Sara Glakas
Black Barn Financial
Founder
Sara Glakas
Black Barn Financial
Founder
As a fee-only financial planner, my focus is to offer unbiased financial advice to help you achieve your life goals. - Sara Glakas
Fee-Only financial planner located in Austin, TX, serving clients locally and across the country

Sara Glakas is an Austin, TX fee-only financial advisor serving clients locally and across the country. Black Barn Financial provides wealth management and asset management to help clients with a growth mindset grow and protect their assets through life’s transitions. As a fee-only, fiduciary, and independent financial advisor, Sara Glakas is never paid a commission of any kind, and has a legal obligation to provide unbiased and trustworthy financial advice.
Sara Glakas founded Black Barn Financial to create a financial advisory firm that not only offers personalized services but focuses on serving clients with a growth mindset. As a financial advisor, it’s not enough that she understands fundamental investing concepts and strategies, she wants you to understand them, too.
As part of her mission to educate those who feel removed from the investing world, Sara started the Austin Women’s Investing Group, an organization aimed at helping its 2,700+ members expand their financial understanding, proficiency, and opportunities. She has taught courses on finance and investing for several programs affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin and has served on the Advisory Board for the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women, a non-profit providing financial support and leadership training for Afghan women attending university in the U.S. In 2014, Sara won Austin Woman Magazine’s Small Business Grant Award. She currently co-hosts the podcast Women on the Verge of a Financial Breakthrough.
Sara earned an MBA from St. Edward’s University and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis, where she played on the women’s basketball team and won four national championships.
Boutique firm providing personalized wealth strategies, financial guidance and investment advice to people preparing for life's most important milestones.
Fee-Only, Fiduciary, Independent: Three Important Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Financial Advisor.
Specialties
- Comprehensive Financial Planning
- Retirement Income Planning
- Investment Management
- College Education Planning
- Tax Planning
Ideal Clients
- Retirees and Near Retirees
- Growing Families
- Business Owners and Executives
- Sudden Money Situations
- Novice Investors
Working Together
- In-Office Meetings
- Virtual Meetings
- Clearly Defined Fees
- No Product Sales
- Complimentary Initial Consultation
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Sara Glakas is the Co-Host of the Women on The Verge™ of a Financial Breakthrough Podcast
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Sara Glakas is Interviewed on the Keep Connected Podcast: "Financial Freedom: Women and Investing"
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Sara Glakas Presents "End-of-Year Bear Market Strategies" for the Austin Women's Investing Group
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Sara Glakas is Interviewed on Bad Money with Gaby Dunn: "Intro to Investing and Gamestop"
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Sara Glakas is Quoted in the New York Times: "Women Are ‘Claiming Their Power’ in Investment Clubs of Their Own"
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Sara Glakas is the Founder of Austin Women's Investing Group
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Sara Glakas is a Featured Guest on JB Hager Podcast
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Sara Glakas is Featured in Austin Woman Magazine: "There's just something about a Black Barn"
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Sara Glakas is Contributed to Business Insider: "Start 2012 With $1,700 More In Your Pocket"
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Sara Glakas Defines Debt Ratio as Published in Market Business News
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Sara Glakas is a Past Contributor to Street Authority
Contact Sara Glakas
Office Locations:
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2305 Hancock Drive
Suite 105
Austin, TX 78756