If you’re anything like me, you have a lot of clients who ask questions like, “Should I invest in real estate?” or “What are the hot stocks this quarter I should pay attention to?” I find that many of my clients who ask these questions don’t yet understand the...

As an independent advice-based planner, your job is to guide your clients through life as both a fiduciary and financial counselor. This means that you’re much more than a stock picker or someone your clients call on when they want to put more money into their...

Have you developed some close relationships with your clients throughout the course of your career as an advice-based financial planner? If you’ve achieved any level of success, the answer to that question is probably yes. One of the great things about being an...

Most of us became independent financial planners because we wanted the freedom to serve others in the way that best fits our values, personality, and goals for the future. We wanted to provide a high level of service and develop deep relationship with those we worked...

If you’ve read much of anything I’ve written in the past few years, you know that I’m a big advocate of advisors leaving their stuffy firms and striking out on their own. However, some advisors I work with are still hesitant to do so. One of the biggest stumbling...