Alterra Advisors

Alterra Advisors for Wealth Advisors & Family CIOs

As their most trusted advisor, you hold the key to unlock your clients’ wealth potential.

Grow Your Impact as Your Clients’ Go-To Strategist

  • RHelp them establish their optimal legacy plan
  • RCreate unique tax shelters to significantly enhance their wealth preservation
  • RBring strategy for the continuity of their business

Estate & Legacy Planning

Help your clients leave a legacy that reflects their top priorities: to be remembered for the smart decisions they made to preserve their wealth and to leave the family in harmony. We help you bring optimal estate and legacy plan designs to help maximize the value of clients’ estates by minimizing the impact of taxes and allowing for more of their wealth to be preserved and passed on to future generations. We help make the complex simple by creating easy-to-follow visual designs showing the impact of various strategies so your client may make informed decisions. From gifting to an array of unique tax-saving asset and trust designs, we have you covered. Proper planning strategy will help your clients enhance their wealth transfer, allowing for more substantial legacies and philanthropic endeavors. More importantly, it creates a game plan that aligns with the family’s values and aspirations.

Business Planning

  • Provide business succession planning and buy-sell agreement funding designs to ensures the stability and continuity of your clients’ businesses in unforeseen circumstances, safeguarding their life’s work and providing peace of mind for their families and their business partner.
  • Executive Compensation plan designs to attract and retain top executive talent by designing competitive compensation packages, boosting your clients’ business growth and key talent. These plans directly help clients and key team members experience a substantial increase in their net wealth and lifestyle.
  • Create unique wealth tax shelters to for wealth preservation, significantly reducing tax liabilities and maximizing your clients’ financial legacy, leading to more efficient wealth accumulation and protection.

Advanced Life Insurance Design—For Business, Tax, and Estate Planning

Offer your clients a unique avenue to preserve their wealth through tax-efficient life insurance solutions that position them for long-term financial growth and legacy planning. Leverage the expertise of Alterra and our nationwide resource, Lion Street, to create an advanced architecture of life insurance for tax, business, and estate planning. From tax-reducing trust strategies, to charitable and premium finance strategies—you have a deep bench of experts at your service. With Alterra by your side, you can foster the most impactful conversations and create the best outcomes to shape your clients’ family legacies.

A Trusted Resource with a deep bench of resources to help you better serve your clients

Gain a competitive edge with the backing of a knowledgeable partner in Alterra. We help you ensure your clients receive top-tier advice and solutions, boosting their satisfaction and trust in your services and ultimately enhancing your value to them. Leverage our deep bench of expertise for sophisticated planning, which includes our firm behind the firm, Lion Street. With us by your side, you will gain access to leading tax strategies, sophisticated life insurance, and wealth planning solutions. Learn more about Lion Street at https://lionstreet.com

Your Collaborative Partner is just a Phone Call Away

We are here to assist you in bringing the best ideas to your clients.

Enjoy the convenience and confidence of prompt assistance and rest assured that you’ll always be equipped with innovative solutions and strategies to exceed your clients’ expectations.

Is Alterra for Advisors for you?

We are a fit for successful Wealth Advisory, CPA, and Estate Planning firms who are:

Driven by a strong commitment to be the best for their clientele and deliver top-notch comprehensive services.

Seeking innovative expertise to differentiate their offerings and elevate their firms in a competitive landscape.

Tired of working with unsophisticated wealth and insurance professionals and wanting to establish an effective partnership.

Ready to scale their business and increase revenues while carving out more personal time for themselves.

See the value of professional collaboration for proactive problem-solving and bringing the best to their clients.

“Can’t say enough about Alterra! Wow! Every person at Alterra Advisors has the same values of integrity in dealing with my concerns.”

—Flo

“I have been so pleased with the professionalism, friendly staff and knowledge that Alterra provides. I always feel that they are working hard to protect and invest my money wisely.”

