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All initial financial planning reviews are done on a one-time, flat fee planning basis. The amount of the fee is negotiated in advance and is based on the complexity and expected time it takes us to gather and understand the details of your current situation and prepare our recommendations. The fee generally ranges from $3,000-$10,000.  $5,000 tends to be the average cost. The average time it takes us to complete an initial plan is 20-30 hours. We strive to complete our agreements within 30 days of your signing or engagement letter.  We require 50% upfront with the remaining 50% due upon completion of our work and only upon complete client satisfaction.

Periodic/ongoing reviews are available as often as you wish. The review fees are negotiated in advance and are based upon the frequency with which you may wish meet. These fees tend to be considerably lower than the initial planning fee, since most of the labor-intensive information gathering has already been done in eMoney. The minimum fee for a follow up review meeting is $250, but may be more based upon prep time.

eMoney is the secure, online, cloud-based platform we use to help consolidate and organize all of our client’s’ financial data.  All fee-only clients reatain free ongoing accss to eMoney after the engagement is complete.

We also offer a la carte estate planning document prep and implementation services through our professional subscription to Estate Guru. The fees for this service range from $275 a basic will, financial power of attorney and health care power of attorney page to a $875 for a package that also includes a revocable living trust(s).  For an additonal fee of $150 per property, Estate Guru may also assist with the re-registration of property deeds. All of thes fees are charged by Estate Guru and do not include any markup for us.  We offer Estatet Guru purely as a value-added service.

Payment Terms

Payment may be made via Paypal or personal check.  The final bill will include a 6% charge that includes Hawaii’s general excise tax and a 3% service charge for PayPal. Clients who choose to pay by personal check may avoid the 3% PayPal surcharge. The second/final payment is due upon completion of the project. We strive to complete all client engagements within 30 days.

Services

Our fee-only planning service model follows the generally accepted 7-step financial planning process. One-time/first-time client engagements cover steps 1-5, while steps 6 & 7 (implementation and monitoring) are left for the client. We are, however, available for ongoing flat-fee reviews as frequently as you may wish.

Step 1: Learn the client’s background information and financial circumstances.

Step 2: Identify client’s specific financial planning goals and objectives.

Step 3: Analyze the data that has been gathered in relation to the goals and objectives

Step 4: Develop a written plan and recommendations

Step 5: Present the plan

Step 6: Implementation

Step 7: Ongoing monitoring

The information gathering steps are the most labor intensive and time consuming (for you and us) part of the financial planning process. To help make this process more efficient, each client is granted access to an online financial planning platform (eMoney) that allows you (and us) to centralize and organize all of your financial data.

Once we have completed the information gathering, we will prepare a writing summary of the information we have gathered, we will provide analysis and education regarding your financial position relative to your stated financial objectives, and we will provide list of all the mistakes, oversights, and opportunities we uncover.

The terms of our engagement include as many meetings (in-person or via zoom/phone) with you as needed. We may also be available to sit in on meetings with your CPA and/or estate planning attorney as needed/requested.

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© 2005–2025 | Financial Planning Hawaii | Fee-Only Planning Hawaii is a business division of Financial Planning Hawaii, Inc., a state of Hawaii Registered Investment Adviser (CRD#153930). John H. Robinson is the sole owner and founder of Financial Planning Hawaii, Inc. Both John H. Robinson and Sue Gabor also maintain separate broker-dealer and investment advisory relationships with J.W. Cole Financial, a FINRA member broker-dealer, and J.W. Cole Advisors, an SEC-Registered Investment Adviser. Financial Planning Hawaii and J.W.Cole Financial/Advisors are unaffiliated entities. Services provided under Financial Planning Hawaii’s fee-only planning agreement are entirely separate from the financial planning and wealth management services provided under their unaffiliated registered representative and investment adviser representative relationships with J.W. Cole. Fee-only planning clients will NOT be solicited to establish investment accounts through J.W. Cole Financial or J.W. Cole Advisors. Clients who sign Financial Planning Hawaii’s fee-only planning agreement should understand that ongoing portfolio management is NOT part of the agreement.

Both John H. Robinson and Sue Gabor maintain state of Hawaii insurance producer licenses. However, while insurance risk management is included in the financial planning review process, no specific insurance products will be recommended or solicited as per the terms of the fee-only planning agreement.

All prospective clients are encouraged to review John H. Robinson’s and Sue Gabor’s professional and regulatory disclosure histories on the Securities Exchange Commission Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website (SEC IAPD) at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/
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