Arizona Retirement Planning
Foothills Retirement Planning
Retirement is personal. You’ve worked hard to save and invest your money and now it’s time to optimize and protect your savings to provide for your retirement and your loved ones thereafter.
Foothills Retirement Planning is an independent financial services firm, specializing in helping individuals and families prepare for, plan, and live in retirement. Our approach focuses on tailored retirement planning strategies and insurance solutions to provide our clients with guaranteed lifetime income, asset protection, and achieve tax efficiencies in support of a holistic approach to their finances.
To achieve your retirement goals, we offer products in the following areas:
Health Insurance
Financial Services
Ancillary
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Start Smart
Get a Clear Understanding of Your Financial Life
First, we gain a thorough understanding of your current financial situation, goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and the key considerations that should be addressed in your retirement strategy.
Six Fundamental Financial Planning Considerations
Six key financial planning considerations can impact your financial goals now and in the future. The question is not if these will affect your finances, but to what degree. We evaluate your sentiment toward each consideration and quantify the potential effects on your assets over time. This allows us to build customized strategies to help you achieve your financial objectives for retirement.
Longevity
Outliving financial assets as the result of a longer life.
Inflation
Reduction in real purchasing power as the result of increasing cost of living.
Mortality
Loss of financial assets as the result of a partner’s or spouse’s death.
Liquidity
Limited access to assets to meet life’s unexpected financial needs.
Market
Unexpected reduction in the value of financial assets at the time of withdrawal.
Taxes
Decreasing income and assets and/or the impairment of legacy assets from increasing taxes.
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Apply Discipline
A Retirement Strategy Designed for You
Next, we design a retirement strategy that actively works to help optimize your wealth and protect your finances, keeping your goals and objectives at the forefront of our planning process.
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Communicate Progress
Our Commitment to You
Lastly and continually, we work to ensure transparency of your income plan by providing visibility, proactive outreach, and accessibility to our team throughout our working relationship.
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Meet The Founder
Frank Stevens
Founder & Agent
Frank Stevens has helped Arizona families, business owners, and retirees preserve what they have worked for a lifetime to build. As the Founder of Foothills Retirement Planning, Frank specializes in designing retirement strategies centered on financial confidence, guaranteed income, and protecting wealth from unnecessary market uncertainty
Frank believes true retirement planning extends far beyond investments. It is about creating a coordinated financial strategy that provides dependable income, protects loved ones, minimizes risk, and allows clients to enjoy retirement with confidence. His philosophy is rooted in thoughtful planning, personal relationships, and solutions tailored to each client’s unique financial goals and legacy.
Outside of his professional life, Frank is deeply committed to his family and his community. He has coached basketball and football from youth leagues through the high school varsity level and believes in investing in the next generation both on and off the field. He and his family enjoy the Arizona lifestyle, and when time allows, you’ll most often find him on the water with a fishing rod in hand.
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Navigating Medicare and Medigap Insurance
One of your largest retirement expenses could be your healthcare costs. An average 65-year-old couple retiring today will need an estimated $315,000 to cover their healthcare costs, according to one study. Unfortunately, the Medicare system can be quite complex. This leads too many retirees to overspend on healthcare expenses and receive suboptimal coverage over the span of their retirement. Don’t pay more than you should for the health services and coverage you deserve! Read this guide to learn about:
Important Birthdays Over 50
Retirement comes with a timeline, and missing key milestones could mean missed benefits or surprise penalties. This guide walks you through important birthdays after 50, from catch-up contributions to Medicare and RMDs, so you can do more to stay ahead and make the most of opportunities. Retirement should be celebrating these birthdays, not regretting them.
Our Blog
Rethinking the Million-Dollar Retirement Benchmark
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Navigating Your Financial Milestones as America Turns 250
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Tax-Efficient Strategies for Summer Adventures and Beyond
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