.

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Long-Term

We build relationships, not transactions. Most clients have been with us for over a decade.

What We Do

Comprehensive Financial Planning

A financial plan isn't a document — it's a living strategy that evolves as your life does. We cover every dimension of your financial picture.

Goal-Based Planning

We start with what matters to you — retirement, a home, education, legacy — and build the numbers backward from there.

Risk Management & Insurance

We analyze your coverage gaps — life, disability, long-term care, liability — and recommend without selling.

Tax Efficiency Planning

Roth conversions, tax-loss harvesting, asset location, charitable giving — your plan is tax-aware at every step.

Estate & Legacy Planning

Beneficiary reviews, trust coordination, gifting strategies, and planning that protects what you've built for the people you love.

Cash Flow & Debt Strategy

Spending, saving, mortgage analysis, student loan strategy — the foundation that makes everything else possible.

How It Works

Your Path to a Plan

Every engagement starts with understanding your life, not your portfolio.

1
Discovery Call
30 minutes. No cost. We learn about your situation and you learn about our process.
2
Data Gathering
We collect your financial picture — accounts, insurance, estate documents, tax returns.
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Plan Presentation
We present a written, comprehensive plan with specific recommendations and projections.
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Ongoing Partnership
Annual reviews, quarterly check-ins, and always available for life's financial decisions.
Plan for What Matters Most

Retirement Planning

Whether retirement is 30 years away or right around the corner, the plan looks different for every client. We build yours around your number — not a generic target.

Key Retirement Milestones
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Catch-Up Contributions
IRS allows additional $7,500/year to 401(k) and $1,000 to IRA beyond standard limits.
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Penalty-Free Withdrawals
Access retirement accounts without the 10% early withdrawal penalty.
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Earliest Social Security
Can claim benefits — but at a reduced amount. Timing strategy matters significantly here.
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Medicare Eligibility
Enroll in Medicare Parts A and B. Missing this window creates lasting penalties.
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Required Minimum Distributions
RMDs begin from traditional IRAs and 401(k)s. Planning ahead reduces the tax impact.
How We Invest

Investment Management

Portfolios built on evidence, not predictions. We don't chase returns — we build structures that hold through market cycles.

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Goals-Based Portfolios

Your portfolio is organized around your goals — each with its own time horizon, risk tolerance, and target allocation.

Bucket strategy implementation
Risk-matched time horizons
Regular rebalancing
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Evidence-Based Strategy

Decades of academic research guide our approach — factor investing, low-cost index funds, and disciplined asset allocation.

Low-cost index funds
Factor tilts (value, small-cap)
No market timing
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Global Diversification

US and international equities, bonds, real assets — diversification across asset classes, geographies, and sectors.

Developed & emerging markets
REIT & commodity exposure
Currency diversification
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Tax-Loss Harvesting

We systematically harvest losses in taxable accounts to offset gains and reduce your annual tax bill — often recovering our fee entirely.

Year-round monitoring
Wash sale compliance
Loss carryforward tracking
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Asset Location

Which assets go in which accounts matters. We place investments where they generate the most after-tax return.

Tax-deferred vs. taxable
Roth conversion windows
Across-account coordination
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Behavioral Coaching

The biggest risk to your returns is your own reaction to markets. We're the voice of reason when headlines make discipline difficult.

Proactive communication
Volatility context
Written investment policy
Client Stories

What Our Clients Have Built

Specific situations, real outcomes. Names changed for privacy.

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We came in with no idea when we could retire, whether we had enough, or whether we were invested correctly. Two years later we have a plan, a timeline, and actual confidence for the first time.
Outcome
Clear retirement date established at 62 — 4 years earlier than expected
MK
Mark & Karen
Small business owners, clients since 2018
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After selling my company I had a large lump sum and no idea what to do with it. Harrington helped me build a tax-efficient plan that I actually understood and could stick to through the market swings.
Outcome
$2.1M liquidity event managed — tax bill reduced by $180K through Roth conversions & timing
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David S.
Tech founder, client since 2021
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My previous advisor never explained anything. Here I understand exactly what I own, why I own it, and what it's supposed to do. That clarity alone is worth the fee.
Outcome
Portfolio restructured from 18 overlapping funds to 6 low-cost index positions — expense ratio reduced by 0.8%
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Rachel P.
Physician, client since 2020
Financial Education

Resources & Guides

Complimentary resources for every stage of your financial journey.

Guide
The Pre-Retirement Checklist: 10 Years Out

A practical, step-by-step review of everything you should assess and address in the decade before you stop working.

Article
Roth vs. Traditional IRA: A Decision Framework

Stop guessing and start using the right tool. This framework walks through the four key variables that drive the decision.

Calculator
Social Security Timing Comparison Tool

See the lifetime dollar difference between claiming at 62, 67, and 70 — personalized to your expected benefit amount.

Guide
Understanding Your 401(k) Investment Options

Most people pick funds blindly. This guide explains expense ratios, asset classes, and how to build a sensible mix.

Checklist
Estate Planning Essentials: What Everyone Needs

Will, POA, healthcare directive, beneficiaries — a straightforward checklist of the documents every adult needs in place.

Article
How to Evaluate a Financial Advisor (Questions to Ask)

Before hiring anyone, including us, you should ask these 12 questions. The answers tell you everything you need to know.

Begin the Conversation

Schedule Your Discovery Call

A 30-minute call to understand your situation and see if we're the right fit. No sales pitch. No obligation.

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Tell Us Where You Are
Current savings, goals, concerns, and what's keeping you up at night financially.
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We'll Share Our Approach
How we work, what we charge, and what a client relationship with us actually looks like.
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Decide Together
If it's a mutual fit, we'll schedule a deeper planning meeting. No pressure either way.

Request a Discovery Call

We schedule within two business days. The call is always complimentary.

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