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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. He is also my dad's financial advisor, and has been for years and years, and he came to my dad very highly recommended by someone he trusted as well. He's been my advisor for about 10 years now, and my dad's for probably 20. He takes 1% of total investments per year (that goes down to 0.5% when your assets reach a certain level, so my dad only pays a half a percent), with NO other fees or anything, so it's very transparent, which I like. I've averaged returns of around 8-9% returns during those 10 years, so he is significantly beating the market, and the 1% fee is worth it. My husband was skeptical (I've been with the FA since before I met him) and was very "there are no fee accounts" to which I say - everyone is getting paid. If there are no fee accounts, the fees are just hidden, like with kick backs from various funds. Having eased into it, he's now completely on board.

He manages our retirement accounts completely. He also managed our house savings account when we were saving for a downpayment, but we've now bought. He will likely at some point manage our kids 529s. He is also available for advice. He's reviewed our monthly budgets, given general financial advice, recommended insurance options, and helped us decide on a budget for our house. Basically, he'll do a call with us anytime if we have a question, but we're fairly low touch.

I love this arrangement, but finding someone you trust would be really scary for me. Getting a recommendation from my dad, who I trust completely, made it easy, but obviously that's not replicable. [/quote]

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