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The Retirement Fiduciary Podcast

The Retirement Fiduciary Podcast

著者： Adam D. Koós CFP® CMT® CEPA
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Welcome to The Retirement Fiduciary Podcast! Your classroom for no BS financial education. A place where we have authentic discussions about retirement planning, investment management, tax reduction strategies, insurance, estate planning, and more. Thanks for listening & please be sure to SUBSCRIBE! Hosted by Adam Koos, CFP®, CMT® of Libertas Wealth.All rights reserved 個人ファイナンス 経済学
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  • The Owner Dependency Trap: How to Build a Business That Runs Without You

    The Owner Dependency Trap: How to Build a Business That Runs Without You
    2026/06/02
    Most business owners will tell you they built their company for freedom. But somewhere along the way, the business stops working without them in it. It becomes something they can't step away from, can't sell, and can't scale past their own bandwidth. In this episode of The Retirement Fiduciary, Adam Koos, sits down with Tiffany Helton, operational scaling and profit strategy expert at Cultivate Advisors, to talk about what founder dependency actually costs, how to build a business that runs without you, and why exit planning is really just good business strategy, no matter how far out your timeline is. Episode Timestamps 00:00 – Intro & guest background: Tiffany's path from busing tables to building and scaling multi-unit restaurant groups 05:00 – What founder dependency really looks like, and the test every owner should run on their business 10:00 – The $20/hour trap: why owners doing low-value tasks is killing growth and exit potential 15:00 – The financial risk of being too important to your own company (death, divorce, disability, and deals) 20:00 – Business transition and exit planning: why it's not about leaving, it's about growing 25:00 – Profitability vs. revenue growth: what your financials are actually telling you 31:00 – Delegation vs. operational leadership: the difference and why it matters 35:00 – The $523/hour question: backing into your real hourly value as a business owner 38:00 – What buyers actually look for, and how to set your business up to attract them 40:00 – Final takeaways and where to start if you want more freedom in your business Key Takeaways 💡 If your business can't survive without you, it's not a business. It's a job, and a risky one. 💡 Exit planning isn't about leaving. It's the most effective growth strategy most owners never use. 💡 Only about 20–30% of businesses have clean, organized books on day one with an advisor. Most owners don't know what they don't know. 💡 Almost zero founder-led businesses have a three-year financial forecast. That's where the biggest growth opportunities are hiding. 💡 The difference between delegation and operational leadership is critical. One removes tasks. The other builds leaders who think like you. 💡 80% of businesses don't sell. They dissolve. And 80% of business owners have most of their net worth tied up in the company. 💡 Know your real hourly rate. If you're answering phones or managing your own calendar at $523/hour potential, something has to change. Key Quotes 🗣 "If I remove you from your business, what's gonna happen? If the answer is no, it can't survive without you, you have to fix that." — Tiffany Helton 🗣 "Exit planning is simply taking you from wherever you are today to wherever you want to be." — Adam Koos 🗣 "It's not easy. But it is simple." — Adam Koos 🗣 "Does your business actually support your personal financial goals? A lot of my clients are totally disconnected in that way." — Tiffany Helton 🗣 "We can always make more money. We can't make more time." — Adam Koos Connect With the Guest Name: Tiffany Helton, Cultivate Advisors Email: tiffany@cultivateadvisors.com Website: https://cultivateadvisors.com/our-advisors/tiffany-helton/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-helton-a0239b8/ Connect with Libertas Wealth Facebook: https://facebook.com/libertaswealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libertas.wealth Threads: https://www.threads.com/@libertas.wealth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com//libertas-wealth Twitter: https://x.com/LibertasWM TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@libertaswealthmanagement YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@libertaswealth Podcast YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkYzW1XyJA0Ef_Hf7nUCMGLSlmfHt43v Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/29Jrqu0MV1VrpRGqgm6seV?si=d98161c1ec484a85 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retirement-fiduciary-podcast/id1029927148 Email: info@libertaswealth.com Website: www.libertaswealth.com Phone: 614-543-1350 Connect with Adam Koós LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkoos Website: https://www.LibertasWealth.com
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    41 分
  • Insurance Blind Spots, Scam Red Flags, and Financial Readiness

    Insurance Blind Spots, Scam Red Flags, and Financial Readiness
    2026/05/19

    Most people don't think about financial risk until something goes wrong. A policy lapses. A parent sends 00,000 to a scammer. A spouse passes away and no one can find the documents. In this episode of The Retirement Fiduciary, Adam Koós, sits down with Tony Steuer, financial readiness advocate, award-winning author, and host of the podcast Get Ready Before Life Happens.

