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Get a job as a Financial Paraplanner at an RIA firm and ignore the schmucky wirehouse and insurance jobs!

Sara Grillo

In this blog, I interview paraplanning professionals to get their take on what the role is, what it pays, and what it potential is for someone who wants to get a job as a financial paraplanner, possibly as a stepping stone to other wealth management jobs. Fee-only advisors are bound to the fiduciary standard.

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Flat fee advisor list by state

Sara Grillo

Mike Staman Delaware Financial Planning Advice-only planner Florida Kelly Berenbaum Home Flat fee, fiduciary Christopher Diodato [link] Flat-fee financial guidance specializing in individuals interested in FIRE/early retirement. Also, nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as legal or compliance advice.

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Financial planning transparency is FINALLY upon us (whoo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Sara Grillo

We welcome Dwight Dettloff, CPA, CFP, and Knut Rostad to today’s discussion. Specific examples: Educating financial advisors of all business models (AUM, fee only, commission, etc.) Dwight Dettloff, CPA, CFP® is the founder of Winding Trail Financial Planning in Colorado. Let’s get into it, folks!

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Fiduciary Advocate

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He thinks that the distinction has been deliberately (and very effectively) blurred by the brokerage industry, which advertises itself as helping facilitate peoples’ dreams with financial planning and investment advice, whose brokers call themselves, on their business cards, advisors, vice presidents of investments or wealth managers. “If

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Advice-only financial planners are stealing the show!

Sara Grillo

This interview with Cody Garrett, CFP, of Measure Twice Financial was mind-blowing. The advice-only movement is a bigger move than a shift in fees – it’s a transcendence to a higher level of morality, transparency, and service to the consumer. What is an advice-only financial planner? So please subscribe!

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

In Part Two of our two part series on the CFP Board, the heated debate continues. We’ll discuss these questions: The CFP Board has specifically stated that it wants the CFP® mark to be a requirement for anyone who practices financial planning. What do you believe the CFP Board’s role should be in the future?

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Saving investors from the “Humpty Dumpty portfolio” with hourly financial advisor Rick Ferri, CFA

Sara Grillo

Please conduct your own diligence on any wealth manager you are considering hiring. He also has considerably less of a compliance, operational, and administrative burden because he is not taking custody or discretion of his clients’ assets. For advise on such matters, contact a legal or compliance advisor.