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BlackLines Financial

Serving clients nationwide · For over a decade

The whole picture.

We connect every part of your financial life so you can make better decisions with greater confidence.

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What we do

Planning, not products.

A few minutes on how we work, and what the first meeting looks like.

We work with business owners and families in the entertainment and technology industries whose financial lives are shaped by equity compensation, variable income, and the complexities of business ownership.

Led by a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, we coordinate investments, taxes, retirement, and business planning into one comprehensive strategy, helping every financial decision work toward the same goals.

  • A fiduciary firm, putting client interests first at all times
  • Advice tailored to your goals, not products or sales quotas.
  • Technology-enhanced planning with a human advisor at the center.

How it works

Four steps.

  1. An advisor walking a couple through their plan on a tablet

    Consultation

    We meet, at no cost, and work out whether we are the right fit for what you are trying to do.

  2. Client portal: the investor questionnaire

    Discovery

    We gather the full picture — income, assets, obligations, and what you actually want the money for.

  3. Client portal: the action list, with what is waiting on the client and on the financial team

    Implement

    You get a written plan with specific actions, sequenced, and we do the work of putting them in place.

  4. Client portal: how the money is invested against the target mix

    Monitor & Review

    Plans age. We review yours on a schedule and adjust it as your life changes.

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Four disciplines, one plan

Investment management
Discretionary portfolios custodied at Charles Schwab, built around the plan rather than beside it.
Tax optimization
Year-round rather than a scramble in April, and coordinated with the investment and estate work.
Insurance and risk
Protecting the risks that matter most while helping you avoid paying for coverage you don't need.
Estate planning
Wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations working together as intended.

What clients value

What people tell us.

The whole picture
Clear, holistic financial guidance — not a product sale.
Calm about money
Confidence and steady support around decisions that feel heavy.
Aligned to your values
Personalized planning rather than generic rules of thumb.
Explained plainly
Simple, understandable explanations, and the education behind them.
Just handle it
Operational ease, with clear guardrails you set.
Ahead of the year
Proactive, tax-aware strategy planned rather than reacted to.
Fees you can see
Transparent, fair, and aligned with your outcome.
Technology that helps
Modern, integrated tools that genuinely make money life easier.
We follow through
Responsiveness, reliability, and things actually finished.
A relationship
Long-term and human, not a transactional service.

Who we work with

You are in good company.

Our clients are employees, executives and members of the organizations below.

  • Apple
  • Microsoft
  • Amazon
  • Meta
  • Netflix
  • SAG-AFTRA
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Start here.

No cost, no obligation — we work out whether we are the right people for what you are trying to do, and tell you plainly if we are not.