My name is Kristi Sullivan and I have been helping people achieve financial security since 1996. I am a fee-only financial planner and public speaker. I do no investment or insurance sales for commissions. My clients pay me for guidance through their financial questions. I also work with employers to educate their employees about personal finance.
I have been helping people make financial decisions for 18 years. I have worked in employee benefits and with individual clients/families. I hold the Certified Financial Planner designation. Sullivan Financial Planning, LLC is a Registered Investment Advisory firm with the State of Colorado. Areas of expertise include prioritizing savings goals, investment allocation, and wealth manager searches.
Marcum Financial Services quotes Kristi on the 10 Steps to Achieve Your Retirement Goals. From Social Security to saving, these tips can help make your money last. Everybody wants to be safe from the buffeting that life can inflict upon retirement plans – to have the financial resilience to bounce back when things go…
Happy almost 2017! Below is my annual financial to-do list to help you achieve a more prosperous balance sheet in the New Year. 1: Use an online tool or app to track your spending. Try to cut one discretionary category (eating out, birthday gifts, vacations) by 10% and save that money for retirement or…
Striving to improve our lives is part of being human. We all have things, personal and professional, we want to accomplish, goals we want to achieve, things we want to change about ourselves. That’s why we have the New Year’s resolution. Wavering in our resolve is also part of being human, which is why New…
Let’s face it there are just some traits you are born with. For example, you are either a runner or not a runner. I fall firmly in the not runner camp. You are a dog/cat/reptile/no-pet person. You are a saver or a spender. You are a morning person or a night owl. You are an…
CNBC.com says: When people reach their 50s, a common realization is how close retirement is getting — and how far they are from having enough money to enjoy life after work. While they know more of their money should end up in their 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts, the path to get it there…
In the last few months I’ve heard from several people, “You seem to be EVERYWHERE on social media. How do you do it?” And I have a simple answer to that question: I hired the right person to handle my marketing efforts. As you all know, I’m a huge advocate of working with experts to…
Kristi Sullivan, owner of Sullivan Financial Planning, hasn’t had any clients asking her about wine investing yet, but she would likely steer them in a different direction. “I think of wine collecting as more of a hobby than an investment,” she said. Click here for more….
There’s only so much lecturing I can do about budgeting so you can save for longer term goals. So, I brought in someone else to do the lecturing for me! Carol Craigie, CFP ®, is the Managing Partner of Fiscal Fitness Clubs of America. Below, some budget friendly and FUN ideas for creatively celebrating the…
Being that it’s the New Year and everyone is talking about their goals and desires, it’s the perfect time to have the talk. Don’t let the opportunity slip by to discuss your parents’ expectations, should illness arrive. Find out if they have advance directives – documents that spell out what treatment they would and would…
What if instead of heading home for the holidays, you need to sell your home for the holidays? For this week’s edition, I went to real estate expert Renee Cohen of Coldwell Banker to find out if selling a house during this season is a good idea. What are the misconceptions about the times…