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· Est. MMXXI ·
A Boutique Registered Investment Adviser
Fee-Only · Fiduciary · Ponte Vedra, FL
A Boutique Registered Investment Adviser

Wealth
management,
bound as
an heirloom.

A fee-only fiduciary. Your plan is written for your household alone — and the material decisions made on its behalf are reviewed by a supervised person, in a record you can read.

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CFP®Certified planner
Fee-OnlyNo commissions
IndependentNo broker-dealer
Infinite journeysOne standard
Engraving of the three principals in the firm's conference room
· Plate No. I · The Firm ·
Michael, Rob, & Karin.

A plan is not a PDF you receive at onboarding and forget in a drawer. It is a living document — written, signed, and maintained through every life event, for as long as the household endures.

— Firm Philosophy · § 1 —
· i · Who we serve

The work is custom. The standard is not.

Every situation is unique, every story is different — but the process of building, growing, and protecting is the same. We meet you wherever you are on your wealth journey. Here are some examples; find one that might be like yours.

Building The plan written before the wealth arrives. Business Owner The company and the household — two chapters, not one. Mid-Life College, retirement, aging parents — three clocks, one page. Pre-Retiree Is the date arithmetic, or a wish? Post-Retiree · Early Years Retirement is a payroll problem. We run the payroll. Post-Retiree · Late Years Fewer accounts, no surprises — a record the family can read. Divorce Triage in writing — then a record in your name alone. Widow Written for two, readable by one — the plan that held when it had to. Inheritance / Windfall A windfall arrives with a countdown and a crowd. No Children The dogs, the giving, the survivor, the pen — nothing left to default. All in One Stock One ticker should not carry the retirement.
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· ii · Our approach

The plan, as a folio.

Every household receives a folio — eleven chapters covering every dimension of financial life, composed and maintained as a single living document. Bound annually. Versioned. Signed.

Not a deliverable. A companion — one your heirs could read.

Open a sample folio  →
Goals I
Inventory II
Cash Flow III
Tax IV
Retirement V
Investment VI
Estate VII
Digital VIII
Insurance IX
Consolidated X
Review XI
· The Callahan Folio · Vol. V · Eleven chapters · bound annually · signed
Room i
Client
Room ii
Advisor
Intellicapital monogram
BAFAos.
one memory · four rooms
Room iii
Compliance
Room iv
Firm
· iii · Behind the folio

An operating system we built ourselves.

We did not find software equal to the way we wanted to practice — so Michael built it. BAFAos is a living planning operating system: your household's entire financial life in one governed model — calculating where you are headed, scanning for what might be missed, comparing the alternatives.

It doesn't exist for you to see. It exists so your advisor doesn't miss anything — and client-facing recommendations are reviewed by a supervised person before they reach you. Material decisions recorded, sourceable, and answerable. For decades.

How BAFAos works  →
· iv · Transparency

Material decisions, on the record.

Material advisory decisions are retained in the firm’s records with their date, rationale, and reviewer where applicable. The Claims Register distinguishes the record controls operating today from the richer tamper-evident evidence architecture that remains a governed build target.

How we stay verifiable  →
· Sample household · Q3 2025 · specimen · Illustrative
Jul 08 Quarterly rebalance · tax-aware MM
Jul 22 Roth conversion window · modeled at $42k MM · RF
Aug 03 Beneficiary review · trust update KG
Aug 17 Folio Ch. V updated · retirement MM
Sep 01 529 contribution coordinated RF
Sep 14 TLH · $18,400 realized · offset MM
Sep 28 Annual review · folio read-through MM · client
· Hypothetical · illustrative only ·
· v · Inside the practice

One record, two doors.

The same memory serves both sides of the relationship. Your advisors enter through The Bridge — the working software of the firm. You hold the folio it composes. Here is each, as it actually looks.

BAFAOS · THE BRIDGE ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL
Good morning, Michael.
FOUR DESKS HOLD YOUR NAME · SINGLE SESSION · ROLE CHANGES LOGGED
I. Client Households PORTAL VIEW ENTER →
II. Advisor Desk BOOK OF HOUSEHOLDS ENTER →
III. Compliance Office THE EXAM BINDER ENTER →
IV. Firm Admin LEDGER & OPS ENTER →
· Plate No. II · The Bridge · the staff door · How BAFAos works  →
THE CALLAHAN FOLIO · VOL. VCH. I · THE LETTER
Dear Rudy,

This year the plan moved twice — once when the market fell in March, and once when you decided the cabin mattered more than the earlier retirement. Both decisions are in Chapter IV, with our reasoning attached.

Nothing in this binding is a surprise; you were in the room for all of it. What follows is simply the record.

Michael
MANAGING PARTNER · SIGNED APR 2026
— 3 —
CH. II · POSITIONSAS OF MAR 31 2026
US TOTAL MARKET$842,000
INTL DEVELOPED$412,000
MUNICIPAL LADDER$486,000
CASH RESERVE$118,000
…each lot traced to a decision on the ledger.
✓ RECONCILED TO CUSTODIAN $1,858,000
— 4 —
· Plate No. III · A folio, open · hypothetical · Open a sample folio  →
· vi · Services

Planning, investment, tax, and estate — in one hand.

Most firms charge you for one piece, then refer the rest out. We coordinate everything under one roof, on one timeline, for one fee — and every part answers to the same standard.

i. Investment management A portfolio built around your plan — every move recorded as a decision with a reason. ii. Financial planning The living plan of record — goals, cash flow, modeling — everything else answers to it. iii. Tax coordination Harvesting, conversions, location — worked all year with your CPA, not left for April. iv. Estate coordination The annual audit that keeps the documents and the accounts in agreement. v. Fiduciary oversight The standard behind the rest — a decision ledger, disclosed conflicts, a named officer.
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· vii · The team

Three people, one household.

Small by design. When you work with Intellicapital, you know every person touching your plan — and they know you.

Engraved portrait of Michael McAlpin
Michael McAlpin
Managing Partner · CCO · CFP®

Founded the firm in 2021 after two decades in planning — and wrote BAFAos himself. Leads the practice; owns its compliance record.

Engraved portrait of Rob Fremont
Rob Fremont
Managing Partner

The firm's other licensed adviser. Carries household relationships and the investment discipline behind every folio.

Engraved portrait of Karin Getka
Karin Getka
Wealth Planning Coordinator

Coordinates the planning work behind every folio — often the first person you speak to; always the reason nothing falls through.

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· viii · How we work

Four steps, then decades.

The first year builds the folio. The years after are for living with it.

i

Discovery

We map what you have, what you owe, what you’re protecting, and what keeps you up at night. No products discussed — just the picture, drawn honestly.

· 30 days ·
ii

Plan of record

The plan everything else answers to — goals, cash flow, modeling, trade-offs made explicit. Signed, dated, the baseline agreed.

· 60 days ·
iii

The Folio

Eleven chapters. Your plan — bound, signed, and placed in your hands. Not a proposal. A document you keep.

· 90 days ·
iv

Annual review

The binder re-examined every year — drift corrected, the estate chapter audited, the record signed forward. The plan lives; the ledger grows.

· Ongoing ·
The process, scene by scene  →
Intellicapital wax seal
— Begin —

Your folio, unwritten.

A one-hour conversation — no obligation, no deliverables, no cost. If we are the right fit, you will know. If we are not, we will tell you who is.

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