Everyone in the room earns more when you buy.
I don't.
Independent, flat-fee guidance for first-time and move-up buyers — the true cost of ownership, the right asset for the mission you actually fly or sail, and the traps a broker won't mention.
In a world built on not telling you the truth, you deserve one person whose only job is to.
Three ways I protect the buyer.
Start before you shop. Keep me through the purchase. Bring me back once you own it. Each engagement is a flat fee — priced by the size of the decision, never by a cut of the deal.
Cost-of-Ownership & Mission-Fit Analysis
Before you shop, know the real number. I model your true all-in cost — purchase price, crew, hangar or moorage, maintenance reserves, fuel, insurance — against your actual routes and usage, then tell you which aircraft or vessel fits the mission you really have, not the one you're being sold.
light · midsize · heavy
Buyer's Liaison
You shouldn't have to field thirty brokers. Hand me your target profile and I run the market on your behalf — outreach, filtering, and a vetted shortlist with the seller's games already flagged. A flat rate for my time and access. I take no commission, so my only loyalty is to you.
Charter & Dry-Lease Operations Consulting
After the purchase, offset the cost — correctly. I help you stand up charter or dry-lease operations the right way: utilization, pricing, crew, and a compliant regulatory structure, so the revenue that lowers your cost never becomes a liability.
monthly advisory
My incentives are simple: I only have yours.
Flat fees, never commissions
I'm paid the same whether you buy the jet, buy the yacht, or walk away from both. Nothing I earn moves when the price does.
No kickbacks, no preferred sellers
I don't take referral cuts and I don't have a list of sellers I'm quietly steering you toward. Every option is on the table on its own merits.
I don't sell the assets
I'm not a broker or dealer. I don't sell aircraft, vessels, or financing — which means I can tell you when the honest answer is "don't."
Every number, shown
You see the math — the assumptions, the sources, the line items. No black-box "trust me." The whole point is that you can check my work.
"I've sat on every side of this table. Now I only sit on yours."
I owned a private aerospace company. I've built and leased fleets of aircraft and yachts, and I've been the operator making the numbers work and the owner writing the checks. Over my career I've participated in more than $497 million in deals — for professional athletes, entertainers, national business leaders, heads of state, and members of several Middle Eastern royal families.
I'm recognized in six countries for VVIP widebody work, from interior design through final completion. I know what these aircraft and vessels truly cost, because I've specified them, operated them, chartered them, and signed for them.
I've been at the very top of this world — and I've lived through its hardest lessons. That's exactly why I do this. I know where the money hides and where the mistakes are buried, because I've stood in both places. I'm not here to sell you a dream or a deal. I'm here to hand you the truth before you sign, and then help you own it well.
Now I work for one person only: the buyer across the table.
The buyer who wants the truth before the wire.
First-time buyers
Stepping into ownership for the first time and determined not to be the one who overpays or buys the wrong thing.
Move-up buyers
Going bigger — a longer-range jet, a larger yacht — and unwilling to carry old mistakes into a more expensive one.
Anyone before a wire
Owners and family offices who simply want an independent read on the real number before millions move.
Request a confidential consultation.
Tell me what you're considering. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help, what it would cost, and what I'd look at first. No obligation, no sales pitch.
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⌖ Fort Lauderdale, FL · Dallas, TX