Fee-Only Financial Planning For Individuals & Couples Over Age 50 In Dayton & Southwest, Ohio
Retire With Confidence &
Live Your Ideal Lifestyle
Who we help
You’re Age 50+ & You’ve Saved $750,000+ for Retirement, But You Have Questions...
Retiring Successfully
Investing With Confidence
Reducing Taxes
OUR SERVICES
Achieve Financial Confidence
& Peace of Mind
Whether your ideal retirement includes escaping the Midwest winters or simply living a life of happiness, we are here as your trusted financial partner to help you prepare for the next STAGE of life.
Retirement Planning
Our passion is to help you retire the way you want, with confidence. As fee-only financial advisors, we will guide you through every step of your financial journey, ensuring you can confidently live your ideal retirement. If you're already retired, we'll help refine your strategy so that you have the peace of mind that you are looking for.
Income Planning
As fiduciaries, we specialize in creating you a personalized retirement income plan that can adapt as the stock market changes. We will maximize your sources of income including your retirement savings, pensions, and social security with an emphasis on tax efficiency.
Tax Planning
While taxes are a necessary part of life, annual tax planning can reduce your lifetime tax liability, helping you to avoid leaving the IRS a tip. If you work with a tax professional, we will make sure that your tax professional has everything they need to file your taxes correctly each year.
Investment Management
Our investment management services align your investments with your retirement and financial goals. We will diversify your portfolio to eliminate any unnecessary risks and reduce expenses so that you keep more of your hard-earned savings.
Social Security & Medicare Planning
Does the thought of signing up for Social Security and Medicare sound overwhelming? With Stage Ready Financial Planning, you don’t have to navigate this maze alone. We will help you select the optimal time to draw and maximize your Social Security income and budget for the Medicare plan that fits your needs.
Insurance & Estate Planning
We know that even the best financial plans don’t turn out as we expect. We will partner with you to build an insurance and estate plan that protects you and your family. Stage Ready Financial Planning never accepts commissions and doesn’t sell insurance products, helping you feel confident that our advice has only your best interest in mind.
THE STAGE READY FINANCIAL PLANNING DIFFERENCE
Get the Support You Need
Fiduciary Partnership
We are proud to serve the Dayton & Southwest, Ohio communities as fiduciaries. With Stage Ready Financial Planning, you can feel confident knowing that your financial advisor puts your best interest first.
Fee-Only Advisor
Our fee-only service model offers you objective advice with transparent pricing. We never accept commissions. Have peace of mind knowing that we will be your trusted fee-only financial planner.
CFP® Professional
As CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professionals, we are committed to the highest ethical standards and strive to offer you the best advice to help you reach your financial goals.
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Our Client’s Retirement Success Stories
We know what it feels like to worry that
you’re not doing the right things financially...
Laura & Steve
Laura (age 58) & Steve (age 60) are getting serious about retiring while they are healthy to travel, spend time with family, & go hiking in their favorite national parks. They aren’t sure if they’ve saved enough to support their ideal lifestyle and are worried about building a reliable income from their investments that can weather volatile markets.
Tim & Sara
Tim (age 67) & Sara (age 68) retired last year. They’ve started volunteering for a local charity and joined their neighborhood pickleball league. They haven’t started their Social Security benefits because they aren’t sure how it might impact their taxes. They wonder if they are handling their retirement investments properly to minimize taxes and maximize their income.
Step 1
Schedule Your Intro Call
Our initial meeting is all about you, your goals, and your questions, so that we can determine if we are potentially a good fit.Step 2
We Build Your Planning Overview
We will create a personalized, high-level overview for you so that you can get a feel for our advice. This overview will be yours to keep whether we work together or part as friends.
Step 3
Are We A Good Fit Meeting
We will review your planning overview and discuss how you can start focusing on your ideal retirement lifestyle and worry less about your finances.
About Us
Retirement Planning Is Our Specialty
Stage Ready Financial Planning is a fee-only financial planning firm based in Dayton, OH proudly serving individuals & couples over age 50 looking to retire with confidence to live their ideal life.
At Stage Ready Financial Planning, we know you want to have the freedom and peace of mind to spend your ideal retirement with the people you care about, doing the activities you love most.
The problem is that you aren’t sure if you are on the right track with your retirement savings goals, you’re worried your investments aren't set up correctly to support your income needs, and you’d really like to pay less in taxes so that you and your family can keep more of your hard earned money.
We know how financial worries can prevent you from confidently living your ideal lifestyle. As fee-only financial advisors, we are passionate about creating a plan to eliminate your worry and put you on a path to feeling confident and fulfilled.
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