The Keystone Method™

Designed to reduce complexity and give you clear next steps—whether you come with one priority or want a broader view.

Get Started With an Explore Call

The Four Steps

A framework that flexes to fit you—clear steps, tailored to your priorities.

Explore Call

(15 minutes)

A quick conversation to understand your goals and confirm fit.

Strategy Session

(about 1 hour)

A collaborative discussion to surface key opportunities and outline your best-fit path.

The Keystone Method™

(4–6 months)

Guided working sessions designed to focus deeply on your priorities while fitting them into the bigger picture.

Ongoing Advisory Relationship

(by choice)

Continue with planning and strategy, investment management, and tax preparation—all integrated in one advisory relationship.

Inside the Keystone Method™

Month 0–1: Kickoff & Early Wins

Validate priorities, gather essentials, and address straightforward improvements.

Months 1–5: Working Sessions

Focused meetings on the areas that matter most to you; we handle most coordination between meetings.

Month 6: Alignment Session

Brings the work together into a coordinated view so your financial system is organized and connected—not just outlined on paper.

Choose Your Path

Each household begins by choosing a track—Essentials, Core, or Advanced. From there, we flex the depth in each phase to match your needs and opportunities.
Focused Track

Keystone Essentials

Often chosen by pre-retirees and households with simpler needs.

Phases covered (time flexes by situation):
Vision Investments Cash Flow Integration

Other phases addressed as needed.

Scope may include:
  • Coordinated portfolio & tax-aware investment approach
  • Practical cash-flow framework for contributions/withdrawals or retirement income
  • Account titling/beneficiary review with simple updates coordinated
  • Clear next actions and a single point of coordination
Advanced

Keystone Advanced

Often chosen by business owners & complex households.

Phases covered (time flexes by situation):
Vision Investments Advanced Tax Planning & Strategy Entity/Retirement Design Estate Planning Risk & Protection Cash Flow Integration
Scope may include:
  • Advanced tax planning & strategy spanning business and household
  • Owner-pay/equity/retirement-plan design aligned with long-term goals
  • Liquidity & protection planning tied to acquisitions, exits, or buy-sell arrangements
  • Coordination across business, personal, and legacy planning with your other professionals
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How It Flexes

Once you’ve chosen your track, we flex the emphasis inside it—so your top priorities get deeper focus without losing the full picture.

Equity comp on your mind?

Inside your track, we can place more emphasis on tax timing and cash flow while still coordinating investments and estate basics.

Legacy planning a bigger priority?

Then we'd focus more deeply on estate coordination and protection, while keeping tax and cash flow strategies aligned.

Why it works — and what clients often gain

The Keystone Method™ brings everything under one view; which allows us to go deep where it matters most.

One team, one view. We pull it all into one view — so you’re not stitching advice together from different places.
Depth where it matters most. We focus deeply on your top priorities while keeping the full picture in view.
Collaboration with your other professionals. We coordinate with your CPA/attorney (or bring ours) so changes align before you act.
  • Clearer retirement income strategy
  • Better coordination between taxes and investments
  • Estate plan aligned with accounts and beneficiaries
  • Protection gaps identified and addressed
  • Smoother business-to-personal wealth transitions
  • More confidence in day-to-day money decisions

Frequently Asked Questions

  • I only want help in one area—can I still use the Keystone Method™?

    Yes. Many clients start with a single priority like tax strategy, retirement income, or estate guidance. Through the Keystone Method™, we focus deeply on that area while making sure the advice fits your full picture. That way the solution you came for works even better, because it's aligned with everything else.

  • Do I have to move investments to work with you?

    No. Many clients choose to have us manage investments, but it isn't required. Our Ongoing Advisory Relationship has minimum annual fees ($5k Essentials/Core, $8k Advanced). If managed assets don't meet those levels, a supplemental planning fee applies. Either way, you'll know exactly how fees work before deciding.

  • Can I start with just one area and expand later?

    es. Many clients first reach out because of one top priority—like taxes, investments, or retirement income. The Keystone Method™ is designed to consider the full picture, so even if one area is your focus, we address it in the right context and can adjust depth over time as your needs evolve.

Ready to see how the Keystone Method™ could work for you?