Eight integrated service areas designed to align every dimension of your financial life — from daily cash flow to generational wealth transfer.
True financial planning is not a document you file away — it's a living strategy that evolves as your career, family, and goals change. At Herbig Wealth Management, we build comprehensive plans that connect every financial decision you make into a cohesive, forward-looking picture.
We start with a deep discovery process: where you are today, where you want to go, and what's standing in the way. From there, we build a roadmap covering cash flow, debt, savings rates, protection, and long-term wealth accumulation — all stress-tested against real scenarios.
Whether you're building from scratch or optimizing an existing financial picture, you'll leave every planning meeting with clarity, confidence, and specific next actions.
A thorough initial meeting covering your full financial picture — income, assets, liabilities, goals, and risk tolerance.
We model multiple futures — early retirement, career change, market downturn — so you can make decisions with confidence.
Regular check-ins keep your plan current as life changes — job transitions, new assets, family milestones, and market shifts.
Most investors underperform not because they pick the wrong stocks, but because they make emotional decisions when markets get uncomfortable. Herbig Wealth Management builds disciplined, evidence-based portfolios tailored to your risk tolerance, tax situation, and time horizon — and we stay the course with you through volatility.
For clients with substantial non-retirement assets, we offer direct indexing — owning individual securities instead of ETFs — which enables precise tax-loss harvesting and customization that a fund simply can't provide. This approach is particularly powerful for taxable accounts above $250K.
Every portfolio is constructed with an eye toward after-tax, after-fee returns. We don't chase performance; we build systems that compound quietly over time.
Own individual securities to replicate an index with enhanced tax-loss harvesting and ESG customization capabilities unavailable in ETFs.
Systematic identification of loss opportunities at the individual security level, reducing your tax drag and improving net returns over time.
Strategic placement of assets across taxable, tax-deferred, and tax-free accounts to minimize your lifetime tax bill on investment returns.
Most people experience tax planning as something that happens to them in April. We flip that: tax strategy is a year-round discipline that shapes every investment, retirement, and income decision you make.
Herbig Wealth Management integrates tax thinking into every aspect of your financial plan — from Roth conversion strategies to capital gain harvesting windows, from qualified dividend optimization to the timing of stock option exercises. We work alongside your CPA to implement strategies, not just identify them.
For clients with complex situations — equity compensation, rental income, business ownership, or significant capital events — proactive tax strategy can be the highest-ROI work we do together.
Identify optimal conversion windows based on your income, bracket trajectory, and RMD exposure to minimize lifetime taxes.
RSU, ISO, and NSO exercise timing strategies that consider AMT exposure, 83(b) elections, and long-term capital gain holding periods.
Donor-Advised Funds, Qualified Charitable Distributions, and appreciated security gifts designed to maximize deductibility and minimize capital gain recognition.
Retirement planning is more than projecting a savings rate and picking a number. It's about understanding what you want your life to look like — and building a financial structure that makes it sustainable through market cycles, inflation, healthcare costs, and longevity risk.
We analyze your full retirement picture: 401(k) contribution strategy, IRA and Roth optimization, Social Security timing, pension coordination (if applicable), and income distribution sequencing. For clients with employer retirement plans, we also review plan design, fund selection, and fiduciary exposure.
The goal isn't just to retire — it's to retire with confidence and never run out of money.
Maximize tax-advantaged contributions, optimize employer matches, and build the right asset mix for your timeline and risk tolerance.
The 5–10 years before retirement: Roth conversions, sequence-of-returns risk mitigation, Social Security timing, and healthcare bridge planning.
Sustainable withdrawal strategies, RMD planning, income tax minimization in retirement, and legacy/estate coordination.
Most employees leave significant money on the table by not fully optimizing their employer benefits. Open enrollment decisions, equity compensation elections, deferred compensation plans, and ESPP participation all have meaningful financial and tax implications that most people never analyze.
Herbig Wealth Management helps you evaluate every component of your total compensation — not just your salary — and make strategic decisions that align your benefits with your broader financial plan. We're particularly experienced with the complex compensation structures common in Houston's energy, healthcare, and corporate sectors.
RSU vesting strategy, ISO vs. NSO exercise timing, 83(b) elections, and concentration risk management as grants accumulate.
NQDC plan election strategy, distribution timing, investment option selection, and coordination with your overall tax picture.
Annual benefits election guidance covering health plan selection, FSA/HSA contribution levels, life insurance, and supplemental coverage decisions.
Healthcare is consistently the largest wildcard in long-term financial planning — especially in retirement. From Medicare enrollment timing to long-term care coverage to managing healthcare costs between employer coverage and Medicare eligibility at 65, the decisions you make have enormous financial consequences.
Beyond healthcare, we help families plan for the full lifecycle of financial needs: supporting aging parents, funding children's education, navigating the financial impact of divorce or disability, and ensuring your family is protected if something happens to you.
Part A/B/D/Medigap enrollment timing, premium optimization, and IRMAA surcharge avoidance for high-income retirees.
Objective analysis of LTC insurance, hybrid life/LTC policies, and self-insurance strategies to protect your retirement assets from care costs.
529 plan setup, funding strategy, beneficiary planning, and coordination with financial aid to optimize the family's education investment.
Insurance is the foundation that makes every other financial plan work. Without the right protection in place, a single event — disability, early death, lawsuit, or long-term illness — can unravel decades of disciplined saving and investing.
Herbig Wealth Management takes an objective, fee-only approach to insurance analysis. We don't sell policies. We evaluate your existing coverage, identify gaps, and make independent recommendations on what coverage makes sense given your specific situation, income, assets, and family structure. Then we help you implement the right policies at competitive terms.
A systematic review of every protection layer — life, disability, liability, property — to find gaps before an event reveals them.
Disability insurance is often under-owned by high earners. We analyze your income replacement needs and coordinate with employer group coverage.
As a fee-only advisor, we have no incentive to recommend any particular policy. Our analysis is driven by your needs, not our compensation.
Estate planning isn't just for the ultra-wealthy — anyone with assets, dependents, or specific wishes for the future needs a plan. Without one, the state decides how your estate is distributed, often at significant cost and delay to your family.
Herbig Wealth Management coordinates the financial dimensions of estate planning alongside your estate attorney: beneficiary designations, asset titling, trust funding, charitable giving strategies, and the tax-efficient transfer of wealth to the next generation. We also help clients and their families think through the values and intentions behind a legacy — not just the mechanics.
For business owners and high-net-worth families, we engage with advanced strategies including GRATs, SLATs, IDGTs, and family limited partnerships to maximize what transfers to heirs and charitable causes.
We review your will, trusts, POA, and healthcare directives alongside your attorney to ensure everything aligns with your current wishes and financial situation.
Retirement accounts and life insurance pass outside of your will. We audit all designations to ensure assets flow correctly and avoid unintended tax consequences.
Strategic use of annual gift exclusions, 529 superfunding, and irrevocable trust structures to reduce your taxable estate during your lifetime.
Start with a straightforward, no-pressure conversation about your goals.