We charge an Initial Planning Fee of $4,000. We also plan on charging a flat fee for the Three Meeting Process™, 5 Critical Reports™ and for helping them keep their financial house in order. When do we start charging the flat fee which we plan on billing quarterly? We are taking three weeks to get the initial plan done.

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

Start the annual fee at the Implementation Meeting.

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b I joined the Ideal Life Evaluation Program a couple weeks ago. I am starting to have my initial Financial Road Map® Interviews. During the Commitment to Hire Conversation™ (and/or Commit to Implement Conversation™) the subject of what services we provide will come up. What are the 143 Deliverables Checkpoints that we are going to provide once we are fully armed with the Values-Based Financial Planning™ process? Should we provide that list to a prospective client to show them exactly what they will get from us?
b Prior to hiring Bachrach & Associates, Inc., I had already created several of the deliverables on an annual basis for clients. I have been charging between $500 and $1,000 for this type of planning in addition to AUM wrap fees. Can you help me gain clarity and perhaps some verbiage on why a current client should pay 2x-3x times what they are used to?
b I have my first Financial Road Map® with a prospective client next week. Assume he hires me to prepare a plan for him during Commitment to Hire Conversation™. During Commitment to Implement Conversation™, if he says something like, "How can I commit to implement an investment strategy that I have not seen? I have no idea how you intend to invest my money?" How much explanation should be sufficient for an Ideal Client to say “yes”? What does that sound like?
b I have a client who has been handled very improperly by her previous advisor. The fact is that moving her variable annuity under my umbrella is going to cost her a lot of money. What verbiage should I use during the Implementation Meeting when we get down to signing papers and moving her annuity to me?
b I have had a number of Financial Road Map® Appointments recently where the time of the appointment has gone to two hours. By the time I have thoroughly gone through the values of each partner and then cover their goals (in both instances this has been around 5 goals) and completed the All the Money Conversation™ and the Commitment to Hire Conversation™, it is going on close to 90-120 mins. I cannot see where there is time that we are wasting. There is little chit chat, however, at times, clients discuss some of their goals and that may take a little longer. I am not sure whether I am going too far with this. Can you please provide some comments around this or strategies I can use to reduce the time I spend on each Financial Road Map® Interview?
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