Finding the right advisor can be a daunting task. You may be asking yourself questions such as "Where do I start?" and "What do I look for?"
Find Fee Only can help. We created our directory of fee-only financial advisors to help connect you with experts in your community who are accepting new clients. Here, you will find a simplified site structure and fast search capabilities to ease your research. You will not have to pay to search our database nor will you have to enter any personal information. Our service is free to consumers and contains minimal advertisements.
Note: We are in the process of building our database and categorizing the advisors. Thank you for your patience as we work on this project.
A Fee-Only financial advisor can provide any number of services including, but not limited to, financial planning and consulting or investment management and advice. In many cases, advisors and advisory firms offer both.
With all services, one thing remains constant - how the advisor is paid. Fee-Only advisors are compensated solely by their clients and their pay is not contingent on the purchase or sale of some financial product or investment. Fee-Only advisors. In this way, their compensation is not influenced by their recommendations and client implementation of those recommendations.
Plainly said - Fee-Only eliminates many of the conflicts of interest present in more traditional financial related relationships. Financial advisors who have a financial stake in their recommendations cannot be considered objective or unbiased.
Most of our nation's financial advisors sell financial products and investments. Their income may increase or decrease based on what investments they sell. In addition, they may only have limited investments to choose from at their firm - another key point that may impact advice.
Imagine that as a consumer you decide that you want a new car. Ready to haggle for a lower price, you head to the local Ford dealtership. The odds are in your favor - you know the game. The salesperson is going to try to sell you a Ford; The jig is up. They are not going to secretly suggest that you head down the road to Subaru. They get paid if they sell you a car.
Now, head to a bank or investment firm that sells investments. You don't know the game. The products vary and so do the the product commissions. The salesperson may be incented to sell you something that isn't a fit.
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