The modern financial advisor gets a bad rap these days. It’s probably partly due to the repercussions of the financial crisis of a few years ago but in general anyway, it seems every client has an unfortunate story in which someone managed to steal their money in front of them in broad daylight.

The media hasn’t helped much either helping to perpetuate and promote bizarre and irregular bad news that sticks in the mind of clients everywhere. Although it’s understandable the level of cynicism out there given past bad advice, debit card fees and bailouts, the average honest finance advisor working hard for their client’s money wish it wasn’t so. There are a few things ideally they wished clients were aware of before they even in the front door and before they start working with you:

Every advisor is different

Different financial advisors specialize in different areas, like …