BESTGATE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2025
Total AUM
$162M
Discretionary
$162M
100% of AUM
Avg account
$1.4M
Accounts
118
Employees
9
Advisory reps
3

Firm details

Headquarters
FREDERICK, Maryland
CRD number
301639
Registered since
March 28, 2025
Custodians
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Fixed Fees
Client types
  • HNWI79.4%
  • Individuals20.6%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsSelection of Other Advisers

Firm profile

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Overview

Bestgate Wealth Advisors, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser that serves individual and family clients with financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm operates as a capital allocator — it constructs core equity exposures and selectively uses outside managers where appropriate. Its business model combines percentage-of-AUM billing with fixed fees and includes advisory activities such as financial planning, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, and the selection of other advisers. The firm is not positioned as an active ESG investor and is classified as a Domestic Entity / Individual owner type. Portfolio construction is equity‑oriented: the firm shows a clear preference for exchange‑traded equities as the primary vehicle for client exposures. Bestgate also uses annuities and mutual funds as supplemental tools to address income needs, tax considerations, or strategy diversification. As an adviser that selects other advisers, it can add third‑party capabilities where clients require access to strategies outside the core traded equity sleeve.

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Investment profile

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Active ESG investor

Technology & operations

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CRM & tech providers

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Clients

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Asset composition

Asset composition: Exchange Traded Equities 90%, US Government Bonds 5%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 4%, Investment Grade Corp Bonds 1%90%
  • Exchange Traded Equities90%
  • US Government Bonds5%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents4%
  • Investment Grade Corp Bonds1%

Contacts

3 of 3
  • PHILIP WEISS

    Senior Portfolio ManagerCRD 4619842

  • Gregory Will

    Managing PartnerCRD 7065990

  • Timothy Stolz

    PartnerCRD 6896913

Wealth teams

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Newly hired reps

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Recent M&A activity

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Location

Primary office

FREDERICK, MD

FREDERICK

Location

FREDERICK, MD

Headquartered in FREDERICK, MD, anchoring the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA metro in the South.

Metro area
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
Region
South
County
FREDERICK
Address
5100 Buckeystown Pike
Time zone
ET (UTC-5)
Office locations

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