Service, Integrity, Honesty and personal attention are the hallmark of Christman Financial Advisors LLC. It is the defining quality that sets us apart from our competition. The personal relationship that we develop with you starts with an initial meeting that identifies your goals, needs and risk tolerance. Unlike the typical big firm that asks how much money you have, I do not recommend products or investments until I fully understand who you are and where you financially stand right now. In short, Christman Financial Advisors LLC is service oriented – not sales oriented.
At Christman financial Advisors I have structured my business to be able to work with most any client: I offer hourly (project) services which can be customized based on your needs and desires all the way up to a full service flat fee / annual retainer Wealth Management service.
Examples of hourly / custom project based services include:
One time help setting up and or selecting investments for your retirement or other accounts (Trad IRA, Roth IRA, Brokerage accounts).
A review of your current portfolio allocation yet you want to manage it yourself.
An estimate of what you need for retirement? Retirement income projection.
You only want investment management services (and not any of the financial planning aspects).
These project based services are customized for each client. It could be a one time fee with potential check-ins or a monthly fee if the request is for investment management only services.
New custom project offering: The Financial Fundamentals program is designed for those early in their wealth building journey. it focuses on building a strong foundation and healthy financial habits early. Each quarter, a specific financial element is highlighted along with coaching to help you improve. It also includes unlimited on-demand financial advice and mentoring as well as (optional) included investment management services*. The fee can be paid automatically from your investment accounts (if managed by Christman Financial) or by debit/ACH. The fee is annual yet is debited monthly in arrears.
Financial Fundamentals is ideal for those younger in age and just starting out with less complexity in their lives.
*Included investment management services applies to assets held at Charles Schwab under Christman Financial Advisors LLC master account number only.
Do you want high touch and full service? Yearly reivew of Retirement planning and projections, college planning (savings), tax review and planning, Insurance review and Estate review and included investment management services?
Someone to do the paperwork and watch the markets and your accounts, consistently keeping you informed?
Social security, Roth conversion and the impact in Medicare surcharge fees. Detailed cashflow and analysis software to make sure you’re on track. Creation of multiple scenarios to compare and contrast.
Wealth Management would be the way to go.
Christman Financial Advisors believes in the financial planning process. This is the process of identifying goals, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, gathering and reviewing financial data, and designing and implementing a plan to help you reach your goals. It is a lifelong process. Once the plan is created and most importantly implemented, it needs to be monitored, reviewed and updated to meet the dynamic circumstances of life. Not everyone needs to have a written financial plan. Everyone, however, can benefit from the financial planning process. We also believe that a strong financial future rests on a fundamentally strong base, minimizing debt and understanding your expenses among other things.
Investing is only one component of financial planning though certainly an important one. Being a Certified Financial Planner, I believe that an investment policy and asset allocation can be designed only after the initial financial planning process is complete and a target return is established. At Christman Financial Advisors we seek to diversify your assets among the major classes of cash, stocks, bonds, real estate and commodities if appropriate. Stocks are divided between domestic and foreign; large to small capitalization. We further divide domestic stocks into growth and value styles. Bonds are divided by short, intermediate and long-term duration. We use real estate investment trusts (REITs) for the real estate component of a plan.
My goal is NOT to create a complex portfolio structure with high expenses but for you to achieve your goals and to keep your expenses to a minimum.
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