Do you know that many advisors MISS OUT on the opportunity of closing a bigger case because they were not even taught on how to do estate planning?
Let me show you an example.
You see in a typical financial planning case; you are dealing with income of your client. However, in an estate planning case, not only are you dealing with income of your client, but you are also handling the income of your client’s whole family and whole family estate.
And this typically increases your case size by at least 10x.
Many advisors have the misconception that estate planning is only for the rich. However, they are wrong...
I can safely say without a doubt that Estate Planning is for everyone! In fact, anyone with assets to distribute requires estate planning. Estate planning is a skill set that every financial advisor should know and MUST know.
Here’s the problem though... we know that everyone needs Estate Planning. Yet not many advisors are equipped with the right knowledge to create the right estate plan for their clients!
That is why I’ve decided to write this book so more advisors can leverage on my estate planning knowledge to gain more success. Remember, our profession will only get better if everyone is willing to share. Here are some of the benefits for you when it comes to learn about estate planning:
It positions you as a credible advisor - Who doesn’t like a knowledgeable advisor isn’t it? Imagine your financial advisor now knows about how to plan your estate too, wouldn’t it make you want to work with him/her more and seek more life and financial advice from him/her?
It allows you to earn more income by closing bigger cases - Estate planning as the name suggest deals with your client “estate”. This means that at the point of discussion, your clients will be more willing to invest a “significant amount” of capital and resources. This will usually lead to higher case size & is also a good time to talk about the next generations’ financial planning.
It builds up your reputation and brings in more recommendations - Since estate planning is a niche type of service, there are very few players in this niche. This allows you to position yourself as a professional and builds up your reputation. Also because of the complexity of this knowledge, you will generally be more respected and if your advice is good, you will definitely have an inflow of recommendations.
If you invest time learning about estate planning, it will give you a huge boost to your current career. There is no harm in learning and master it. If you have been in the industry for more than 3 years, my suggestion is to really look into learning more about estate planning. Explore how you can take the “concepts” and “strategies” documented in this book and incorporate them into your daily sales.