Ford Financial Fitness
Ford Financial Fitness
Turn your income into wealth
and wealth into prosperity
Guiding you to Financial Success
Do you need a financial planner?
Many high earners don't change their own oil but they might manage their own finances.
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There are two flaws with this, first changing your oil properly can be done after watching a 10 minute YouTube video and spending 20 minutes under your car. If you do it wrong, you're paying a professional $120 to redo it for you.
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Managing finances properly can take decades to learn and hours per month to execute on properly. If you do it wrong, you'll end up relying on social security and loved ones in your later years. Far worse than paying for an oil change!
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If you're already utilizing the services of others for these types of tasks, you probably shouldn't be managing your own financial future. Enlist the help of an expert where it matters most!
Why Ford Financial Fitness?
There are a lot of great financial advisors out there and thousands of bad ones.
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98% of 'financial advisors' are commission based salespeople who might earn 4-8 times more on some products they sell you than others. Ever been sold whole life insurance? You know what I am talking about. I love commission sales folks, but it might be hard to be objective if one product pays you 8x more than another!
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This is why we (and experts across the board) recommend using a fee only advisor who is a fiduciary. We will earn the same regardless of how we structure your investments and are obligated to keep your best interests the main priority.
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How do you choose among fee only advisors? Interview a few and find someone who specializes in your circumstances.
Similar to climbing a mountain, you want someone who has climbed that mountain before. Find a financial planner who is already where you want to be so they can help you climb to where you want to go.
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Review below to see if we might be the right fit for you!
Who do we serve?
Are you a high earning professional who isn't 100% sure your current actions are going to result in the future you want? We're the Financial Planner for you.
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We specialize in helping folks turn current income into long term wealth through a mix of financial planning, tax planning, and investment management that will allow you to live a great life today with peace of mind that you have a solid plan for the future.
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As a Fiduciary, we put your needs above any others and are diligent to ensure the steps you take are the right ones.
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Financial Planning
When some hear the term 'Financial Planning' they may think that is it all about saving more money. In our experience among high earners, just as many folks need to save more as folks who are saving too much!
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A thoughtful, well-tailored financial plan that adjusts to you are your life adjusts is pivotal to living the life you want. ​
Investment Management
A great plan without a great partner to execute that plan is worthless.
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The goal is not to hit a home run on every pitch, it is to have the highest likelihood of success. Yes a home run here and there may be vital to win the game, but if all you do it swing for the fences you're likely to strikeout.
Tax Planning
As a part of our financial planning, tax planning is built in. The goal isn't to pay as little taxes as possible (going broke will minimize taxes!) but rather make well informed, well timed decisions around your income and wealth.
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Taxes is a part of life but there is no reason to pay for more than your fair share.
About us
Our Mission
Ford Financial Fitness was created to help high earners turn their income into long term wealth. We believe that skills and effort that create your income are not the same skills needed to build your wealth.
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We act in your interest, don't earn secretive commissions, and are obsessive about preserving and growing your wealth.
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At Ford Financial Fitness, we help run your finances so you can run your life.
We are fee only, which means we receive no commissions from any investments we choose for you. You can rest assured each choice we make is for the benefit of your finances and not our own.
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We are planning for the long run to ensure long term success and not the quick home run. Want to make more money on your investments than your friend this year? We're not the team for you. Want to intelligently achieve your long term goals while living life today? We're your group!
Who is Chris?
When Chris was 12 years old he told his mom he wanted to be a financial planner. Her response, 'no one is going to give you their life savings until you have gray hair."
Still wanting to help people with their finances, he did the second best thing. Went to college, majored in economics, then got an entry level role at a small lender (at the time) Quicken Loans.
As Chris's career grew, so did Quicken Loans, transforming into Rocket Mortgage. He became a President's Club Banker, Regional Vice President, then most recently a Senior Director.
Helping 15,000+ clients and over 1,000 team members over the last 15 years, his passion for helping folks financially hasn't changed.
Why become a financial planner now? He does have gray hair as his mom suggested, but more importantly after reaching financial independence as a family, they want to help others on that same path.
Who is Megan?
Originally wanting to be doctor to help change lives, Megan attended the University of Michigan and majored in Neuroscience. After graduating in three years, she followed Chris to Quicken Loans with the thought to reduce the burden of Medical school debt by working for a year or two first.
Over a decade long career, Megan worked as a Triple Crown President's Club Banker, Divisional Vice President, Senior Director of Banking and eventually the Director of Strategy for Rocket.
In that same decade, she had four children, went to graduate school and received a Masters Degree in Management from Harvard University, bought three houses, and visited 22 countries!
While at Rocket Mortgage (formerly Quicken Loans) she noticed wild financial differences between both her clients and her peers. Some households earning over $300,000+ were sinking in crippling debt, while other were building generational wealth. She realized income alone was not the secret to financial success.