The Good Deals Blog
Financial strategy for business owners and high-net-worth individuals who are done being underserved. Written by Andrew Escher, CFA.
Tight Coupling: Why Your Life Feels Fragile (and How to Fix It)
When your income depends on one job, your identity on one role, and your happiness on one relationship—you're tightly coupled. Build slack.
Read more →The Case for Becoming a Generalist
The world rewards specialization, but the best-lived lives are built on breadth. Celebrate competence across domains.
Read more →Your Life Is a System (Start Treating It Like One)
Every decision creates feedback loops. Learn to see the connections and become an architect of your own life.
Read more →Why Your Savings Rate Matters More Than Your Returns
The math that matters: you control your savings rate. You don't control the market. A simple table shows why savings rate dominates everything else.
Read more →The Seven Dimensions of a Wealthy Life
True wealth spans seven dimensions: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, economic, technical, and ecological.
Read more →Wealth Is a Byproduct
Wealth isn't the goal — it's what happens when you solve harder problems first: meaning, purpose, and human capital.
Read more →What Your CPA Can't See: Tax Strategy vs. Tax Accounting for Business Owners
Your CPA reports where your money went. A tax strategist engineers where it goes first. Here's the difference—and why it's worth six figures.
Read more →The Coordination Tax: Why Three Good Advisors Still Cost You Money
Three good advisors in silos still cost you money. Here's how the coordination tax works and why integrated planning saves six figures.
Read more →S Corp Tax Strategy for 2026: What Changed and What It Means for Your Business
S Corp taxation in 2026: reasonable compensation rules, QBI deduction landscape, retirement optimization, and the mistakes that cost you money.
Read more →Key Person Insurance: What Happens to Your Business If You Can't Show Up Monday
If your business stops when you stop, you have a key person problem. Here's why it matters and how to fix it.
Read more →ILITs, PPLIs, and DSTs: Advanced Wealth Tools Your Advisor Hasn't Mentioned
Advanced wealth planning tools for HNW individuals: ILITs, Private Placement Life Insurance, Delaware Statutory Trusts explained.
Read more →How to Choose a Fiduciary Financial Advisor (and What to Ask Before You Hire One)
How to choose a fiduciary advisor. What to ask, red flags to watch, and why dual registration matters.
Read more →Why High-Net-Worth Individuals Are Overpaying a Tax They Don't Know Exists
High-net-worth tax planning advisor reveals how uncoordinated advisors create the Coordination Tax, costing HNW clients more than fees.
Read more →The Financial Advisor Austin Construction Companies Actually Need
Construction companies need advisors who understand project cash flow, bonding, equipment depreciation, seasonality, and succession. Most don't have that.
Read more →Exit Planning for Business Owners: The 5-Year Checklist Nobody Gave You
The concrete checklist for selling your business: clean financials, revenue independence, documented processes, tax-optimized structure. 80% don't sell because they never built it to be sellable.
Read more →Buy-Sell Agreements: The $2M Gap Most Business Owners Don't Know They Have
Most buy-sell agreements are unfunded or unfundable. Here's what happens when a partner dies and your agreement can't be executed.
Read more →401(k) Plans for Small Business: The Setup Nobody Explains Simply
Small business owner's guide to 401(k) plans, SIMPLE IRA, and SEP IRA. When to use each, cost, and why your team matters.
Read more →What 10,000 Hours Inside Other People's Businesses Taught Me About Money
Business owners are financially sophisticated about operations but underserved in personal wealth. A Fractional CFO's view on why the system treats them wrong.
Read more →