    Tony brings 30+ years of insurance and financial literacy experience to the conversation. Together, they dig into the most overlooked risks families face, the truth about cash value life insurance (and why it's almost never what it's sold as), the scam tactics targeting retirees and their aging parents right now, and what financial readiness actually looks like in practice. This one's packed.

    Episode Timestamps

    03:00 – How to do a risk assessment before buying any insurance

    05:00 – Cash value life insurance, LIRPs, and the "infinite banking" myth

    09:00 – Surrender charges, borrowed money, and how policies collapse

    15:00 – The in-force illustration: what it is and why you need one

    22:00 – Adam's story: losing his brother and building the My Promise Vault

    25:00 – How AI is making financial scams more personalized and harder to detect

    Key Takeaways

    💡 Before buying any insurance, start with a risk assessment. The right question isn't "do I need this policy?" It's "what could go wrong?"

    💡 Cash value life insurance is almost never the right tool. For most people, products like LIRPs and "infinite banking" are the worst thing out there.

    💡 If you own a permanent life insurance policy, request an in-force illustration every 2–3 years. Many people are shocked by what they find.

    💡 AI is making scams more personal and harder to detect. Create a family passphrase now, before you need it.

    💡 Financial readiness isn't just having a plan. It's making sure your family can actually find everything when it matters most.

    Key Quotes

    🗣 "I have been advocating against that type of crap all my career." – Tony Steuer, on cash value life insurance sold as an investment

    🗣 "If you haven't been scammed yet, it's just a matter of time. The right scam hasn't been designed for you yet." – Tony Steuer

    🗣 "You're trying to get over on the best mathematicians in the world. If you're really smart, you might be able to. But most of us are not." – Tony Steuer, on thinking you can outsmart insurance company actuaries

    🗣 "I promise you will never have to go through what I went through with Kyle." – Adam Koós, on why financial readiness became personal after losing his brother

    🗣 "Ask that many questions before you enroll in your 401(k) as you would before you buy a new TV." – Tony Steuer

    Connect With Tony Steuer

    Website: www.tonysteuer.com

    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tonysteuer

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TonySteuer

    Podcast: Get Ready Before Life Happens

    Connect with Libertas Wealth

    Facebook: https://facebook.com/libertaswealth

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libertas.wealth

    Threads: https://www.threads.com/@libertas.wealth

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/libertas-wealth

    Twitter: https://x.com/LibertasWM

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@libertaswealthmanagement

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@libertaswealth

    Podcast YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkYzW1XyJA0Ef_Hf7nUCMGLSlmfHt43v

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/29Jrqu0MV1VrpRGqgm6seV?si=d98161c1ec484a85

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retirement-fiduciary-podcast/id1029927148

    Email: info@libertaswealth.com

    Website: www.libertaswealth.com

    Phone: 614-543-1350

    Connect with Adam Koós

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkoos

    Website: https://www.LibertasWealth.com
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    40 分
  • How to Make Sure Your Estate Plan Doesn't Fail: Real Cases, Real Consequences with Kelly Lise Murray

