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Helping You Live the Life You Want

What You Can Expect 

Our Process: 

Step 1 Discovery Meeting Burlingame, CA Lifetime Capital Group  

Step 1

 

Discovery Meeting

Discovery Meeting

Imagine meeting with an advisor who wants to get to know you, not sell you something. Wants to hear your stories; what matters to you; what you value; your hopes, your dreams. This is where we start, not with cookie-cutter programs.

Step 2 Life Centered Financial Plan Meeting Burlingame, CA Lifetime Capital Group  

Step 2

 

Life Centered Financial Plan Meeting

 

Life Centered Financial Plan Meeting

At this meeting, you receive a comprehensive life centered financial plan that lays out a clear path for the life you want to live. We use the information you shared during the discovery meeting and in the documents you provided to develop the steps on your path.  

Step 3 Launch Meeting Burlingame, CA Lifetime Capital Group  

Step 3

 

Launch Meeting

 

Launch Meeting

At this meeting, you will review the steps we’ve taken since you launched your financial plan. You will see the progress made on your plan. We answer any questions you may have to help you secure and sustain your peace of mind.

Step 4 Regular Progress Meetings Burlingame, CA Lifetime Capital Group  

Step 4

 

Regular Progress Meetings

 

Regular Progress Meetings

We schedule 3 progress meetings each year.

  • February - April: Annual review/plan update.
  • May - July: Risk management/estate planning.
  • August - November: Tax planning.

These meetings provide us an opportunity update your plan with new information. These meetings provide you an opportunity to review your progress . Some clients use the meeting as an opportunity to explore new ideas.

Meet Your Team

At Lifetime Capital Group, LLC

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Rick Raybin, CFP®

Founder and CEO

Rick Raybin

Founder and CEO

Rick Raybin helps individuals and families properly plan to achieve their financial goals and dreams. With his assistance, clients are able to “do more.” Rick uses his education and noteworthy professional experience to bring informed insight, valuable ideas and reliable guidance to each situation.

Earlier in his career, Rick was a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand and the CFO of Rosenberg Real Estate Equity Funds (RREEF), a nationally recognized real estate investment manager. While at RREEF, Rick was a co-founder of an industry consortium, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), which is a major provider of real estate-related indices. His educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business with a specialization in finance and accounting.

In 2006, Rick founded Lifetime Capital Group, a boutique financial services firm. His driving philosophy is that the better he gets to know his clients the better he is able to help them live the life they desire. What sets Rick apart is his creative approach to tailoring financial strategies that work for his clients.

Rick authored the book, Investing 3.0: What the Creators of Index Funds Discovered and How to Profit from It, in 2017. It walks the reader through an evidence-based approach to investing and how an investor can follow this approach on their own or find an advisor to help them.

Beyond advising clients, Rick supports his community with his expertise on financial matters. These have included such organizations as The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Hillsborough Schools Foundation, Peninsula Temple Beth El, San Mateo Legal Aid Society and the Palo Alto Rotary Foundation.

He is currently a Board Member and Treasurer of the Peninsula Estate Planning Council, as well as a member of the Rotary Club of San Mateo.

In his spare time, Rick plays tennis, produces plays and mentors his four adult children.

Read More About Rick’s Passion

Few things in life give peace of mind like knowing that you have a good doctor. I know that because my dad was a good doctor. Throughout my childhood, I watched closely as he practiced his craft—which was much more than medicine to him. His practice was about helping people, caring for the community and providing reliable service through the most vulnerable and difficult moments human beings can face.

As an orthopedist, he often gave care and comfort following a traumatic event. He was a true medical expert, yes, but he was much more. He understood that good healthcare was not just a matter of what you know, but also about understanding the person. It was about listening and treating people with humility and empathy.

One Saturday, I was with my dad as he visited his patients in the hospital. I watched from a distance as he met with a large man who was extremely agitated—almost dangerously so—about his injured son. Watching my dad respond to this man was a life-changing experience for me. Rather than back away, my dad gently touched the man, and I was amazed to see how quickly he calmed down. It was as if my dad had lifted the weight of the world off this man’s shoulders. Watching my dad have that immediate impact on another human being made a lasting impression on me.

As you may have already guessed, my dad was my hero. In my own life, I have tried to walk in his footsteps. Indeed, I try to bring to my own work the same spirit of wisdom, humility and service that animated my dad’s medical practice many years ago.

My choice of profession also came from watching my parents. As a teenager, I saw my mom and dad struggle with investing. Engaging stockbrokers recommended by wealthy patients regularly proved disappointing. When people would offer to “let him in” on investments, my dad would say, “if it’s such a good deal, why are they offering it to me?” Watching them, I realized that I wanted to help people the way my dad had, but with their financial health rather than physical health.

I had a lot to learn. In college, I majored in economics. In graduate school, I earned a master’s in business administration with concentrations in finance and accounting. I then joined the international accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand, and became a Certified Public Accountant.

Building on what I learned in school and as a CPA, I joined Rosenberg Real Estate Equity Funds (RREEF) where I was quickly promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). There I saw how knowledgeable investors approached investing including their understanding of investments and investment markets. While at RREEF, I worked with my counterparts at the leading insurance companies and banks to form the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) and served as its first president and board chair. In this role, I gained firsthand knowledge of how professional investors throughout the U.S. approached investing, the information they required to support their investment decisions and how they worked with their professional advisors.

Since my time at RREEF, I’ve worked as a technology entrepreneur and financial consultant in insurance, technology, real estate, equity markets and more. My experience in financial markets is wide and varied. But I felt a growing sense that something was missing.

One day it struck me. I remembered what I really wanted to do. I wanted to follow in my dad’s footsteps and focus on serving individuals and families. Instead of learning medicine to help others with their physical health, I could take my passion for helping others and use the skills and knowledge I learned as a CPA and CFO to help others with their financial health.

In 2006, I launched Lifetime Capital Group where I enjoy giving my clients the confidence that their futures and their legacies are in safe and secure hands.

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Financial Planning

Cutting-edge Service and Solutions

Financial Planning


At Lifetime Capital Group, advice is grounded in holistic financial planning. Our team uses professional standards in personal financial planning promoted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) to bring cutting-edge service and solutions to the families we serve in the areas of retirement, cash flow, tax planning, debt management, estate planning, college planning, risk management and other personal finance areas.

We are deeply committed to the highest standard of comprehensive financial planning as a means to empower people, aligning their money with the pursuit of their ideal lives. 


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Client Services

Delivering Meaningful Experiences

Client Services

DELIVERING MEANINGFUL Experiences


At Lifetime Capital Group, client service is grounded in our founding mission of helping those we serve to live the life they desire. Our clients are supported by a team of dedicated professionals committed to responding to each client's needs and consistently delivering experiences that help them live the life they desire.