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Saving and investing with a financial plan

Give your moneya purpose.

Bring your cash flow, accounts and investments into the context of what you want them to do.

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CFP® professionalBased in Bellevue, WashingtonPlanning only or with investment management

One decision rarely stands alone

Your next decision.
The whole picture.

Choose what’s on your mind. See what we can consider together.

A question you might bring

I earn well. Why doesn’t my saving reflect it?

Look at where income goes before choosing another account.

Considered together

Your cash flow

What changes when income rises or an expense ends?

Your goals

Which priorities should those dollars support?

Your follow-through

Are transfers and investment decisions keeping pace?

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Alex Carter, CFP®
Alex Carter, CFP®CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional

Your planning partner

A personal relationship.
A connected plan.

I coordinate your full financial picture across tax, investments, retirement, and estate planning, so you stay informed without carrying the complexity alone.

Get to know Alex

Two ways to work together

Financial planning only

Planning with investment management

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5-Zone Cash Flow Worksheet

A practical starting point for looking at where your money goes.

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Before we talk

A few practical details.

When does it make sense to hire someone like you?

The clients I work with best are usually at an inflection point: a significant income jump, a business sale, a growing family, equity compensation that's getting complicated, or a realization that they've been too busy to give their finances the attention they deserve. If you have the income and complexity but not the time or expertise to manage it well, that's when I tend to add the most value.

How are your fees structured?

I work with clients in two ways:

Financial Planning with Investment Management. An ongoing advisory fee calculated as a percentage of your household advisory assets, billed quarterly.

Financial Planning Only. A fixed quarterly fee, with no assets required.

The investment management fee scales with the assets I manage. The planning-only fee is based on the complexity of the work. I walk through both structures with you in our first conversations and we determine which one fits your situation.

Is there an account minimum?

There is no minimum account size. What matters is whether the work aligns with your situation and needs, and that is what we determine together in the discovery call.

Start here

Bring your questions.
We’ll start there.

We’ll talk through your situation, your questions and whether working together is a good fit.

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