𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 (𝙋𝙩. 1)

Your wealth deserves more than guesswork. Financial security isn’t luck. It’s built with the right advisor and a personalized wealth strategy.

These questions will help you find the right fit: 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩-𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮.

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1. What’s your investment philosophy?
Do they have a clear strategy, or are they just reacting to the market like everyone else?

2. What services do you provide?
Are they just picking stocks, or do they offer:
• Tax planning
• Estate strategies
• Retirement planning
• Real financial advice beyond investments?

3. How often will we meet, and how accessible are you?
A great advisor doesn’t just check in once a year. What’s their communication plan?

4. What are your fees, and what’s the all-in cost?
You’re probably paying too much if you don’t know what you’re paying.

5. What’s your onboarding process like?
An organized, structured process now means fewer headaches later.

6. Are you a fiduciary? What certifications do you hold? They don’t belong on your payroll if they’re not legally required to act in your best interest.

7. How do you get paid?
• Commission-based?
• Fee-only?
• Flat fee?

Incentives drive behavior. Could you make sure their pay structure benefits you, not just them?

8. Where do you have custody of client funds? If your money isn’t held at a trusted third-party custodian (Schwab, Fidelity, etc.), that’s a red flag. Many of the most notable frauds and financial tomfoolery would have been avoided with this point (Examples Bernie Madoff, Allen Stanford & Tom Petters)

9. What’s the succession plan?
Advisors retire. Advisors die. Who takes over when they’re gone?

Or better yet, should you hire someone younger than you who will still be working when you need them most?

A great advisor welcomes these questions.
If they hesitate, dodge, or give vague answers, 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.