Fees
Five things, priced, all of them paid by you.
- A full written plan
- $4,200
- Four sessions over about ten weeks, a written plan of thirty to fifty pages, and a follow-up session ninety days later to see what actually got done.
- A plan, for a household with equity compensation
- $5,400
- The same, plus the analysis that RSUs, options, and a concentrated position require. Priced separately because it is genuinely more work.
- Hourly sessions
- $350 an hour
- For a single decision — one house, one offer, one inheritance. Most of these are two hours and I will say so before you book three.
- Second opinion on advice you were given
- $700
- Two hours reading what you were told and a written note on what it costs and whose interest it serves.
- Annual check-in, former planning clients
- $950
- One session and an updated plan. Optional, and about half of clients take it in a given year.
Fees are reviewed annually. A plan agreed at one year’s price is delivered at that price however long it takes.
How the money works
- Agreed before anything starts
- Half at the first session, half when the written plan is delivered.
- The half hour is free
- Including the version of it that ends with me saying you do not need a plan.
- Nothing is contingent
- No fee depends on what you decide to do, which is the whole point of the arrangement.
- Your accountant and attorney
- I write to them at no extra cost. Coordinating is part of the work rather than an add-on.
A flat fee looks expensive next to advice that appears to be free. It is not; the free version is paid for out of what you buy, and usually costs more. That comparison is on the how-I-am-paid page.
How I am paid