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San Diego Retirement Planning

Heritage Retirement Advisors

At Heritage Retirement Advisors, we are passionate about helping you transition successfully into retirement and protect your assets and income for the rest of your life.

For over thirty years we have been serving the San Diego metropolitan area and surrounding communities. Our broad experience in the financial services industry helped form the foundation of our team’s financial philosophy and establish our core principles. We devote ourselves to protecting our clients’ finances from market risk, taxes, and inflation, while helping them grow their assets and income in a sustainable and attractive manner.

We invite you to contact us today for a complimentary financial consultation where we will tailor personal financial and retirement solutions for you in an atmosphere of open and honest communication, kindness, and respect.

Retire with confidence

Our Planning Process

Our four-step Heritage Experience works to help identify and implement suitable financial strategies for helping our clients meet their needs and achieve their goals and objectives for retirement.

01

Listen

02

Plan

03

Act

04

Monitor

Six Fundamental Retirement Planning Considerations

Get a Clear Understanding of Your Financial Life

First, we gain a thorough understanding of your current financial situation, goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and the key considerations that should be addressed in your retirement strategy.

Six Fundamental Retirement Planning Considerations

Six key retirement planning considerations can impact your financial goals now and in the future. The question is not if these will affect your finances, but to what degree. We evaluate your sentiment toward each consideration and quantify the potential effects on your assets over time. This allows us to build customized strategies to help you achieve your financial objectives for retirement.

Longevity

Outliving financial assets as the result of a longer life.

Inflation

Reduction in real purchasing power as the result of increasing cost of living.

Mortality

Loss of financial assets as the result of a partner’s or spouse’s death.

Liquidity

Limited access to assets to meet life’s unexpected financial needs.

Market

Unexpected reduction in the value of financial assets at the time of withdrawal.

Taxes

Decreasing income and assets and/or the impairment of legacy assets from increasing taxes.

A Balanced Approach

Our Services

Retirement Planning

We spend time to put together a clear picture of your retirement income goals and desires, create a plan to reach and sustain those goals, help implement and then monitor the performance of the plan.

Additionally, we help our clients make decisions relating to their social security, pensions, annuities, real estate holdings and mortgages, long-term care and insurance needs, charitable gifting, and legacy goals.

Charitable Gifting

A gift made during your lifetime rather than after your passing allows you to enjoy seeing your donation in action and can provide helpful benefits to yourself such as tax reduction, lifetime income, and more.

Tax Reduction Planning

Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – We can’t control the first, but we can help you reduce the second.

Our clients enjoy a comprehensive review of their tax return, tax projections combined with proactive planning, tax reduction strategies, etc.

Estate and Legacy Planning

We can’t predict the future, but we can help you plan for it. Don’t leave your loved ones to battle with courts and probate. Spell out your wants and wishes.

We are to assist you with Living Trust education and referrals, charitable gifting strategies and implementation of Charitable Trusts, multi-generation planning, and legacy strategies.

Business Planning

Whether you are just getting started or nearing the end of your career, we can help you make the most of your business, from the initial phases, through restructuring, to business sales, we have a dedicated team to help you!

We provide solutions for business succession and continuation planning, employee benefits, key person insurance, executive benefits, buy sell agreements, and transitions/sales.

Insurance Planning

Insurance is an important element of any life plan and can help protect you and loved ones in many different ways, including how to utilize insurance contracts to build tax-free income streams and inheritance plans.

Through our team of professionals, we are able to assist you with procuring long-term care, life insurance, disability insurance, property insurance and more. We can also teach you how insurance can be used strategically to help you have more money to enjoy in retirement with less stress, and leave even more for heirs if that is an objective.

Here For Your Retirement Needs

Meet Our Team

Brian D. Gibbs, RICP®

Retirement Income Specialist

Brian D. Gibbs, RICP®, has spent more than forty years helping families discover, define and achieve their true financial objectives. He combines a rich educational background and practical insight gained in retirement planning, estate planning, real estate and mortgage banking, tax planning, business and executive compensation and insurance planning. Brian has a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial and Estate Planning. He is a Retirement Income Certified Professional, and has licenses in real estate and insurance.

Earlier in his career, Brian was also a licensed securities principal (Series 7,24) and investment banker. He invested in and observed over 53 distinct categories of investments and financial strategies. In other words he has “been there and done that”. He observed the mixed results that risk-based investments produced over time. These experiences taught him what works and what does not work in the real world. He now uses these experiences and wisdom gained to protect his clients’ assets and improve their financial pictures as a focused retirement and charitable planner.

From over four decades of experience in the financial industry, Brian has carefully incorporated his wisdom, skill and financial strategies into Heritage Retirement Advisors, to help preserve and grow his client’s wealth. He is a proponent of helping clients reduce or eliminate transfer costs and is very proficient at recognizing opportunities to reduce client’s taxes, along with their CPA or accountant, attorney and other trusted advisors.

Brian enjoys educating and teaching financial principles and strategies. He has presented seminars for over thirty years to clients, civic, government and corporate groups on a number of subjects including retirement planning, the economy, tax planning, real estate and financing strategies, charitable gifting and more.

In his personal life, Brian enjoys participating in golf, tennis, snow and water sports. His passions also include art, music, cultural events and visiting the great outdoors with family and friends. He is most grateful for his greatest treasures of all, his wife of 46+ years, Shawna, and their four children and wonderful grandchildren.

Amanda McLean

Retirement Income Specialist

Amanda McLean is a dedicated Retirement Planner with a passion for helping individuals and families create financial security and peace of mind for their future. A proud mother of three, Amanda understands firsthand the importance of planning for both today and tomorrow.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications, equipping her with both the financial expertise and communication skills to guide her clients with clarity and confidence.

In addition to her work in financial services, Amanda serves with the Hope Legacy Foundation, where she supports families and communities in building stronger futures. She also mentors young adults, helping them gain the knowledge and skills they need to be better prepared for the challenges of adult life.

Amanda is passionate about empowering others. Whether it’s her clients planning for retirement, young adults learning life skills, or her own children building their futures. Amanda’s goal for all is to thrive with confidence, purpose, and security.

Melissa Wilson

Office Manager
& Executive Assistant

Melissa is a highly organized and dependable professional with over 10 years of experience in administrative support and office management. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been a valued member of Heritage Retirement Advisors since January 2020.

Known for her attention to detail and ability to keep projects moving seamlessly, Melissa ensures that both clients and team members are supported every step of the way. Her positive, can-do attitude and commitment to excellence make her an integral part of the firm.

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Complimentary Educational Resources

Lastly and continually, we work to ensure transparency of your income plan by providing visibility, proactive outreach, and accessibility to our team throughout our working relationship.

Our Upcoming Events

Our Downloads

Retirement and Inflation Guide

Inflation quietly eats away at your purchasing power—turning today’s retirement savings into tomorrow’s shortfall. This guide helps you understand the hidden impact of rising costs and how to build a strategy that keeps your lifestyle protected. Don’t let your money lose value while you’re not looking.

Explore Our Firm Brochure

Download our digital brochure to learn more about who we are, what we do, and how our team can help you plan for a confident financial future. Inside, you’ll find an overview of our background, services, and commitment to guiding clients toward their goals.

Financial Calculators

CalcXML Financial Calculators

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