David Schaeffer, Founder & CEO at American Retirement AdvisorsAmerican Retirement Advisors

David Schaeffer

Founder & CEO

Retirement hands you a handful of decisions you only get to make once. David has sat at the table for every one of them, thousands of times, since 2001.

Medicare. When to take Social Security. Turning savings into a paycheck. The house. What your family inherits. Bring him the one that is keeping you up at night.

Scottsdale office · (602) 281-3898

Don't run out of money before you run out of time.David
Why people call David

Sound familiar?

  • You turn 65 soon, and the mail and the phone calls have already started. Every one of them says you are missing something.
  • You retire in a few months, and your health coverage retires with you.
  • Your plan just cut a benefit and raised a copay, and you never changed a thing.
  • You have a will, a trust from years ago, and a quiet feeling that something no longer matches.
  • You saved well. Nobody has ever shown you how to turn it into a paycheck that lasts.

Every conversation with David starts the same way: what is keeping you up at night? Then he shows you where you actually stand, on one page, and what to do about it.

The guide, not the salesman

What it is like to sit with David

  • He pulls up the real Medicare system on the screen and checks your doctors and your prescriptions while you watch. Nothing is taken on faith.
  • Every option side by side on one page, with the math. Then you pick. He does not pick for you.
  • He explains the why. Clients say they left understanding their own plan for the first time.
  • The Three Colors of Money: a way of seeing your savings that makes the income decision obvious.
  • Once a year, a review. Plans change. Yours gets checked.
Since 2001Founded American Retirement Advisors
18,000+People through his workshops
HundredsOf client reviews name him
Founder123EasyMedicare
HostFiscal Fridays
AuthorPublished author and speaker
How it works

Three steps. Then you decide.

Book a Discovery DayOffice or Zoom, about an hour. Call, or book online in two minutes.
Bring what is keeping you up at nightDavid asks five questions, then shows you exactly where you stand, on one page.
Leave with your next three movesDiscovery Day, not decision day. You decide when you are ready.
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Your Discovery Day with David

Takes about a minute. Adam from our office calls you back to set the time, in the Scottsdale office or on Zoom, whichever you prefer.

  • About an hour with David.
  • Bring whatever is keeping you up at night. That is the agenda.
  • Discovery Day, not decision day. You decide when you are ready.

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What clients say

Hundreds of client reviews name David. Here is what they say.

★★★★★

To be able to explain Medicare clearly takes a lot of knowledge. To be able to explain it to ME (who has been lost in trying to get it for the last 3 months) takes a lot of patience. And, before I get any further, I am an RN, and my husband is a retired MD.

Virginia Z. · client
★★★★★

He was very prepared for our meeting, and remembered everything we had discussed from our visit when my husband was turning 65, almost 2 years ago. We have complete confidence in David.

Nancy G. · client
★★★★★

When my Medicare Part D premium more than tripled, David was proactive about steering me to another plan that gave me the same benefits at a lower price. I am grateful that he anticipated and exceeded my expectations even before our meeting.

Margaret B. · client
★★★★★

David did an excellent job at explaining to us that financially we are doing just fine at this time to be okay with our retirement, which really put our minds at ease. He explained what they can do for us going forward to help us continue on the right path.

Timothy P. · client
★★★★★

After thorough initial discovery and diligent listening, David provided a comprehensive overview of what could be done to strengthen and assure a healthy retirement plan for my wife and I. I confidently felt that he was engaged with the client in front of him and NOT promoting a cookie cutter presentation.

Mark P. · client
★★★★★

Every year they make choosing the correct supplement and drug plans the easiest thing we do all year. They do the research and all the leg work and we receive all the benefits. We have recommended David and his team to many of our friends.

Jane T. · client

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Fiscal Fridays is the live show where real callers bring David real problems and leave with homework. Fiscal Footnotes is the daily 60-second story behind the money rules you live with. New videos most days. The latest is always here.

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In David’s words

Things David says in almost every meeting

Death and taxes are inevitable. Good planning makes one of them a lot smaller.David
A will doesn't avoid probate. It's instructions for the judge who runs it.David
“I haven't changed anything.” I know. The plan did.David
It was never a tax problem. It's a process problem.David
Don't let the last thing your family shares be a courtroom.David
Retirement is trusting yourself to finally spend what you saved.David
Where this goes

A year from now

Your Medicare is right, and you know why. Your income has a plan. Your family knows where everything is and what you wanted. That is the job, and David has been doing it since 2001.

Where to find David

Scottsdale office

American Retirement Advisors

8501 E Princess Dr, Suite 210
Scottsdale, AZ 85255

(602) 281-3898

Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Arizona time

Call the office and ask for David, or request a time right here on this page and we will call you to set it up. Office or Zoom, your choice.

Book a Discovery Day(602) 281-3898