Sonja Meintsma
GBGood Service We have enjoyed working with our Advisor over the last year or so. It did take some time to get all the accounts set up, but it's been nice to have someone else managing our investments according to our values. It was great to have a third-party giving us tips and advice on some of our financial decisions over the last year and it's been easier to engage my partner in financial decision making by feeling accountable to someone else! Some of the systems seem to be slow to update or freeze (RightCapital) so I probably wouldn't use it for my main budgeting app, etc. I do appreciate that we can contact our Advisor whenever we have financial questions, and he is very responsive. I think it would be great to have a lower cost option once all your systems are up and running and you are just "maintaining" everything - I am not sure the price is fully approachable for moderate to lower income earners (who probably need this service the most!).
Joe
GBWhat's been great about joining Advisor… What's been great about joining Advisor is the accountability I've had gained over my finances. Having someone to provide me easy steps to make progress combined with regular follow ups is simple, but it works. I also don't feel like just another file in a big firm's account, I feel like someone who's known by name even though I'm an average person. Before joining, I felt stuck between feeling like I needed to do something more deliberate with my money and feeling like my situation isn't sophisticated enough to warrant expensive guidance. Advisor has bridged that gap for me beautifully. I highly recommend!
Alexa P.
GBPractical, Helpful and Actually Ethical Advisors Greg is a KING. If all of the employees at Advisor are as helpful, practical, polite, and non-judgmental as him, you will never have a bad experience here. I am newly unemployed with horrible credit card debt and was about to sign up for a very predatory lending service to keep my payments from consuming me. He steered me away from that and into a reasonable balance transfer option that shot my credit score back up, saved me probably thousands in the long run, and minimized my monthly payments. AND he advised me for free given my current unemployment status. Will definitely be returning for advice from him and the team once I'm employed and earning again. On top of all this, he was just a funny, decent person to talk to. Not boring and hard to understand the way I thought most financial advisors would be. This is a business with a heart and moral compass unlike so many others in the personal finance space.
Marty Stanhope
GBBefore switching to Advisor I had a… Before switching to Advisor I had a professional relationship for over a decade. Honestly don’t know how anyone with a good income can manage their own money, I have tried but failed if I’m being honest here. I mainly switched to them because I found that my fees, about 1%, were no longer working for me. So initially you could say I switched to save money nota hard choice. However after 2 years I can say that I not only lowered my fees but have contributed more to my investments with confidence and feel like I am in control of my money, hard to put a price on that. If you are thinking about working with Advisor or switching you should.
John
GBA slow start and not much value yet A slow start and not much value yet. We've spent the first 3 months connecting accounts and bringing our advisor up to speed. I'm hoping to receive more value for our money as we see changes in our investment strategy and get into tax season; but so far we haven't experience anything worth the price tag. It's worth noting that our household is already quite good at budgeting our finances. This could potentially be a selling point for other customers, but we didn't and don't need that type of assistance. I'll update after we've been with them for 6 months.