January 31, 2023

Picking the Best Retirement Plan for the Self-Employed Business Owner

One of the biggest benefits you will enjoy if you are self-employed is that there are more (and some would argue better) retirement options and plans available to you than are available to most taxpayers. You still have the ability to use the ROTH IRA and Traditional IRA. But being self-employed gives you three additional retirement savings options: SEP-IRA, SIMPLE IRA, and Solo-K. With all these choices, how do you know which is the best retirement plan for the business owner like you? We will explore the pros and cons.
December 8, 2021

Understanding Retirement Risk and the Myths Business Owners Believe

At some point, each one of us will retire. This is true of every trade and profession, employee and business owner alike. However, as business owners, there are some risks that you must address. But to do so, you must also be able to differentiate the truth from myth. I recently took a hunting trip to Idaho with some fellow business owners and kept hearing some of the myths around retirement creep into our conversations. That’s why I decided to speak with my dear friend and colleague, Mr. Jeff Jeter CFP®, ChFP®, CEPA® about the risks and myths of retirement. Join me as I share the nuggets of wisdom gleaned from our conversation and uncover the truth about retirement risk and the myths business owners believe.
December 8, 2020

The Calculation: The Wealth Gap Formula Put To Work

Over the past few weeks, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about your retirement wealth gap. We’ve covered everything from inflation and normalizing your income to assuming the ROI of your business and your investment portfolio. Now that we’ve laid all of the groundwork, it’s finally time to identify the wealth gap formula. Today’s article will pull everything we’ve learned to this point, together and show you exactly how to calculate your own retirement wealth gap.
December 3, 2020

Assuming An ROI for Your Wealth Gap Calculations

Whenever we talk about calculating our retirement wealth gap, a common question comes up. This is the question of investment assumptions. What should we assume for our ROI when making these calculations? This can be a complicated issue because one of the ways to find the answer is to look at historic data across market indices.
December 1, 2020

How to Calculate The ROI of Investment Property

As we continue our deep dive into bridging the retirement wealth gap, I want to take a look at a subject that affects so many of us. There are so many people who deal with this type of asset that it is one of the largest types of asset holdings in the investment world. I am speaking, of course, of real estate. Up to now, we’ve tackled how to calculate our wealth gap, business ROI, and even taxes at the time of sale. But in today’s entry, we will focus on how to calculate the ROI of investment property.
November 24, 2020

What Is the True Value of Your Business?

As business owners, we put a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and, yes, money into our businesses. So, when I said that you should NOT include your business when totaling your assets for your retirement wealth gap calculation, many people bristled at that statement. However, there’s a good reason why you shouldn’t include your business in that calculation. Basically, you don’t know what it’s worth. Even if you’ve had a business appraisal done, it’s still only a ballpark figure. In today’s entry, we are going to look at some of the factors that directly influence the value of your business. Join me as I discuss how to find the true value of your business!
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