When, during the Financial Road Map® appointment, do we get the client to fill out our fact finder needed for the financial planning software? Should it be done before or after the Financial Road Map® or in a separate meeting? Do they complete it on their own?

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

You don’t have the client fill out the fact finder. It’s a waste of their time. And as a Values Based Financial Planning™, above all else, you respect your client’s time.  You, or better yet, your assistant, or the planner to whom you delegate the writing of the plan, transfers the pertinent data from the client’s documents to the format required.


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b There are many forms that my clients must fill out. They are not something that can be done in the "let's take a few moments to make that happen" section. I need to prepare the paperwork and it takes more than a few moments. What I like to do is have the clients come back in to do the paperwork and go over any other information in the questionnaires I need. Then, after that, I will complete the plan and have the clients back in to go over that plan.
b My accountability coach recommended that I use the Financial Road Map® with all of my clients in order to gain practice and experience with the process. In situations, however, where I know that my clients do not fit my ideal client profile and in all likelihood will in fact be a fit, as clients for my comprehensive planning offering. Would my time be better spent prospecting for referrals with on profile clients who have experienced the Financial Road Map® for more ideal on profile clients like themselves?
b After you complete a Financial Road Map Interview™ with a potential or future client, who should keep the Financial Road Map®?
b Clients agree to pay for their plan (and pay at the end of the first meeting) $5,500 to have their Implementation Plan written. My annual ongoing Ideal Client Fee is $11,800. Do I collect this (annual ongoing fee upfront) from them at the same first meeting or do I do it at Implementation Meeting?
b Just received a mailing list from a friend and potential Ideal Client (600 names). He knows everyone on the list and attempts to cycle through and contact 2 per day. He is not an Ideal Client yet. I have given him a book, but not been able to get his wife to commit to a Phone Consultation or a Financial Road Map®. She was going to retire and the company just offered to retain her. When it settles, I hope to do a Financial Road Map® with them. In the meantime, do you have any thoughts on what might be appropriate to do with the names on his list? They're not Ideal Client referrals, but not totally random either. There are email addresses for about 20%, phone numbers for about 25% and addresses for 100%.
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