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It begins when you receive and review our current brochure, our Privacy Policy, Privacy Procedure and
Ethics Disclosure. We encourage you to research other financial planning firms to help provide you with
information necessary to be confident in your hiring decision. Patterson Advisors is available for any
questions. We are also able to provide you with references upon request.
Request to Meet:
Upon your inquiry into hiring our firm to help you, we will set up a preliminary appointment. Prior to your
appointment we request that you complete a preliminary life planning questionnaire. The questionnaire
helps us better understand your individual goals, values, attitudes and objectives and provides us with
basic information about you. Your candid input lays the groundwork for a productive and effective
meeting. Expect to find great value in our thought provoking questions!
First Appointment:
(no charge) During this meeting we get to know you and have the opportunity to introduce ourselves. The
goal of this appointment is to ensure a good “fit” so that we can work together successfully. Getting to
know you and what is important to you is a critical step necessary to establish a successful financial
planning engagement. The focus will be entirely on you and what is truly important to you --your dreams.
If applicable, we strongly encourage that both spouses attend this meeting. At the same time, it is very
important that you feel comfortable with us. This appointment drives the entire engagement. The more
information we get from you, the better we are equipped to advise you. We encourage questions!
Data Gathering:
When you confirm that you would like to hire us to help you, the next step will require that you provide us
with more detailed information via our personally tailored comprehensive questionnaire. The detailed
data you provide will enable Patterson Advisors to analyze your needs and determine the effort needed to
complete your plan. The more effort you put in to documenting your situation, the better, more accurate
plan we can provide for you. Your commitment to this process is essential.
Proposal:
After a thorough review of your detailed data we will prepare a written proposal detailing the scope and
cost of the engagement. Should you accept our proposal; the quoted price for services in the contract will
be set. Should our services take longer or are more involved than we had quoted; you will generally still
be charged the quoted fee in your contract. However, should you subsequently decide to significantly
increase the scope of the engagement, additional fees will apply.
Analysis:
Upon signing the contract, Patterson Advisors will begin your analysis. Patterson Advisors will utilize its
unique, detailed, and thoroughly established processes to ensure superior quality recommendations.
Open communication is used to ensure all questions are answered and information is complete and
accurate. Up-to-date and new cutting-edge techniques will be utilized whenever available and wherever
necessary. Should you have time-sensitive needs; Patterson Advisors will do everything it can to provide
you with our recommendations in a timely fashion. Upon completion, you will be given our written
recommendations to review at your leisure.
Delivery Appointment:
The next step in our process is your delivery appointment. This is where careful explanation of our
deliverables is communicated. The primary objective is to ensure that you fully understand our analyses.
It is imperative that you ask us any questions that arise in order to fully and accurately implement our
proposed changes.
Follow-up:
Should you have any questions after this appointment, you should feel free to contact us. Again, we
always welcome any question! Nevertheless, we will follow up with you to ensure your needs are
addressed. Nothing makes our jobs more gratifying than seeing your recommendations implemented! If
you decide that you would like additional assistance with the implementation of some or all of our
recommendations, we will always be available (additional fees may apply if the support needed requires
substantial effort and was not included in the original proposal).
Ongoing Support:
We consider you to be a "current client" for the 12 month period following our services. This means you
will receive our bi-annual newsletter (written in house) as well as a reminder letter to rebalance your
portfolio. We are always available to assist you in the future. We can also arrange to do regularly
scheduled rebalances of your portfolio and/or implementing those recommendations for you on a
contracted and periodic basis. Remember: We want you to be as independent as you want to be!
It begins when you receive and review our current brochure, our Privacy Policy, Privacy Procedure and
Ethics Disclosure. We encourage you to research other financial planning firms to help provide you with
information necessary to be confident in your hiring decision. Patterson Advisors is available for any
questions. We are also able to provide you with references upon request.
Request to Meet:
Upon your inquiry into hiring our firm to help you, we will set up a preliminary appointment. Prior to your
appointment we request that you complete a preliminary life planning questionnaire. The questionnaire
helps us better understand your individual goals, values, attitudes and objectives and provides us with
basic information about you. Your candid input lays the groundwork for a productive and effective
meeting. Expect to find great value in our thought provoking questions!
First Appointment:
(no charge) During this meeting we get to know you and have the opportunity to introduce ourselves. The
goal of this appointment is to ensure a good “fit” so that we can work together successfully. Getting to
know you and what is important to you is a critical step necessary to establish a successful financial
planning engagement. The focus will be entirely on you and what is truly important to you --your dreams.
If applicable, we strongly encourage that both spouses attend this meeting. At the same time, it is very
important that you feel comfortable with us. This appointment drives the entire engagement. The more
information we get from you, the better we are equipped to advise you. We encourage questions!
Data Gathering:
When you confirm that you would like to hire us to help you, the next step will require that you provide us
with more detailed information via our personally tailored comprehensive questionnaire. The detailed
data you provide will enable Patterson Advisors to analyze your needs and determine the effort needed to
complete your plan. The more effort you put in to documenting your situation, the better, more accurate
plan we can provide for you. Your commitment to this process is essential.
Proposal:
After a thorough review of your detailed data we will prepare a written proposal detailing the scope and
cost of the engagement. Should you accept our proposal; the quoted price for services in the contract will
be set. Should our services take longer or are more involved than we had quoted; you will generally still
be charged the quoted fee in your contract. However, should you subsequently decide to significantly
increase the scope of the engagement, additional fees will apply.
Analysis:
Upon signing the contract, Patterson Advisors will begin your analysis. Patterson Advisors will utilize its
unique, detailed, and thoroughly established processes to ensure superior quality recommendations.
Open communication is used to ensure all questions are answered and information is complete and
accurate. Up-to-date and new cutting-edge techniques will be utilized whenever available and wherever
necessary. Should you have time-sensitive needs; Patterson Advisors will do everything it can to provide
you with our recommendations in a timely fashion. Upon completion, you will be given our written
recommendations to review at your leisure.
Delivery Appointment:
The next step in our process is your delivery appointment. This is where careful explanation of our
deliverables is communicated. The primary objective is to ensure that you fully understand our analyses.
It is imperative that you ask us any questions that arise in order to fully and accurately implement our
proposed changes.
Follow-up:
Should you have any questions after this appointment, you should feel free to contact us. Again, we
always welcome any question! Nevertheless, we will follow up with you to ensure your needs are
addressed. Nothing makes our jobs more gratifying than seeing your recommendations implemented! If
you decide that you would like additional assistance with the implementation of some or all of our
recommendations, we will always be available (additional fees may apply if the support needed requires
substantial effort and was not included in the original proposal).
Ongoing Support:
We consider you to be a "current client" for the 12 month period following our services. This means you
will receive our bi-annual newsletter (written in house) as well as a reminder letter to rebalance your
portfolio. We are always available to assist you in the future. We can also arrange to do regularly
scheduled rebalances of your portfolio and/or implementing those recommendations for you on a
contracted and periodic basis. Remember: We want you to be as independent as you want to be!
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