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Say that I want my Ideal Clients to pay me $5000 per year, ideally where does that income come from? Planning fees, AUM, insurance sales?

Article ID: 246
Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019
Preferably, a flat fee. Almost certainly not from insurance sales as they generate a commission that does not recur.
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