—Brian

“I have been so grateful for the guidance we have received from Alterra and fully trust this team to make beneficial decisions on our behalf.”

—Nancy

“In the approximately 11 years I have been a client, I have felt I was in the hands of the most caring and trustworthy group of people…”

—Maureen

“Alterra has been guiding us through a new and complex financial chapter in our lives. I deeply believe they put our needs ahead of their fees. That’s a rare find in the financial services sector.”

—Leah

“…we can count on them to help us make financial decisions that are right for our family. Alterra has given us peace of mind knowing we will be able to live comfortably…”

—Pamela

“Every person, without exception, has been responsive to our needs, diligent in communication, and responsible stewards of our finances. We have utmost trust in their recommendations…”

—Barb

“Alterra Advisors are very, very good at what they do. They have expertly helped us with our personal and business scenarios.”

—Gary

“Alterra Advisors are absolutely the best. I have been with this group for several years and would not be where I am today without their guidance and help.”

—Brenda

“They take time to understand your short and long term goals, map out your current financial health, and provide a holistic approach to ensure you’re on track to meet your goals.”

—Isaac

“Can’t say enough about Alterra! Wow! Every person at Alterra Advisors has the same values of integrity in dealing with my concerns.”

—Flo

“I have been so pleased with the professionalism, friendly staff and knowledge that Alterra provides. I always feel that they are working hard to protect and invest my money wisely.”

—Brian

“I have been so grateful for the guidance we have received from Alterra and fully trust this team to make beneficial decisions on our behalf.”

—Nancy

“In the approximately 11 years I have been a client, I have felt I was in the hands of the most caring and trustworthy group of people…”

—Maureen

“Alterra has been guiding us through a new and complex financial chapter in our lives. I deeply believe they put our needs ahead of their fees. That’s a rare find in the financial services sector.”

—Leah

“…we can count on them to help us make financial decisions that are right for our family. Alterra has given us peace of mind knowing we will be able to live comfortably…”

—Pamela

“Every person, without exception, has been responsive to our needs, diligent in communication, and responsible stewards of our finances. We have utmost trust in their recommendations…”

—Barb

“Alterra Advisors are very, very good at what they do. They have expertly helped us with our personal and business scenarios.”

—Gary

“Alterra Advisors are absolutely the best. I have been with this group for several years and would not be where I am today without their guidance and help.”

—Brenda

“They take time to understand your short and long term goals, map out your current financial health, and provide a holistic approach to ensure you’re on track to meet your goals.”

—Isaac

How We Work

As your wealth management specialists, we support you in creating optimal outcomes for your clients.

Fit Review

We meet with you to discuss your client case situation, objectives, problem areas, and what you and your client’s desired outcome is. Then we collaborate on appropriate next steps.

Client Discovery

Together, we meet with your client to listen to their thoughts, understand their objectives, and gather necessary information to help design the planning. Our role is to support the overall plan you have in motion with your client.

Case Design & Review

Our team creates initial plan designs and reviews them with you to collaborate on the ideal action plan to bring to your client.

Plan Education & Overview

Together, we provide your client with education and an overview of the plan in clear, simple language to make it easy for them to see the impact of available options and make a confident decision.

Implementation & Monitor/Review

Once approved, we do all the heavy lifting—meaning we manage the entire process and coordinate everything to put the plan in place. Once the plan is in motion, we’ll be with you every step of the way with ongoing reviews to update the strategy as needed and keep everything on track.

Two Ways to Partner with Alterra

Strategic Partner Model


For the firm who wants to scale their firm’s revenue without adding more hours worked. Our strategic partnerships offer a collaborative fee-sharing model that creates a unified approach and a win-win outcome for you and your clientele.

*Fee collaboration is subject to proper licensing and registration

Trusted Resource Model

For the firm who wants a trusted resource to collaborate with them while preferring to maintain their autonomy in the process. Our Trusted Resource partnerships model enables you to bring more value to your client and ensure critical plan areas are done right.

Explore Partnering With Alterra