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The process behind the relationship
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Rochester, NY · Wealth Advisory

A repeatable process for complex households.

Discovery, plan, implement, steward — followed by an annual rhythm that keeps the work compounding. This is what working with Perrotto Private Wealth actually looks like, month by month.

01 / Process

Four steps to get started.

01

Discovery

Clarify goals, cash flow, taxes, and balance-sheet priorities. A two-way interview. You learn whether we're the practice you want in your corner; we learn whether your situation genuinely needs what we do. Nobody signs anything on call one.

02

Plan

Deliver a clear written strategy across investments, taxes, insurance, retirement distribution, and estate coordination. Every recommendation shows the math. No black-box models. No "just trust us." A document you can defend to your CPA and your attorney in the same meeting.

03

Implement

Coordinate actions with your CPA, attorney, and any other professionals already in your life, or new ones we introduce. Trust funding gets executed. Accounts get retitled. Conversions get scheduled. Beneficiaries get aligned. The plan stops being paper and becomes ownership.

04

Steward

Monitor, adjust, and keep decisions aligned as life and tax law change. Annual strategic review. Quarterly check-ins. On-demand access when something real happens: a sale, a health event, a tax letter, a legislative shift that rewrites the math. Stewardship is the job, not a checkbox.

02 / Cadence

The first twelve months.

A concrete view of what happens, when. Months are approximate. Your situation drives sequencing.

Month 1

Discovery & document gathering

Two-way interview. Statements, tax returns, estate docs, beneficiary forms. We build the inventory before we build the plan.

Month 2

Written plan delivered

Investment policy, tax strategy, distribution plan if applicable. Real document, defensible numbers.

Month 3

Implementation begins

Account opens, transfers, beneficiary updates. Coordination calls with your CPA & attorney. Trust funding if relevant.

Month 4–5

First quarterly review

What's executed, what's pending, what's changed. Adjust the plan if early implementation surfaced something we want to reconsider.

Month 6

Mid-year tax checkpoint

Year-to-date income against projection. Roth conversion timing. Any harvest opportunities. Course-correct before October.

Month 7–9

Q3 review & preparation

Concentration trim if applicable. Charitable bunching decisions. Estimated tax updates. Q3 portfolio review.

Month 10–11

Year-end strategy call

October-November planning call. Roth conversions executed. Tax-loss harvesting. QCDs scheduled. Final adjustments before year-end.

Month 12

Annual strategic review

Full review of plan, performance, taxes, life changes. Plan refresh for next year. Document everything that's changed.

Beyond year one. The cadence becomes annual review + quarterly check-ins + on-demand access for real events: sale, inheritance, health change, tax letter. The work compounds over decades. That's where it earns its keep.

03 / Coordination

Your CPA. Your attorney. Us.

Three chairs at the same table

Your CPA and your estate attorney are not competition. They are the other two seats that matter. We work alongside the professionals you already have, and we bring new ones to the table when you need them. Tax returns get reviewed against the written plan. Trust drafting is coordinated with the funding. Quarterly projections feed your CPA; cash-flow and beneficiary detail feeds your attorney; the investment policy feeds both. One shared picture of your financial life, not three versions of the truth.

Clients who already have a good CPA and a good estate attorney are our favorite kind of client. We show up at the meeting when it matters, hand each professional the numbers they need in the format they want, and stay out of the way when it is their turn to run. If you do not have either, or you need a fresh set, we maintain a short list of excellent, conflict-free referrals in Rochester and nationally.

04 / What To Expect

Six promises we keep.

The private-banking standard, made explicit
01

Independent

Not owned by any bank, brokerage, or insurance company. Free to recommend whatever actually fits the client in front of us, including the recommendation that is nothing at all.

02

Coordinated

We work with your CPA and your attorney, not around them. One shared picture of your financial life, defended in the same meeting, with the same numbers.

03

Written

Every engagement produces a real document: investment policy, retirement plan, tax strategy, estate coordination. Every recommendation shows the math. No black boxes. No "just trust us."

04

Proactive

We call before you call us. Annual strategic reviews, quarterly check-ins, on-demand access when something real happens: a sale, a health event, a tax letter, a legislative shift.

05

Private-banking style

A single point of contact who knows your whole picture. The advisor on the phone is the advisor whose name is on the door. Your call gets returned the same day.

06

Fiduciary on advisory

Investment advisory services are offered as a fiduciary through Bright Futures Wealth Management. Insurance and annuity work is conducted separately with full commission disclosure. Any recommendation we make comes with a defensible answer to "why this, for this client, right now."

Ready to see how this fits your situation?

A thirty-minute conversation. No sales pitch. No pressure. We'll talk about what's on your mind and tell you honestly whether this is the right practice for you.

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