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149: Build your own MICRO FAMILY OFFICE in 2026 — Here's How...

149: Build your own MICRO FAMILY OFFICE in 2026 — Here's How...

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Join me for The WealthOps Way—our free live masterclass designed to help you stop guessing and start running your wealth like a business.

You’ll go from scattered to strategic as you craft your own Portfolio Thesis—the foundation of everything that follows.

👉 In just one session, you’ll:

  • Clarify your long-term vision
  • Define your next best investment move
  • Build the system that turns wealth into freedom

When? 📆 March 18th at 7pm to 9pm (Central US)


One of the biggest myths in wealth management is that once you reach $1M in net worth, the smartest move is to hand your money to a financial advisor and trust the process.

But the wealth management industry wasn’t actually designed for this segment.

It was built for two very different groups: the mass market, and the ultra-wealthy.

On one end, investors with a few hundred thousand dollars receive standardized portfolios and product-driven advice. On the other end, families with $100M+ have access to full Single Family Offices with dedicated teams managing investments, tax strategy, and governance.

If you sit somewhere in the middle — roughly $1M to $30M in investable assets — you fall into what I call the financial services desert.

You’ve outgrown basic personal finance. But you’re not large enough to justify a traditional family office.

The result is that many people at this level receive essentially the same advice as someone with $200,000 — just at a higher price point.

The alternative is to build your own system.

In this week’s episode, I walk through the framework I use to manage my own portfolio: the Micro Family Office.

Instead of outsourcing everything to advisors, the Micro Family Office is a lean wealth management business built around your capital. It uses fractional specialists, modern technology, and proven frameworks to replicate the operational structure of a traditional family office — without the multi-million-dollar overhead.

The framework I use to build it is called WealthOps, and it unfolds in four phases:

Architect – defining your legacy statement, investment thesis, and current baseline.

Build – creating the legal, tax, and operational infrastructure.

Run – implementing a structured rhythm for managing and optimizing the portfolio.

Succession – ensuring the system continues beyond the person who built it.

What changes when this structure is in place is not just the portfolio — it’s the level of control.

Instead of wondering whether your wealth is working efficiently, you know exactly where every dollar sits, why it’s there, and how it contributes to your long-term goals.

And perhaps most importantly, the system scales with your wealth instead of becoming a bottleneck.

You can listen to the full episode above, where I break down exactly how the Micro Family Office framework works and how investors in the $1M–$30M range can begin implementing it.

The shift isn’t from small wealth to large wealth.

It’s from managing assets to operating a wealth system.

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