Why Pay for Education?
August 25, 2010As some of you may know, I used to be a financial advisor with the brokerage affiliate of a national bank. As a financial advisor, I made a living by providing advice and selling investment products and services. Since the only way I would make money is if I sold investment products or services, it did not make much sense for me to spend time helping bank customers that did not have assets to invest or a need for my services. That, however, did not stop many of the bankers from referring their customers to me when they needed financial help. Whether it was helping someone to get out of debt, or to simply create a budget, the bankers figured that since I was a financial planner it was my job to help their customers with these issues. The truth is I loved to help, but the reality was I could not afford to help as much as I wanted to. Continue reading “Why Pay for Education?”