    How to Make Sure Your Estate Plan Doesn't Fail: Real Cases, Real Consequences with Kelly Lise Murray
    2026/05/05
    Most families spend years building wealth. Far fewer spend time making sure the legal structures protecting that wealth are actually doing their job. In this episode, Adam Koós,sits down with Professor Kelly Lise Murray, a lawyer, mediator, and legal scholar who spent nearly two decades at Vanderbilt University before turning her focus to wealth dispute resolution. Kelly hosts the Wealth Litigated podcast, where she breaks down real courtroom cases involving trusts, estates, and family wealth disputes. Together, Adam and Kelly walk through real litigated cases involving blended families, irrevocable trusts, prenuptial agreements, and costly filing errors. The goal is simple: learn from other families' expensive mistakes so yours never has to become a case study. Episode Timestamps 00:00 - Intro & guest background: Who is Kelly Lise Murray and what is the Wealth Litigated podcast 02:00 - Why estate planning disputes happen: The coordination problem between legal and financial documents 04:30 - Blended family estate planning: What the Marinakis v. Marinakis (Ohio) case teaches us 10:00 - California case: When a stepchild was allowed to inherit as a natural child 13:00 - The #1 most procrastinated item in financial planning (Adam's 25-year observation) 14:00 - Trusts and your mortgage: The Garn-St. Germaine Act and what advisors rarely tell clients 16:00 - Property & casualty insurance and irrevocable trusts: A 2007 warning still being ignored 17:30 - Collins v. Flannery (Ohio): What happens when a surviving spouse controls an irrevocable trust 22:00 - Trustee abuse of a special needs trust: A Texas case with a co-trustee resolution 24:00 - Structural protections: Co-trustees, trust protectors, and professional fiduciaries 26:00 - The $800,000 missed checkbox: Estate of Griffin v. Commissioner (IRS Q-TIP case) 29:00 - Prenuptial agreements: What an Ohio case reveals about overreaching and enforceability 32:00 - Portability of estate plans across state lines 33:00 - Incapacity planning: What to do when a divorcing spouse still has your healthcare directive 35:00 - Final advice for families and financial advisors: Where to start this week Key Takeaways 💡 The single biggest driver of wealth disputes is a lack of coordination between legal documents, financial accounts, and estate plans. A will, a trust, and a beneficiary designation that conflict with one another will be decided by the court, not by you. 💡 Blended families face amplified risk. Remarrying without updating your estate plan can give a new spouse statutory rights that override your existing will, and may even leave your ex-in-laws as heirs. 💡 Transferring your home into a trust without checking your mortgage terms, insurance policy, and applicable statutes first can trigger your loan being called due immediately and invalidate your homeowner's insurance claim. 💡 Execution errors can be just as damaging as planning errors. A missed checkbox on an estate tax return cost one family over $800,000 in a federal IRS case. Two sets of eyes on every filing is a structural safeguard, not a formality. 💡 Structural protections like co-trustees, professional fiduciaries, and trust protectors exist specifically to prevent a sole trustee from depleting an estate without accountability. These are worth building in from the beginning. 💡 If you move to a different state, your existing estate plan, trust, and prenuptial agreement may no longer work as intended. Every lifecycle change and every geographic move warrants a legal review. Key Quotes 🗣 "The lack of coordination leads to litigation. That is the biggest takeaway of our discussion today." - Kelly Lise Murray 🗣 "It's not a matter of if, it's when you get involved in some sort of litigation." - Kelly Lise Murray (citing a common refrain among estate attorneys) 🗣 "The number one most procrastinated financial planning item is estate planning. Without a doubt." - Adam Koos, CFP®, CMT, CFTe, CEPA 🗣 "This is not estate planning in a box. You need actually licensed legal advice from a lawyer in your state." - Kelly Lise Murray 🗣 "I've been talking about this since 2007 because we still haven't gotten the word out enough." - Kelly Lise Murray (on trust and insurance coordination) Connect with the Guest Guest: Kelly Lise Murray, JD - Lawyer, Mediator & Legal Scholar Website (Wealth Litigated): https://www.wealthlitigated.com Website (Vetting the House): https://www.vettingthehouse.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kellylisemurray Connect with Libertas Wealth Facebook: https://facebook.com/libertaswealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libertas.wealth Threads: https://www.threads.com/@libertas.wealth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/libertas-wealth Twitter / X: https://x.com/LibertasWM TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@libertaswealthmanagement YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@libertaswealth Podcast YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
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    39 分
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