Eric Gaddy · Retirement Income Specialist · 33 Years Experience

Your Retirement Deserves a

Blueprint, Not a Best Guess

A structured 60-minute session to evaluate how your income, taxes,

and risk exposure work together — and identify what may be missing.

  • Fiduciary advisor

  • Independent RIA

  • No product presentations

  • Limited sessions each month

What This Session Actually Is

"The RDA Session isn't a sales meeting — it's a diagnostic. Like a financial MRI, it shows you exactly where you stand, where the gaps are, and what needs to happen before you can retire with confidence."

You leave with a written Retirement Income Design Report built around your specific

numbers — not a brochure, not a pitch deck.

The Problem

Most retirement plans break in one of three places

After 33 years working with families entering retirement, I've found that plans typically fail not because of a bad investment — but because income, taxes, and risk were never coordinated together.

01

Income Uncertainty

How much can you safely withdraw? Which accounts first? Will your income hold for 25–30 years?

02

Tax Exposure

How will RMDs affect you? Should you be converting to Roth now? Will Medicare premiums rise?

03

Sequence Risk

What happens if markets drop in your first years of retirement? Is your income plan truly stable?

Most people have investments. Far fewer have a coordinated retirement income structure.

The Session

What we evaluate in 60 minutes

The Retirement Design Architecture Session is a structured diagnostic — not a product presentation. We examine whether your current plan has the coordination required to last.

Desired retirement income

Guaranteed income sources

Your income gap calculation

Social Security timing strategy

Tax exposure & RMD projections

Withdrawal sequencing strategy

Sequence-of-returns risk

Structural gaps in your current plan

How It Works

Three steps. One clear picture of your retirement readiness.

The RDA Session follows a defined process. There are no surprises — only clarity.

Step 01

You share your numbers

Before the session, you complete a brief intake that captures your accounts, estimated Social Security, and income goal. Takes about 10–15 minutes.

Step 02

We run the diagnostic

Using the Retirement Design Architecture framework, we analyze your income gap, tax exposure, withdrawal sequence, and sequence risk — all coordinated together.

Step 03

You receive your report

You leave the session with a written Retirement Income Design Report built around your specific numbers — showing exactly where things stand and what, if anything, needs attention.

Our Commitment

This is not a free consultation that turns into a sales pitch.

Pre-retirees have been burned by advisors who call something a "complimentary review" and spend 45 minutes pitching products. That is not what this is.

The RDA Session has a defined process and a defined output. You know what you're getting before you sit down.

If we find meaningful gaps — we show you what addressing them would look like. If we don't — we tell you that too. Either way, you leave with more clarity than you came in with.

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A vague "get to know you" meeting with no defined output and a product presentation at the end

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Generic advice that ignores how your income, taxes, and risk interact with each other

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A structured 60-minute diagnostic with a written report built from your actual numbers

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Honest findings — including when everything looks solid and no changes are needed

What You Walk Away With

A written Retirement Income Design Report — built from your numbers.

Most advisor meetings end with a handshake and a follow-up email. The RDA Session ends with a report that shows exactly what we found.

No generic templates. No product recommendations. Just a clear, documented picture of your retirement structure — and where the gaps are, if any exist.

Retirement Income Design Report

Your personalized diagnostic includes:

  • Income gap analysis — your gap to the dollar

  • Tax concentration risk & RMD projection

  • Stress test — sequence risk exposure

  • Social Security timing comparison

  • Portfolio breakdown by account type

  • Monte Carlo retirement success probability

  • Structural gap summary with advisor commentary

Qualification

Is this session right for you?

This session is designed for:

  • Within 5 years of retirement

  • Recently retired

  • $250,000 or more in investable assets

  • Seeking income structure, not product sales

  • Seeking income structure, not product sales

This may not be the right fit if:

  • More than 5 years from retirement

  • Under $250,000 in investable assets

  • Looking primarily for investment performance

  • Not yet ready for structured coordination

"Investment management alone does not create retirement confidence. Structure does."

— Eric Gaddy, Retirement Income Specialist

Application

Request a Retirement Design

Architecture Session

We open a limited number of sessions each month. Complete the short form below to

determine if this session is appropriate for your situation.

This session is complimentary and carries no obligation. We will review your application and reach out

within one business day to discuss next steps

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