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The Retirement IncomeProtection Plan™

What you get

One coordinated plan

Income, investments, taxes, estate, and healthcare, built and fully activated within 30 days.

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The method

The Three Bucket System™

Three buckets, three jobs. Together they organize near-term spending, steadier reserves, and long-term growth around the life you want.

01

Income Floor

Essential spending built around Social Security, pensions, and other income sources.

02

Protected Growth

A steadier reserve for the next several years, with access to a portion when you need it.

03

Long-Term Growth

An equity portfolio for inflation protection and the legacy you want to leave.

What’s included

Everything working from one plan.

Your plan is more than one product or portfolio. Every retirement decision works from the same strategy.

Retirement spending plan

Your spending and withdrawals organized through the Three Bucket System™.

Investment management

Professionally managed portfolios through our investment partner.

Tax coordination

Built into how we design your income, not sold separately. We keep your plan tax-aware and coordinate with your CPA (or ours).

Estate & legacy

Documents, beneficiaries, and titling coordinated so your wishes are current and aligned.

Long-term care & healthcare

Planning for the retirement costs most people forget to plan for.

Ongoing monitoring

Twice-yearly surge meetings, plus a real person to call when life changes.

Straightforward fees

Simple, transparent fees.

One blended advisory fee on the assets we manage, billed monthly, in arrears.

First $1M

1.00%

Next $2M

0.75%

Above $3M

0.50%

The 30-Day Promise

Built and activated in 30 days.

Your plan doesn’t sit in a binder. Within your first 30 days as a client, it becomes a live system: accounts transferred, priorities underway, and the first planning work done.

After you sign on

Onboarding is the beginning, not the finish line.

We meet twice a year to review your income, investments, taxes, and goals, and stay proactive in between.

Fall meeting

We review your income, investments, taxes, and goals for the year, and adjust while there's still time to act.

Spring meeting

We look ahead: positioning, withdrawals, and the plan for the year so nothing catches you off guard.

Unlimited email & virtual support

Between meetings we proactively monitor and fine-tune. Reach us anytime as life or the market changes.

Start the conversation.

Let’s have a quick chat about your retirement plan.

A relaxed, no-pressure conversation to see where you stand and whether working together makes sense.

Factor Financial retirement planning call on a phone.