Financial Planning For Federal Employees
Knowing You’re Making The Right Money Decisions Can Be Hard. Our Financial Planning Process Will Help Give You Confidence, Peace Of Mind, And The Ability To Breath Easier.
WHAT YOU GET AT CREATE YOUR PATH
Peace of Mind
Whether it’s deciding which funds should be in your TSP, determining if your FERS pension will provide the retirement you want or planning for your children’s education, you will have our guidance to ensure you are making smart choices for you and your family.
Clarity
You don’t want to hike a mountain your whole life to realize it was the wrong path. Get clear on your goals, and what matters to you most so you know where you want your money to take you.
Proactive Planning
Many of the most critical financial decisions occur in your 30s and 40s when you have the most life transitions. By being proactive now, we can help you avoid costly mistakes.
Optionality
We will help you plan for optionality. No one can predict where you will be in 30 years. So, let’s plan for you to live your best life today while planning for optionality in the future.
Best Return on Life
We help you plan for the best return on your life, not just your investments. More money doesn’t equal more happiness. Real wealth is the ability to spend your time the way you want.
Honest Advice
Although most things in the “civilian world” are primarily profit-driven, you can rest assured that as a fiduciary our primary focus will always be the wellbeing of you and your family.
PHASE 1 OF OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING PROCESS
1. Initial Meeting
We’ll talk about what’s going on right now, what you want in the future, and what makes you happy. Afterward, you’ll know whether Create Your Path is the right financial partner for you.
2. Get to Know You
In order to do your financial planning well, we need to know who you are. So, during this meeting we will focus on your concerns, goals, and desires, which will allow us to understand your unique needs and objectives.
3. Get Organized
During this meeting, we will collect any necessary information while helping you sort through your financial lives and get organized.
4. Strategize
During the Strategize meeting, we will analyze and evaluate your current financial status using our financial planning software.
5. Financial Plan Delivery
The final meeting in Phase 1 is the Financial Plan Delivery meeting. During this meeting, we’ll present our financial planning strategies. The goal is to commit to implementing the top 1 or 2 recommendations.
How We’re Different
At Create Your Path, we believe in providing real financial planning services, not product sales. That’s why we are a fee-only firm, which means we do not receive commissions and are only paid by you, the client. We are also fiduciaries, which is a fancy way of saying we always put your interest first.
JOSE ARMENTA
A Message From Our Founder
Hi, I’m Jose Armenta and I’m the founder of Create Your Path (CYP), a fee-only financial planning firm dedicated to helping federal employees make better decisions with their money.
I founded CYP after realizing that federal employees and veterans had limited access to real financial planning. They were either sold insurance products that they didn’t need or were given cookie-cutter advice that didn’t address their life goals.
As a veteran myself, I’m on a mission to help every veteran who is a federal employee plan for tomorrow while living their best life today.
When I am not working, I enjoy breaching blanket forts with my three little warriors, playing the drums, and taking family trips to Legoland.
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