Fee-Only Fiduciary | Destin, FL & Nationwide

The tide comes in.
The tide goes out.

Your plan should weather both.

Dual Credential CFA + CFP Designations
Fee-Only Fiduciary No Commissions, No Conflicts
25+ Years Planning Experience
Farther Platform Institutional Technology
FamilyVest now operates through Farther, combining decades of personal advice with institutional-grade technology.

Who We Serve

Built for families with financial complexity.

Your financial life has more moving parts than a single portfolio can address. We work with people who need someone to coordinate the full picture.

< 1%
Hold CFA + CFP
25+
Years Experience
100%
Fee-Only

What We Do

Coordinated advice. Not piecemeal recommendations.

Goals drive every recommendation. Investments serve the plan. Everything coordinates.

Financial Planning

A comprehensive financial plan starts with clarity. We model your cash flow, debt strategy, savings rate, and major life decisions. Then we stress-test it against market downturns and life changes.

Cash Flow Analysis Goal Prioritization Scenario Testing
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Investments

We build diversified, rebalanced portfolios aligned to your goals and risk capacity. Powered by Farther Asset Management (FAM): direct indexing, active tax management, and institutional access. No performance chasing. No market timing. Just systematic discipline.

Asset Allocation Rebalancing Tax Loss Harvesting FAM Direct Indexing
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Retirement

The first decade of retirement is different. We coordinate Social Security, tax-efficient withdrawals, healthcare costs, and sequence-of-returns risk.

Income Strategy Social Security Tax Efficiency
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Tax Strategy

We work with your CPA to coordinate income timing, charitable giving, capital gains harvesting, and entity planning. Taxes inform every recommendation.

Income Timing Charitable Giving Entity Planning
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Estate & Risk

We review your beneficiaries, titling, insurance needs, and liability exposure. Then we coordinate with your estate attorney to ensure everything works together.

Beneficiary Review Insurance Analysis Risk Assessment
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Special Needs Planning

ABLE accounts, special needs trusts, Medicaid and SSI coordination, guardianship decisions. We bring personal experience to every decision.

ABLE Accounts SNT Planning Medicaid Strategy
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Business Exits

If you own a business, your exit is your biggest financial event. We help you model outcomes, structure transactions, and manage concentrated positions.

Exit Valuation Succession Planning Equity Diversification
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Unlimited Access

You have direct access to your advisor and our team. Not call centers. Not gatekeeping. If it is important to you, it is important to us.

Direct Access Responsive Proactive
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Tools & Resources

See where you stand.

Risk Tolerance Assessment

Understand your investment personality. Our risk profiler helps match your comfort level with the right portfolio strategy.

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Autism Resource Navigator

A comprehensive directory of autism resources, therapies, and support services. Built from personal experience.

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Relationships outweigh spreadsheets - Move beyond the math

Our Philosophy

Moving beyond the math.

The math tells you what is possible. The conversation tells us what matters. Investments serve the plan. Goals drive the plan. We start with relationships, not spreadsheets.

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Why FamilyVest

Your advisor stands between you and the big mistake.

Markets reward patience and punish impulse. The real value of an advisor isn't picking the right stock. It's keeping you from making the wrong decision at the worst possible time. Goals drive every recommendation. Evidence guides every decision. Everything coordinates.

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Your advisor stands between you and the big mistake
Grace we extend - ourselves vs others

Grace Extended

It is never too late to start.

We extend more grace to others than we give ourselves. Wherever you are in your financial journey, there is no shame in asking for help. Most of our clients wish they had started sooner. The best time to begin is now.

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Talk vs. Do - stop talking, start doing

Next Step

One conversation. No obligation.

We would rather spend 30 minutes learning about your family than 30 minutes selling you something. If we are the right fit, we will show you exactly how we can help. If we are not, we will tell you that too.